Leica SL2

The Leica SL2 grabs you in three stages: when you see it, when you use it, and when you view the results

- Rod Lawton

We keep saying that Sony was once the only full-frame mirrorless camera maker until Canon, Nikon and Panasonic joined in – but we keep forgetting the prestigious but pricey Leica SL, launched in 2015.

But while the Leica SL was easy to overlook (oops), the Leica SL2 is going to be much harder to ignore. It’s like a glamorous soirée, where the most stylish guest is the last to arrive and makes the most sophisticated entrance. The Leica SL 2 is never going to be one of the masses: it will always hold itself apart from the rest, and it will always draw envious glances (or glowers) from the crowd when it finally arrives.

We haven’t had the chance to run the Leica SL2 through our gamut of lab tests and a full range of real-world situations yet, but inevitably it qualifies as one of the best Leica cameras you can get, and time will tell whether it makes our list of the best mirrorless cameras you can buy.

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