Leica M EV1
Product Highlights
- Compact, digital system camera
- Integrated 5.76 MP electronic OLED viewfinder
- Focus assist for easy manual focusing
- Dioptre compensation from -4 to +2 dioptres
- 60 MP BSI CMOS full-frame sensor with Triple Resolution Technology
- 64 GB internal memory
- Timeless, iconic design with an elegant leatherette covering featuring a diamond pattern
- Convenient connectivity with the Leica FOTOS App
The Leica M EV1 combines the traditional values of the M-System with the advantages of an integrated electronic viewfinder (EVF). The dioptre compensation and practical focus assists facilitate precise manual focusing – in particular when using the fast Leica Summilux and Noctilux lenses at very shallow depths of field, as well as with ultra wide-angle, telephoto and macro lenses.
The brilliant viewfinder shows the image exactly as it will be when the shutter snaps – in line with the lens used, focal length and focus distance. All the camera settings are readily visible, without having to take the camera away from your eye. For optimum control when focusing and maximum creative freedom when composing images. The Leica M EV1 is equipped with an outstanding 60 MP full-frame sensor and, just like its sister models – the M11-D and M11-P – includes groundbreaking Content Credentials technology, which reliably verifies the origin of an image.
The Leica M EV1 is an Invitation to Trust, to Create, to Belong.
The First Leica M with an Integrated Electronic Viewfinder
The M encapsulates the essence of our philosophy like no other camera. It embodies timeless aesthetics and true photographic authenticity, paired with uncompromising craftsmanship and exceptional image quality. The Leica M EV1 honours this legacy while expanding its horizons.
The Easiest Way to Enter the Legendary M-System
Sharpness Precisely Where It Matters Most
With focus assist, the Leica M EV1 offers a seamless entry into the world of M photography. This makes manual focusing a matter of pure precision. Focus peaking highlights the active focus plane with a coloured overlay, offering real-time guidance to help you frame your composition. Used separately or additionally, the focus zoom with two levels of magnification ensures precise control. Particularly when using fast Summilux and Noctilux lenses with shallow depths of field and at close range, you can achieve sharp focus with the help of focus assist. For photographs as distinctive as your perspective on the world.
Crystal-Clear OLED Viewfinder
The high-resolution 5.76-megapixel EVF delivers brilliant colours and outstanding clarity, capturing every detail of your subject. All shooting data – shutter speed, aperture, ISO and exposure compensation – can be shown outside the image, allowing you to maintain full focus on your composition. An individually configurable eye sensor enables smooth transitions between the viewfinder and touch panel, while the dioptre adjustment from -4 to +2 fine tunes the viewfinder image to suit your vision.
See Your Images Before You Take Them
The Live View exposure preview displays every nuance – from brightness to image framing – in real time. Whether you’re working with ultra-wide-angle or super-telephoto lenses or creative photo filters, you maintain complete control over your composition, without ever taking your eye away from the camera. All settings are instantly visible, unlocking new creative possibilities with the Leica M. Using advanced tools like digital zoom, level gauge and perspective control, you can compose your images with precision, freedom and intuition.
Outstanding Image Quality
Technically, the Leica M EV1 builds on the foundation of the M11, featuring its 60 MP BSI CMOS full-frame sensor with Triple Resolution Technology – one of the world’s most advanced. Precise colour rendering, remarkable detail and a high dynamic range lend images the unmistakable Leica Look, with vivid depth and striking presence. Images can be captured in DNG or JPEG format at resolutions of 60, 36 or 18 MP. The powerful Maestro III processor handles data swiftly and reliably, storing it either on the 64 GB internal memory or an SD card.
Small Lever, Big Impact
The classic frame selector on the front of M-Cameras equipped with an optical viewfinder takes on a new function in the M EV1. It can be individually configured to activate one of the focus assist functions or the digital zoom for the EVF. Moving the lever to the left or right allows you to switch swiftly and intuitively between functions, ensuring your subject remains in view throughout. Through this considered refinement, the M EV1 combines classic mechanics with contemporary functionality.
Seamless Connection with the Leica FOTOS App
The Leica M EV1 connects swiftly and securely to the Leica FOTOS App via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or cable. Images can be reviewed, edited, backed up and shared straight away. Background transfer guarantees optimal speed: it automatically transfers previews to your smartphone via Bluetooth in an energy-efficient way. This ensures that all images are accessible at any time.
Confidence in Digital Image Content: Content Credentials
In an era shaped by AI-generated imagery, the pioneering CAI (Content Authenticity Initiative) technology is emerging as a vital foundation for building confidence in digital image content. In photojournalism especially, it functions as an essential tool for safeguarding the authenticity and integrity of each image. Like other Leica cameras, the Leica M EV1 is equipped with this technology and, if desired, enables the origin and history of an image to be clearly traced. All photographic parameters can be accessed in a tamper-proof format via https://verify.contentauthenticity.org/.
The Leica M EV1 Explained
Leica trainer Robin Sinha showcases the standout features of the Leica M EV1.
Leica M EV1 – The First M with a Built-In EVF
The Leica M EV1 – Design and Experience
Exploring M Lenses with the Leica M EV1
The Leica M Look
What's in the box?
