Leica CL Hands-on Preview

Exclusive first look at Leica's latest APS-C mirrorless interchangeable lens camera with EVF!
Leica CL with 18mm: www.adorama.co...
Thanks to Tim Pan for shooting the street bits: / @mediastorm6801
Music:
Jazz Spastiks - Jazz Party / jazzspastiks
Mo. Anando - In Bloom / moanando
Birocratic - Cinematosis / birocratic

[@Thejohnventura]

I’m way more impressed by the GH5 shooting this video 😆

[@TheLokCheung]

Love that photo with the red lady and red dumpster!

[@unbroken1010]

Tooooo red

[@iamwhatiam6281]

I'm so rich and I have no time to manual focus, so instead of a leica M, I will buy a leica CL and an assistant to press the shutter button

[@jidgy8547]

I am what I am I also have an assistant to frame the shot as well

[@tonkerdog1]

I’m so rich because I don’t waste my time commenting on stuff I can’t afford.

[@tobimeister0]

@@tonkerdog1 awe snap!

[@ulcjmt]

I can't believe I just spent 20 mins reading all these crap comments!

[@gavingynert2455]

Cry baby

[@seventeendegree]

The camera looks ugly and the pictures look like they come from a smartphone. As a M user, I don't get the concept.

[@JoshDavid]

Birds

[@Fabio-rg9nv]

I love my Fuji‘s dials and controls and everything and it is a beautiful camera. Fujis are super intuitive and unique to use. But I also really love Leica‘s simplicity, they look and feel gorgeous and are definitely unique in design. I‘m really considering getting a Leica next year or in 2019.

[@T_P56]

New Lumix, I like it.

[@unbroken1010]

Silly and no...

[@king715168]

Just good enough to piss off every tl2 owner, myself included. Thanks Leica.

[@SamKresslein]

Great job there Tim. Kai couldn't have done it better himself. #appreciateTim

[@mediastorm6801]

FifthWheelFeel Thank! Just saying, never try to manual focus with these Lumix lenses, a huge pain in the ass XD

[@SamKresslein]

Tim Pan tell me about it! I use a G7 haha.

[@Roflmao0001]

What lens were you using? This video has given me even more desire to get the GH5 lol

[@thomasmyman]

I would like to know that to - and did you use the GH5? thanks:)

[@BobbyLam]

Marmite is LOVE! Marmite is LIFE!

[@PYYYYYY]

Use Leica for its rangefinder, otherwise get a Sony, Fuji, Canon, Nikon etc

[@unbroken1010]

Silly

[@kyle_medina]

Really like Leica design but fuck they are expensive!

[@chriseastty2874]

You don’t like marmite?, first time I’ve pressed the thumb down button

[@melaninxhalide1165]

They knew they were going to release the CL. It's a shame they wasted precious market time (and peoples money) releasing the TL/TL2. A whole bunch of people who bought those cameras are going to be PISSED.

[@Ar-kx4hp]

Frank Young I own the TL2 it’s great. This thing however is a parts bin raid that people called Nigel who have no friends are going to buy.

[@Zakalwe-01]

I actually have an original CL in the draw beside me! The lenses are gorgeous, especially the 40mm F2

[@TimKretschmer]

"I leica it" xD

[@johnleehancong]

Not used to seeing Kai use cameras with strap =)

[@MayankJairaj]

johnnyzzxxcc expensive shit changes people

[@Juumonji]

He used to carry a USD10K Leica lens along with a Leica M camera naked.

[@TerryManning]

"That's some tai chi shit there." LMAO

[@J-Gx]

For that price get a 2nd hand Q!

[@ganzonomy]

I see the name of a camera that humiliated the M5 to the point the M4 had to be brought back into production, but was carried on by Minolta as the sorely underrated CLE... and it's a tiny APS-C? I'd rather see the name reborn on a smaller-and-cheaper-than-M film camera again.

[@villagranvicent]

What a scam. $4000 for an APS camera and kit lens? I can even buy a D850 or a Sony A7Riii and have some change.

