Leica X (Typ 113) Review & Rating |
Leica X (Typ 113)
Prime lens with f/1.7 aperture. APS-C image sensor. Sharp rear display. Supports add-on EVF. Strong manual-focus experience. Detailed images at high ISOs. Sturdy build. Includes Adobe Photoshop Lightroom license.
Expensive. Autofocus is on the slow side. Tends to overexpose Raw images. Doesn't support true full manual control. Omits Wi-Fi.
Bottom Line
The Leica X (Typ 113) prime compact camera has the brightest lens you'll find in its class, but it's expensive and has its share of quirks.
The Leica X (Typ 113) ($2,295) is a serious upgrade when compared with the older ? in terms of optics. Its f/1.7 lens captures more than twice the light as the X2, and a new manual focus ring is a pleasure to use. The X also adds 1080p video capture, and it supports Leica's sharp add-on EVF, the . It's expensive, especially compared with other cameras in this class, and there are a few operational quirks, but it's a solid entry into the prime lens compact arena. We still give preference to our Editors' Choice, the , which has an f/2 lens that covers the same field of view as the X, and includes a unique hybrid optical/electronic viewfinder in the body. We've yet to review the X100S's replacement, the X100T, as it's not available for purchase just yet.
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Design and Features Even though it's classified as a compact camera, the X (Typ 113) is on the large side. It measures 2.9 by 5.2 by 3.1 inches (HWD) and weighs about 1.1 pound. It's bigger all around than the
(2.7 by 4.9 by 2 inches, 11.2 ounces), which is the same camera as the previous generation X2 offered with a new color scheme. Both the new X and the X-E feature prime lenses that cover a 35mm wide-angle field of view in full-frame terms, but the X's lens captures more light and adds noticeable depth.
Solidly built, the X's? top and bottom plate are anodized aluminum, and underneath its leatherette covering you'll find a magnesium chassis. Our review unit was black, but the camera is also available in a two-tone design with silver top and bottom plates and an attractive brown leatherette. You may notice that the front ring of the lens unscrews and shows a filter thread. This works with an optional digiscoping adapter ($219) to pair the X with an Apo-Televid 65 ($2,099) or 82 ($2,999) spotting scope, both of which feature an extreme telephoto field of view so that you can track and identify wildlife.
The 23mm f/1.7 Summilux ASPH. lens is permanently fixed to the camera, and matched with an APS-C image sensor. That's the same size that you'll find in consumer SLRs and many mirrorless cameras. The combination delivers the same field of view that you'll find on a full-frame camera with a 35mm lens attached, or Sony's pricey full-frame
The lens features a manual focus ring, but the X also supports autofocus. The ring turns smoothly, and a magnified view of the center of the frame appears on the rear LCD as you adjust? the magnified area can be moved using the rear directional pad. It's one of the better manual focus implementations I've seen on a fixed lens compact, but I do wish the magnified view stayed open until the shutter was pressed. Instead, it disappears after a few seconds, and an additional turn of the ring or a press of the rear Delete/Focus button is required to bring it back into view. The focus throw is long enough for fine adjustments, and even though it's a focus-by-wire system, the response is quick enough that I didn't feel like I was missing a true mechanical manual focus experience.
The camera can focus as close as 0.2-meter. A wide angle isn't great for macro work, but you can get reasonably close to subjects. The only caveat is that, when working that close, the lens isn't capable of opening all the way to f/1.7. At its minimum focus distance the X is an f/2.8 it opens to f/2.5 at about 0.4-meter, to f/2 at about 1 meter, and to f/1.7 at about 1.5 meters. The reason for the l Leica felt that the X's image quality would suffer at wide apertures and close focus distances. It took similar steps to limit the maximum aperture of the
lens for the
mirrorless camera system. Leica's concerns aren' both the Fujifilm X100S and
show softness when working at close focus distances at maximum aperture.
