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Leica SL3-S Camera with Summicron 50mm Kit
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The Leica SL3-S Camera with Summicron 50mm Kit is a fast prime lens kit for everyday hybrid stills and video content creation, which is capable of ProRes 422 HQ internal recording and high-speed burst shooting.
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Leica SL3-S Camera with Summicron 50mm Kit Summary
This Leica SL3-S Camera with Summicron 50mm Kit pairs the flagship full-frame SL3-S hybrid body with one of the most widely praised 50mm lenses in the L Mount system. The result is a lightweight setup for photographers and filmmakers who like working with a single, high-performance prime lens that is suitable for a huge variety of everyday subjects.
The Summicron-SL 50mm f/2 ASPH has become a favourite thanks to its natural perspective, compact size, and high quality optical rendering. It shares similar characteristics to the 35mm prime from Leica, with sharp high resolution detail across the frame, smooth bokeh, and fast, quiet autofocus, although the 50mm lens but provides slightly closer crop. This is especially effective for street, portraits, lifestyle, and video, as well as everyday snapshots. The lens features Leica’s floating element design for high performance at close distances, and handles with the same smooth feel as the entire SL Summicron range.
When combined with the SL3-S, this combination delivers great low-light performance and cinematic video capabilities with professional results for hybrid creators. The SL3-S captures 14+ stops of dynamic range, has fast hybrid phase detection autofocus, and ProRes 422 HQ internal recording, which is ideal for professional-level video and stills.
For users who prefer to shoot with a single fast prime across a wide range of subjects, the SL3-S and 50mm Summicron is a premium setup that is capable of high image quality, as well as providing Leica’s premium German-made build quality.
Leica SL3-S Camera Body Key Features
- 24.6MP full-frame BSI CMOS sensor
- Internal ProRes 422 HQ 10-bit video recording up to 4K 60p
- Hybrid phase detection, contrast, and depth map autofocus
- L² Technology with Leica Maestro IV
- 5-axis in-body stabilisation for photo and video
- 5.76m-dot OLED viewfinder with 120fps refresh
- Vari-angle 3.2-inch LCD touchscreen
- Robust weather-sealed body with IP54 rating
- CFexpress Type B and UHS-II SD dual card slots
- Full-size HDMI, USB-C 3.1 Gen 2, and timecode I/O support
- Made in Germany to IP54 standards
Leica Summicron-SL 50mm f/2 ASPH Lens
- Fast 50mm lens for everyday content creation
- Black anodised finish
- Magnesium and aluminium full-metal housing
- Three double sided aspherical lens elements
- Weighs just 402g
- Hydrophobe Aqua-Dura® coating on external elements
- 45cm minimum focus distance
- Dust and splash resistant with an E67 filter thread
Leica SL3-S Camera with Summicron 50mm Kit in More Detail
24MP Sensor With Multi-shot Mode
The Leica SL3-S features a new 24MP BSI full-frame CMOS sensor that brings even better low-light performance and quicker operation. With an in-body image stabilisation (IBIS) system offering up to 5 stops of stabilisation, the camera helps you achieve sharp results even when shooting handheld in challenging lighting.
The sensor’s expanded ISO range has been expanded between ISO 50 to 200,000, which provides the flexibility to capture cleaner content in various shooting environments - from bright daylight to night time shooting.
The 24MP sensor excels in delivering accurate colour reproduction, capturing subtle nuances of tone, texture, and colour with even greater precision. Its dynamic range allows for impressive shadow recovery during post-processing, and it performs exceptionally well in low-light. Noise is well controlled, maintaining excellent detail even at higher ISOs, such as 3200, 12,500, or beyond. At these levels, the sensor produces a pleasing, film-like grain rather than harsh digital noise, making it a great choice for creators working in any lighting conditions.
Multi-shot Mode
For those who require high-res detailed shots, the camera’s Multi-shot Mode allows for 48MP or 96MP stills to reveal finer image details, which can be captured handheld or with a tripod. JPG images are created in-camera by merging eight sensor-shifted RAW files into a single JPEG.
For greater flexibility, the individual RAW files can also be saved for post-processing. While this mode is best suited to static subjects like interiors, still life, cityscapes, and landscapes in calm conditions, it now supports handheld shooting, which is a useful upgrade over the SL2. The multi-shot setting is conveniently accessed via the drive mode menu, ensuring easy integration into the photographer’s workflow.
High-speed PDAF System
Leica has included an advanced hybrid autofocus system in this generation camera, combining phase-detection autofocus (PDAF), contrast detection, and object detection AF. With far greater coverage at 779 PDAF points, the autofocus is faster, more precise, and versatile for limitless situations, even allowing photographers to burst at up to 30fps in continuous autofocus (AF-C) in 12-bit, or 7fps in mechanical shutter mode.
This system includes multiple AF modes such as spot, multi-field, zone, tracking, and eye and face-detection, ensuring you can capture your subject with ease, regardless of dynamic movement or the prevailing lighting conditions. AF tracking can be customised too, allowing users to save profiles tailored to specific situations like track runners, wildlife, or people.
MAESTRO IV Processor And Video Capabilities
The latest Maestro IV processor first seen in the SL3 and Leica Q3 43 powers the SL3-S, which supports fast and reliable operation for both photography and videography. It facilitates high-end video capabilities such as 5.8K ProRes 422HQ and 6K RAW video, as well as internal recording at 6K 4:2:0 10-bit and 4K 4:2:2 10-bit.
