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Leica S-E (Typ 006)

SKU: 799429108120   Mfg Code: 10812

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    With the new Leica S-E, Leica Camera AG, Wetzlar, offers an ideal entry-level model for Leica S medium-format system. The camera provides practically all technical advantages of the Leica S (Type 006) and presents an attractive alternative within the Leica S-System. The new colour scheme, with a top deck in anthracite grey paint and a silver anodised shutter speed dial, adds even more to its attraction.

    The S-E (Type 006) offers photographers access to the entire portfolio of lenses, technical equipment and accessories available for the Leica S-System. Owners of a Leica S-E can also enjoy the benefits of S-System service and extend the warranty for the camera body to three years with the optional Leica Protection Plan.

    Proven advantages of the S-System

    The Leica S-E possesses all proven quality characteristics of the S-System. These include the large 30 × 45 mm Leica Pro Format sensor and its micro-lens layer that guarantees consistently uniform brightness from corner to corner. The camera is extremely ruggedly built and sealed against environmental influences like dust and rain – just like all S-Lenses. The system’s unique dual-shutter concept offers photographers the choice of using the camera’s fast focal plane shutter with speeds up to 1/4000 s or the electronically controlled central shutter of the CS lenses that allows flash sync at shutter speeds up to 1/1000 s. The ten currently available Leica S-System lenses (six of which are also available with a central shutter) offer photographers all important focal lengths and a first-class tilt/shift lens. The latest member of the family to be launched by Leica is the Summicron-S 100 mm f/2 ASPH., a lens particularly suitable for portrait photography. At the same time, numerous third-party medium-format lenses can be mounted on the Leica S-E by means of adapters. For instance, the Leica S-Adapter C allows the use of Contax 645 lenses and the Leica S-Adapter H provides full compatibility for all functions of Hasselblad H lenses, including auto-focus, central shutter control and automatic aperture control.

    Further details, like secure cable connections, optimized energy efficiency or the scratch-resistant display, ensure that photographers never compromise when they choose a Leica S-E. The Leica S-E therefore stands as an ideal and extremely reliable tool for achieving the best possible results in the studio and on location – under even the most unfavorable conditions.

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  • Camera type:   Digital medium-format single lens reflex camera for use with Leica S-Lenses.
    Image sensor Type:   Leica CCD sensor with micro-lens layer
    Size:   30 × 45 mm (Leica Pro Format)
    Aspect ratio:   2:3
    Resolution:   37.5 megapixels
    Pixel pitch:   6 µm
    Dynamic range:   13 stops
    Color depth:   16 bits per pixel
    Color spaces:   sRGB, Adobe RGB, ECI RGB 2.0.
    White balance:   Presets: daylight, cloudy, shade, incandescent, HMI, fluorescent warm, fluorescent cool, flash, grey card (determined from image), grey card Live View, automatic, color temperature (kelvin)
    Low-pass filter / IR filter:   No / on sensor
    Moiré suppression:   In external image-processing software (e.g. with the Adobe Lightroom® software provided with the camera)
    Lens mount:   Leica S-Bayonet for Leica S-Lenses
    Focal length:   Dependent on Leica S-Lens attached, conversion factor to 35 mm film equivalent 0.8×
    Focusing Type:   Predictive AF with center cross-sensor defined by cross-hairs on the focusing screen, focusing drive integrated in lenses
    AF modes:  

    AFs (single) = focus priority, AFc (continuous) = predictive focus tracking, MF (manual), manual override possible at any time

    AF memory:  

    Second resistance point hold on shutter release, lock for single exposure or constant by setting with five-way switch

    Manual focus:   With lens focusing ring
    Exposure metering:   Exposure metering through the lens (TTL)
    Metering modes:   Multi-segment metering (five fields), centre-weighted integral metering, selective (spot) metering (3.5% of image frame)

    AE lock:

     

    Second resistance point hold on shutter release, lock for single exposure or constant by setting with five-way switch

    Metering range:   (at f/2.5 and ISO 100) Spot metering: EV 2.7 - 20, center-weighted and multi-segment metering: EV 1.2 - 20
    Exposure control:   Program AE (with shift function) (P), shutter priority AE (T), aperture priority AE (A), manual metering (M)
    Exposure compensation:   ± 3 EV in half-EV increments
    Bracketing (AEB):  

    Three/five exposures (automatic/manual), half, one, two or three stops

    ISO sensitivity:  

    ISO 100, ISO 200, ISO 400, ISO 800, ISO 1600, auto ISO

    Shutter  

     

    Type:   In-camera: Microprocessor-controlled, metal-blade, vertical focal-plane shutter
    Shutter speeds:  

    Manual setting (T and M modes): 6 s to 1/4000 s in half-stop increments, time exposure (B mode): up to max. 125 s, flash sync speed 1/125 s, automatic (A and P modes): continuous from 32 s to 1/4000 s

    CS shutter option:   Optional central shutter in Leica S-Lenses (CS versions)
    CS shutter speeds:  