The distance limitation comes into play when shooting in very dim conditions???you'll have to push the ISO higher when shooting at f/2.8 when compared with f/1.7. It also limits the camera's capability to capture an image with an extremely shallow depth of field, but that's not as drastic as you may think. Even when shooting at f/2.8, you can effectively blur the background of photos when focusing to 0.2-meter.
Leica puts most of the X's shooting controls on the top plate. It's a pretty basic scheme???there's a shutter speed dial and an aperture dial. Both can be set manually, and both have an A position for automatic operation. The top also houses the pop-up flash, a hot shoe with support for the Visoflex add-on EVF, and a Movie Record button. The Movie button is placed in front of the aperture dial, so you're not likely to press it accidentally, and the shutter release is sandwiched in between the aperture and shutter dials. It's raised to the point where it's comfortable to reach. The power switch s it has three positions???Off, S, and C. The S position sets the drive mode to single capture, and setting it to C switches to continuous drive mode for those times when you want to capture a few photos in rapid succession.
There's a control wheel on the rear, along with a four-way joypad with a center Info button that's used to navigate through menus and has directional presses that activate the self-timer, set exposure compensation and bracketing options, and control the flash output. A column of buttons runs down the left side: Play, Delete/Focus, White Balance, ISO, and Menu/Set.
The X allows for manual ISO control from its lowest ISO 100 setting all the way to ISO 12500, sort of. If you're out in bright light and have the ISO set manually to ISO 6400 or 12500 the X will sometimes lower the ISO to ISO 3200. It's one of the weirder things that I've ever seen a camera do, as it can cause the camera to underexpose if you have manually set the aperture to a narrow value and the shutter speed to a very short duration, such as f/16 at 1/2,000-second. Those aren't settings that you're likely going to use on a bright day, and the X does give you an underexposure warning. In reality, the X is trying to prevent you from accidentally overexposing a photo. But a camera with manual control should let you make that mistake on your own, not try and second guess your intentions in setting ISO, shutter speed, and aperture manually.
This is a nonissue for most photographers, who are simply out looking to capture images that are properly focused and exposed. If placed in Auto ISO mode, which allows you to set a top setting from ISO 400 through 6400 and a minimum shutter speed of 1-second through 1/125-second, the camera will behave exactly as you'd expect it to, and if ISO is set manually at ISO 3200 or lower you have complete control over exposure. But if you want full manual control at ISO 6400 or 12500, the X is not for you.
The rear display is 3 inches with a 920k-dot resolution. It's identical in specifications to the LCD used on Leica's digital
rangefinder. The display is adequately sharp, but visibility can suffer under very bright sunlight. If you add the Visoflex EVF, you can skirt that issue. The , which is smaller and features the same size image sensor and a fixed 28mm f/2.8 prime lens, uses an LCD with a 1,228k-dot resolution. Its sharpness is the same as the X's LCD; the GR's extra dots are there for luminance, so it's clearer under harsh, direct sunlight.
There's no? integrated Wi-Fi. That's a bit of a surprise, as Leica's T mirrorless camera includes it as a feature, as does the top-end S (Typ 007) medium format camera. The X does support GPS, but it's not built-in. If you use the camera along with the Visoflex EVF, you can enable GPS, which adds location data to photos.
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Senior digital camera analyst for the PCMag consumer electronics reviews team, Jim Fisher is a graduate of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he concentrated on documentary video production. Jim's interest in photography really took off when he borrowed his father's Hasselblad 500C and light meter in 2007. He honed his writing skills at retailer B&H Photo, where he wrote thousands upon thousands of product descriptions, blog posts, and reviews. Since then he's shot with hundreds of camera models, ranging from pocket point-and-shoots to medium format...
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【主要性能】
传感器类型CMOS
有效像素1600
光学变焦0.000
【显示功能】
显示屏尺寸0.000
【外观设计】
外形尺寸133×73×78mm(5.24×2.87×3.07″)
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