Additionally, the SL3-S features open-gate recording (full-frame), allowing video creators to capture the entire sensor area for more creative control in post-production for cropping to different formats, enhanced stabilisation, and visual effects. With a no-time-limit recording feature, the SL3-S is perfect for long-form content and longer duration filming. Log footage can be recorded with a LUT applied, providing a preview of how the graded footage will look.
Other benefits of the processor in the Leica SL3-S include:
- Rapid signal processing with efficient conversion of RAW files into high-quality images with speed and accuracy
- Enhanced colour reproduction with vibrant and true-to-life colours straight out of the camera
- 8GB buffer enables smooth and continuous shooting, even in faster-paced situations
- CFexpress Type B support results in greater speed for faster data writing and reduced workflow bottlenecks. This is especially noticeable with all forms of video recording available in-camera, aside from RAW recording.
Content Authenticity
Following its introduction in the Leica M11-P, the SL3-S is the first SL-System camera to integrate encrypted metadata that complies with the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI). Once activated, this adds an additional layer of security, ensuring that every photo is signed with Content Credentials that cannot be altered. This feature is essential in the age of AI-generated content, as it guarantees the authenticity of your digital images, with the option to track changes made throughout the editing process.
Comprehensive Connectivity
The upgraded camera body offers a variety of connectivity options to meet the needs of advanced hybrid content creators. It now supports CFexpress Type B and SD memory card slots, a 10Gbps USB-C port with charging support, and a full-size HDMI output for external recorder/monitors.
With Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity via MIMO technology, users can also expect extremely stable and fast wireless data transfer, allowing for quicker uploads to cloud platforms such as Leica FOTOS and integrations with apps like Lightroom and Capture One photography software. The camera supports transfer speeds of up to 40MB/s, which equates to under 1 second per full resolution image transfer.
Leica FOTOS App
The Leica FOTOS app provides users with an efficient way to manage their content. With features now spanning Leica Looks, camera-to-cloud integration and tether preview, the app facilitates easy editing, sharing, and remote control. The app also allows transfer of media and quick firmware updates, ensuring your SL3-S stays up to date with the latest features.
For users who integrate team content the SL3-S supports camera-to-cloud functionality via Adobe frame.io, enabling proxy video uploads and seamless integration with Lightroom for cloud-based workflows. This feature allows creators to share, edit, and shoot with live updates from anywhere.
Design And Usability
The Leica SL3-S is designed with an updated button layout, tiltable display, and ergonomic grip, which ensure that it feels natural in the hand, while being easy to operate. The clear, intuitive menu system and touch interaction further streamline your shooting process, and the new menu adapts based on its orientation, making it equally usable whether held upright or tilted for overhead or low-angle shots. Additionally, the LCD has been upgraded as a flip screen with higher resolution, while Leica has managed to shave nearly 100g off the weight compared to the previous body.
L Mount Lens range
The L-Mount system originally developed by Leica is a future-proof lens mount that offers excellent compatibility with a wide range of models from Leica, Panasonic and Sigma amongst others. This collaboration has resulted in a comprehensive selection of high-performance lenses, catering to hybrid creators who work across photography and videography.
What’s in the box
- Leica SL3-S Camera Body
- Battery (BP-SCL6)
- USB-C cable
- Carrying strap
- Quick-start guide
- Leica Summicron-SL 50mm f/2 ASPH Lens for L mount
- Lens hood
- Lens caps
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Condition guide
Our used products are subject to wear and tear in comparison to brand new products. This also applies to accessories that are supplied with the camera including batteries which may have a lower optimum performance level/life expectancy.
- Like New – The equipment is in a condition as if you have just bought it from the manufacturer. The item is still considered to be ‘Like New’ even without the original packaging and accessories. The product has been fully tested and is in perfect working order. Lenses are optically clear. There may be light dust present that will not effect the imagery.
- Excellent – The equipment should be close to being ‘Like New’ but there may be some small cosmetic blemishes that lower its grade. The product has been fully tested and is in perfect excellent order.
- Cameras – Should have no marks on the LCD screen
- Lenses – Should have no marks on the elements and optically clear. There may be light dust present that will not effect the imagery.
- Very Good – The equipment may have some slight cosmetic wear to the paintwork and cosmetic blemishes with only light signs of use and the product has been fully tested and is in great working order.
- Cameras – The LCD screen may have small signs of wear that does not affect its display
- Lenses – The mount of the lens will start to show signs of wear
- Good – The equipment is showing more obvious signs of cosmetic wear and blemishes, but the product has been fully tested and is in great working order.
- Cameras – LCD screen may have scratches or wear that is starting to affect the display.
- Lenses – May have slight dust inside that does not affect images. The mount shows signs of use.
- Well Used – The equipment will show significant signs of wear. The paintwork will be coming away in large areas exposing the metal work, but the product has been fully tested and is in great working order.
- Cameras – LCD screen is heavily worn either by de-lamination or has scratches to it. Rubber grips are starting to come away from the body.
- Lenses – The lens has dust inside that may affect images. The rubber zoom/focus ring is coming away from the barrel of the lens.
*All of our used items are listed with the accessories that are included. If they are not listed, then they will not be supplied at the point of purchase.
Peace of mind with our 6 month warranty
This product has been thoroughly tested by our team of photographers and we are happy to give a 6 month warranty as a result. The number of tests depends on the individual product but we are confident in this product having tested all the major functions. Anything that isn’t as you would expect, we then make a note of and show this in the condition notes on the page.
So you can be confident you are buying a great piece of kit that’s been looked after by a fellow photographer and seen many extraordinary sights, tested by our team of photographers and now looking forward to being set free to capture more great images!