[@samuelchu2545]

Why would you buy this over a Fuji x100 series camera? It's probably more Leica than this Leica with a good evf and also ovf if u like the old school rangefinder feel. Just as compact and I don't see anything special about this particular Leica... I usually like Leica images but there's something off about this one and it's design.

[@enkodernovi3524]

This is not fixed lens camera. I would compare it to X-Pro 2 or X-E3

[@samuelchu2545]

Even in that case, why would you choose this over the XPro2? I mean the M Series Leica have their appeal but this?

[@enkodernovi3524]

Yeah I don't know...

[@ElvisPriscillaPresley]

Come on Kai, get your hand off it and say it like it is. It's just another ok camera which is well overpriced.

[@marktimmins48]

Could you tell me what jacket you are wearing, I like it. Great video too .

[@mikeanastasio8073]

If Leica released this at sub $2000 they’d make so much money.

[@rocker1821]

For the price it looks cheap looking

[@calden74]

It's not, you really have to see it up close. All Leica products feel amazing in your hands.

[@JMackUK]

Marmite rules! PS Kai review an X-E3! :-)

[@emilnilsson7991]

Looks like a rather dull camera. Pretty darn ugly on top of that.

[@ryanellis4474]

I just realized that no photo exists of Kai W. not wearing a coat or jacket. Hashtag man is not overheated. Kai, do a Nikon D850 review with guest-host Big Shaq! Tell us if "Camera's Not Hot!"

[@83jbbentley]

Posh Camera Wankery

[@boristfernandes]

NEED. MORE. VIDEOS. 😵

[@GlenAndFriendsCooking]

"The Marmite of viewfinder cameras..." We use Marmite all the time as a background player in our recipes, it supports the other flavours. Maybe this camera has the same use.

[@mybrkly]

Just saw Lok's review. A good complement to Kai's review.

[@DonFather]

that's a really ugly silver lens on a black body. Would like it all black. WTF? grip doesn't have a battery door? probably costs 200 quid just for the grip. What a great deal.

[@pancakelord8]

DaDonFather dunno I personally dig it. It has a nice contrast to it.

[@DonFather]

I'd like it if it were slim and metal, but it's looks fat and plasticky, and has Panasonic written all over the lens (not literally), so that's why I don't like it screaming "look at me".

[@spritual_enlightenment]

The grip costs U$150. www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?InitialSearch=yes&N=0&Ntt=Leica+CL&Top+Nav-Search=&sts=ma

[@enkodernovi3524]

there is black version of that lens

[@DonFather]

I stand corrected. It only costs a tiny fraction of what I thot. Killer deal. Still no battery door.

[@seacow2001]

I read that this Leica has 4k video. If even Leica is adding 4k video, wtf is wrong with Canon??

[@TheRacerRich]

The thing I don't understand about Leica is that being so expensive why don't they spend the extra $200 bucks and just make sure it has more pixels in the EVF and the back screen than anything else on the market.

[@demonsaint1296]

Peking, peeking, peaking

[@onylroque]

Pleace Leica CL vs Fuji Xpro 2 !!!!!!!

[@tomxaak]

No contest. Fuji all the way.

[@gonzoq]

7:23 trash fashion

[@jackwiegmann]

I got excited and thought it was the ORIGINAL leica CL

[@m.4209]

"Superfluous", "quintessentially". Vocabulary on point, Kai!

[@danielt93]

haha! Love it. So true. Those words ARE used in the prep books. Been there before

[@miguellee3]

Two things: I'm sure Leica's 4K is thanks to their partners Panasonic 👍 and it feels like they've been releasing much "cheaper" cameras than in the past; probably their way to stay relevant in the modern market and prevent Fuji from becoming the new Leica. Yes, I said that. 🤔

[@jas_bataille]

It's too late...

[@PapaHett]

I just watched a 2 minute advertisement about a Ron Howard Online directing masterclass. Keep the videos coming Kai.

[@canalsentir]

Hi from Mexico! Good rundown on the Leica CL!

[@T3hJones]

Wow Kai wear a camera strap, that means the camera is VERY special!

[@SilentShadowPunisher]

The color grading of the video is just gorgeous !!!

