Underground Photographer

Beside the M9 Leica also delivers the X1, an bundle photographic camera with a large APS-C sensor and a fixed 35mm equivalent field-of-view F2.8 autofocus lens. Featuring a design reminiscent of M-series rangefinders, complete with analogue-style shutter speed and aperture dials, the photographic camera provides a choice of fully automatic or manual control. A 2.7″ LCD and 12Mp CMOS sensor with an ISO range of 100 to 3200 round off the specification. Registered possessors will be able to download a copy of Adobe Lightroom to process the camera’s DNG raw files. On our visit to Leica two weeks ago we were lucky enough to get our hands on a pre-production photographic camera, click through for our first opinion and hands-on pictures.