Leica T review

A back to basics compact system camera from the premium manufacturer

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The 18-56mm f/3.5-5.6 is a good all-round lens, but is only one of two native lenses available for the T system at the moment.

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At ISO 3200, there's a fair amount of noise present, but at normal printing and web sizes the effect isn't too bad.

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Colours are bright and punchy straight from the camera – but sometimes JPEG images can demonstrate strange colours compared with the raw format DNG file.

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Plenty of detail is resolved by the Leica T's 16.5 million-pixel APS-C sized CMOS sensor.

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There's no digital filters, as such, but there are different 'film simulation' modes to choose from, such as we've seen before from Fuji cameras. These recreate the look of classic film stock, but also give you the benefit of being shot in both JPEG and raw format, leaving you with a clean version of the image down the line should you need it.

Film simulation modes

Here are all the different simulation modes together so you can compare the differences.

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Standard

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Vivid

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Natural

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BW Natural

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BW High Contrast

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Amy Davies

Amy has been writing about cameras, photography and associated tech since 2009. Amy was once part of the photography testing team for Future Publishing working across TechRadar, Digital Camera, PhotoPlus, N Photo and Photography Week. For her photography, she has won awards and has been exhibited. She often partakes in unusual projects - including one intense year where she used a different camera every single day. Amy is currently the Features Editor at Amateur Photographer magazine, and in her increasingly little spare time works across a number of high-profile publications including Wired, Stuff, Digital Camera World, Expert Reviews, and just a little off-tangent, PetsRadar.