[@andrewfaramphotography]

Me in 2024 wishing Leica would make a CL with a M11 sensor… I know that sounds weird to some but as someone who travels to shoot live music involving fast moving subjects, an auto-focus, compact camera with interchangeable lenses would be amazing… something the size of my M11 or a Q3 but with more of the options of the SL would make things so much more smoother.

[@ricklkkwok]

I'm sorry, you should change this title to testing the GH5 video cuz it looks amazing

[@sebastianmunoz8635]

HI MAN! I LOVE YOU JOB! LOOK, im student and i dont have much money, (like 200usd) so i have 2 questions, if you can help me 1) What is the diference between "sony alpha" y "sony nex" (example sony a5000 y nex6) I know that there is diferences in the iso and so one, but what is the real diference between sony "alpha mirrorless" e "Nex" ? What series of sony its better? 2) What is the best (used or not udes) camera for 200? (I like to travel so im thinking in mirrorless)

[@TJRgammer]

Love Kai and love how you can make videos about photos and film gear so funny and interesting

[@ReviewDetective]

I'll stick with my Sony A6000!

[@ShlomoLevi]

$4349.76 in NYC with tax???? thank you but NO)))

[@philmtx3fr]

This lens is good but really ugly… just like the 28mm F2.8 of the Nikon zfc… why Nikon and Leica are doing such bad things ???

[@101jumpit]

How dare you criticise Marmite ! Its the food of the Norse Gods.

[@calvinshia4956]

I will have the x100f over this any day, regardless of the price

[@calden74]

Different camera systems completely so you really cannot say that. I would also bet you a thousand bucks that you would change your mind if you had one of these for a week to play with. If you live in Switzerland I would be more than happy to let you play with mine for a while.

[@cggg490]

Fuji fanboys are just as troublesome as Leica fanboys.

[@Cherokie89]

I like it a lot, but I like it for about 1500 bucks. The problem is that Fuji sells a much better pair of cameras for 1500 bucks. Let’s not even get into the price gap in high quality glass.

[@vidster7]

Felt a DRTV vibe

[@jddiggy2343]

Right LoL 😂 😂😂 😂😂 😂

[@intec989898]

If i am rich and no time to learn manual focus why not go for Leica Q? I thunk the existent of Leica CL is unnecessary at all.

[@abhishekvsmalyala]

APSC sensor 18mm f2.8 - take the evf and $3200 off this camera and buy a ricoh gr ii - the poor man's leica

[@ivainmartinossi7529]

looks like a barnack Leica...Leica is going back in time even further than the m3 XD that's the only way they know to innovate... sigh...

[@plantagoo]

AFAIK it uses the battery from the Q not the TL2.

[@lokalkakan]

I understand and like the Leica way of shooting, I don't understand people who needs a leica to do it. The Fuji cameras with the analog wheels seems way nicer.

[@ItsAMbutyoutubechangedmyname]

So sorry but what is the purpose with this camera looks like a toycamera from beginning of 1980.

[@SibirLupus]

For a nearly $4,000 dollar camera (with kit lens), it should have Phase Detect AF... XD. #NoThanks

[@kentvun]

Lens look exactly like the 20mm f1.7

[@ryanellis4474]

See and Show and Tell: Nikon D850 ASAP, Kai! I want to understand this budding thing! Ahhh!2+2=4-1=3(QUICKmaths)!

[@ConchitaProductions]

Look it up yourself, Kai sucks ass at reviewing products anyways with his stubborn lazy ass reviews.

[@peterdallen2004]

Kia, you deserve all of the almost half a million subscribers you have. Love the videos. Be with you since Digital Rev

[@RohamBroccoli]

Kia is a shitty car..

[@GreenProd007]

Same 😊

[@Bolt_241]

what the fuck man, prejudiced much?

[@张昊宇-p2e]

Still I prefer my old film Leica CL

[@davebethel7159]

One of the best Minoltas ever made.

[@DIMASAable]

Were people there to shoot ducks and swans? Kai I know you laica of everything laica

[@dhuwdhuwdhuw]

jokes on you im rocking leica m8

[@Michael-fw5ef]

Does anyone notice how - market wide - retailers are selling hats that are too small for our heads nowadays. What happened to those winter hats that were properly fitting in years past?