    Manual setting (T and M modes): 6 s to 1/1000 s in half-stop increments, flash sync at all speeds, automatic (A and P modes): continuous from 8 s to 1/1000 s

    Linear flash mode:   Faster sync speeds than 1/125 s possible with Leica SF 58 flash unit and HSS-capable SCA 3002 flashes
    Continuous shooting:   ~ 1.5 fps
    Shutter release:   Three stages
    Self-timer:   Two- or 12-second delay
    Mirror pre-release:   Yes

    Viewfinder

    Type:
      High-eye-point pentaprism
    Magnification:   0.87× (with 70 mm lens at infinity)
    Viewfinder coverage:   Approx. 98%
    Dioptre compensation:   –3 to +1 dioptres
    Focusing screen:   Interchangeable
    Top-deck display:   Full-colour, self-illuminating, top-deck panel (OLED)
    Monitor:  

    3" TFT LCD monitor with 921,600 pixels, 16 million colours, sRGB colour space, image field approx. 100%, maximum oblique viewing angle 170°

    Protective cover:   Anti-glare dirt-repellent protective glass cover in scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass®

    Flash

    Mount:
      Hot shoe with centre and control contacts, LEMO® flash connection socket
    Compatibility:   Full compatibility with Leica SF58 and flash units with SCA3002 adapters
    X synchronisation:  

    1/125 s, 1/1000 s (lens CS), sync at all slower speeds, choice of first or second curtain sync; FPS flash sync at faster shutter speeds (1/180 s to 1/4000 s) possible with suitably equipped flash units (HSS mode)

    Flash reflector angle:

      Automatic adaptation to focal length of lens attached with Leica SF58 flash unit or system-compatible flash units with motorised zoom reflector

    Exposure

    Exposure modes:
      Single frame, continuous, self-timer 2 s (with mirror pre-release), self-timer 12 s (with mirror pre-release)

    Data recording

    Image file formats:
      DNG (5000 × 7500 pixels, 37.5 megapixels, approx. 72 MB per image), lossless compressed DNG (7500 × 5000 pixels, approx. 42 MB per image), JPEG (7500 × 5000 pixels, in three resolutions, 37.5, 9.3, 2.3 megapixels, approx. 1–16 MB per image, depending on resolution and image content)
    Maximum burst rate:   1.5 fps
    Buffer memory:   DNG max. 28 images, DNG compressed max. 32 images, JPEG no limit

    Simultaneous capture option

    for DNG and JPG:
      Yes
    Storage media:  

    SD card (SD cards to 2 GB max., SDHC card to 32 GB max., SDXC card), CompactFlash card (UDMA7), external transfer to PC hard disk

    Other functions

    Menu languages:
      English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Korean
    Firmware update:   User upload option
    GPS:   Selectable (may not be available in all countries due to local legislation)
    Date/time:   User setting option, automatic date, time and time zone synchronisation with activated GPS module
    Levellingy:   Determination by acceleration sensor, accuracy and display sensitivity <1° at 0–40°C (32–104°F) ambient temperature

    Interfaces

    USB:
      ISO hot shoe, LEMO® USB 2.0 HiSpeed HDMI type C socket, remote release, X-flash sync, SCA3002, LEMO® flash connection socket, interface for Leica multifunctional handgrip S

    Supported operating

    systems:
     

    Windows XP®, Windows Vista®, Windows 7®, Apple Macintosh Mac OS X® 10.5 and higher

    Software

    Software package:
      Adobe Photoshop Lightroom® and Leica Image Shuttle 2, downloadable from the Leica owners’ area after product registration

    Power supply

    Battery:
     

    Rechargeable lithium-ion battery, nominal voltage 7.4 V, capacity 2100 mAh

    Battery-independent

    power supply:
      With Leica AC adapter S (optional accessory)

    Power supply and

    battery charger:
     

    Rapid charger S (with integrated US mains plug, plugs for EU, UK and Australia and car adapte Inputs: 100–240 V AC, 50/60 Hz, automatic toggle, or 12/24 V DC; output: 7.4 V DC, 1250 mA

    Body                                     

    Body construction:
     

    Full-metal chassis in die-cast magnesium alloy with high-grip plastic coating, anthracite grey magnesium alloy top deck, baseplate in fibreglass-reinforced polycarbonate

    Operating conditions:

      0 to +45°C (32 to 113°F), 15–80% relative humidity

    Dimensions (W × H × D):

      160 × 80 × 120 mm

    Weight:

     

    Approx. 1260 g (body only, with battery)

    Dust-proof/splash-proof:

      Yes/yes

    Tripod bushes:

      1/4" and 3/8" with anti-twist locking pins

    Package

    Package contents:

      S body, rapid charger S (with integrated US mains plug, interchangeable plugs for EU, UK and Australia and car adapter), rechargeable lithium-ion battery, carrying strap, bayonet body cap, eyepiece cap






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