[@Menda_Lerenda]

from some distance looks like a toy camera lol

[@David-dj5kb]

This has the exact same resolution sensor as the Sony A6500 and shoots 10FPS vs 11 FPS with the A6500. Are they using the same sensor?

[@jobanski]

Anyone else chuckle at how many times the word "like" was used to describe the leica and it's features?

[@peterjoy490]

Does every Leica video have to include the words 'quintessential' and 'not the best'?

[@Ar-kx4hp]

Peter Joy agreed. Let’s add some alternatives; quintefugly, quintepricey, quintenobblytopplate

[@KalabelaiGaming]

kai say hi to me

[@sofiansyah6841]

Finally back on street..!!! Great!

[@huibi]

Talk normal is hard for this guy

[@gingermedbriller7290]

Could you do a video on top something Macro lenses?

[@madzyadzy07]

Kai, I’d love a video from you on your thoughts on DSLR vs Mirrorless in late 2017. Have you personally made the switch? I’m still rocking my 600D from 2013 and it’s still perfectly fine for my photos. I am considering making a change/upgrade as my video has suffered due to the lack of continuous AF.. I’m semi-invested I’m EF lenses. I have a Canon 10-18, Canon 50 1.8, a sigma 18-35 1.8 and a sigma 70-300. I’m looking at the 70D/80D but I am intrigued by what the Sony mirrorless line can do.

[@ginobrugman]

It looks like the slapped the viewfinder right on top but, I Leicat.

[@AlexeyDyachenko]

So if you don't care about IQ and have too much money to spend you buy this instead of Fuji.

[@simonstucki]

these controls are amazing, why does nobody else do this? I'd really like a camera like this, but the price is a problem for me...

[@sheri1983]

I can't believe nobody yet copied their design, I'm not saying they will be a Leica after all but I would like a similar design from Fuji or Sony.

[@TheMintyBoss]

Oh hi nice video

[@RichardArreguin]

"Poor people's babies"......hahahaha, wait....I was eaten as a poor baby.

[@ThinkCriticallyNow]

Absolute waste of money, like all their camera's.

[@DC-mm3wy]

Totally agree . Just buy a Fuji x70 used .or any other APSC enthusiasts camera. Do people think Leica made this APSC sensor them selves . Waste of money for a red dot .

[@espro436]

1080p niceeeee. Just like in 2005. So pixelate. So wow.

[@slothsarecool]

I like the general direction, the size looks great, but crop sensor for me looks underwhelming, nothing great IQ-wise, and it looks so boring and bland compared to an M or the original. It almost looks like rubber, the back is pretty slick though as far as digital cameras go!

[@oliwiereb]

Hyde Park is always full of those creatures, it's also one of the only places with trees. Have you been to Hamstead Heath?

[@VariTimo]

The Leica M5 came in a Summilux kit.

[@AllEverythingHere]

2:50 doing some tai chi shit there ....hahahahaha

[@mhsvz6735]

The Rich don’t have time to learn how to manual focus because they use the time to make more money?

[@vegasrenie]

Yeah, but a tilty screen provides function. For that much money, Leica could figure it out and keep it sleek!

[@angrierphotographer1785]

I like this new Leica CL, the original CL also

[@TheArtofBlues]

I use to take a dump in a upscale hotel walking distance from that pond. :)

[@KeanKennedy]

I don't suppose you were anywhere near the Olympic park the other day? I was startled by a drone and you were the first menace I thought of :P

[@Mindartcreativity]

What camera and lens was this shot on? Looks stunning! Review's awesome too, as always :)

[@calden74]

That's Sony for you, but he also does a lot of color correction in post to give it that cinema look. You can actually do this on an iPad Pro with Lumia, even an Android tablet with apps like PowerDirector, Filmm or 3DLUT. I have a new Sony Xperia 1 II that does this kind of color corecting while filming in 4K, the videos Im shooting are nothing short of breath-taking.

[@zafariqbal-js7tn]

Kai love you from Pakistan

[@NetvoTV]

When will silver body coming? why not release both silver and black in the same time like TL2?