- 1 x Leica M EV1,
- 1 x Rechargeable Battery (BP-SCL7)
- 1 x Carrying Strap
- 1 x USB-C Cable
- 1 x Quick Start Guide
- Camera Type
- Full-frame system camera
- Buffer memory
3 GB
DNG™: 15 shots
JPG: > 100 shots
- Storage Medium
UHS-II (recommended), UHS-I, SD/SDHC/SDXC memory card (SDXC cards up to 2 TB), internal memory: 64 GB
- Material
- Full-metal housing made of magnesium and aluminum, leatherette cover
- Lens Mount
- Leica M bayonet with additional sensor for 6-bit encoding
- Operating conditions
- 0°C to +40°C
- Interfaces
- ISO accessory shoe with additional control contacts for Leica flash units and USB 3.1 Gen1 Type C
- Tripod Thread
- A 1⁄4 DIN 4503 (1⁄4”) with stainless steel in the base
- Weight
- approx. 495 g/413 g (with/without battery)
Sensor
- Sensor Size
- BSI CMOS sensor, pixel pitch: 3.76 µm, 35 mm: 9528 x 6328 pixels (60.3 MP)
- Processor
- Leica Maestro series (Maestro III)
- Filter
- RGB color filter, UV/IR filter, no low-pass filter
- File Formats
- DNG™ (raw data, loss-free compression), DNG + JPG, JPG (DCF, Exif 2.30)
- Image Resolution
DNG™
L-DNG 60.3 MP 9528 x 6328 pixels
M-DNG 36.5 MP 7416 x 4928 pixels
S-DNG 18.4 MP 5272 x 3498 pixelsJPG
L-JPG 60.1 MP 9504 x 6320 pixels
M-JPG 36.2 MP 7392 x 4896 pixels
S-JPG 18.2 MP 5248 x 3472 pixelsThe entire sensor surface will always be used irrespective of format and resolution.
Digital Zoom 1.3x and 1.8x available (always based on L-DNG or L-JPG).
- File Sizes
DNG™
L-DNG approx. 70–120 MB
M-DNG approx. 40–70 MB
S-DNG approx. 20–40 MBJPG
L-JPG approx. 15–30 MB
M-JPG approx. 9–18 MB
S-JPG approx. 5–9 MBJPG: depending on resolution and image content
- Color Depth
- DNG™: 14 Bit, JPG: 8 Bit
- Color Space
- sRGB
Viewfinder/LCD panel
- Viewfinder (EVF)
Resolution: 5,760,000 dots, 60 fps, magnification: 0.76x, frame coverage: 100%, exit pupil position: 20.75 mm,
setting range -4/+2 dpt, with eye sensor for automatic switchover between viewfinder and LCD panel
- LCD panel
2.95” (Active Matrix TFT), Gorilla Glass, 2 332 800 dots, format 3:2, touch control available
Shutter
- Shutter type
- Electronically controlled focal plane shutter and electronic shutter function
- Shutter speeds
Mech. shutter: 60 min to 1⁄4000 s
Electro. shutter function: 60 s to 1⁄16000 s
Flash Synch: up to 1⁄180 s
Optional noise reduction via additional “dark frame” (can be disabled)
- Shutter button
Two-stage
(Step 1: activation of the camera electronics including exposure metering and exposure lock, Step 2: release)
- Self Timer
- Delay time: 2 s or 12 s
- Burst shooting
Single
Continuous - Low Speed (3 fps)
Continuous - High Speed (4.5 fps)
Interval Shooting
Exposure Bracketing
Focusing
- Focusing Mode
- Manual (focus assist functions Magnification and Focus Peaking available)
Exposure
- Exposure Metering
- TTL (exposure metering through the lens), with working aperture
- Metering Principle
- Exposure metering occurs via the image sensor for all exposure metering methods
- Exposure Metering Methods
- Spot, Center-Weighted, Multi-Field, Highlight-Weighted
- Exposure Modes
Aperture-priority mode (A): automatic shutter speed control with manual aperture preselection
Manual (M): manual setting for shutter speed and aperture
- Exposure Compensation
- ±3 EV in 1⁄3 EV increments
- Automatic bracketing
3 or 5 frames, graduations between shoots up to 3 EV, in 1⁄3 EV increments, additional optional exposure com-
pensation: up to ±3 EV
- ISO sensitivity range
Auto ISO: ISO 64 (native) to ISO 50 000, also available in flash mode
Manual: ISO 64 to ISO 50 000
- White Balance
Automatic (Auto), Default (Daylight - 5200 K, Cloudy - 6100 K, Shadow - 6600 K, Tungsten - 2950 K, HMI - 5700 K,
Fluorescent (warm) - 3650 K, Fluorescent (cool) - 5800 K, Flash - 6600 K), manual metering (Gray card), manual color temperature setting (Color Temperature, 2000 K to 11,500 K)
Flash
- Flash Unit Connector
- Via the accessory shoe
- Metering Principle
- Flash exposure metering occurs via the image sensor for all exposure metering method
- Flash Sync Time
1⁄180 s, slower shutter speeds available, automatic switchover to TTL linear flash mode with HSS-compatible
Leica system flash units if sync time is undercut
- Flash Exposure Metering
Using center-weighted TTL pre-flash metering with Leica flash units (SF 26, SF 40, SF 58, SF 60, SF 64) or with
system-compatible flash units, remote controlled flash SF C1
- Flash Exposure Compensation
SF 40: ±2 EV in 1⁄2 EV increments
SF 60: ±2 EV in 1⁄3 EV increments
Other: ±3 EV in 1⁄3 EV increments
- Displays In Flash Mode
- Flash icon: connection of an external flash unit
Equipment
- WLAN
The Leica FOTOS app is required to use the WLAN function.
The Leica app is available from the Apple App
Store™ or the Google Play Store™. 2.4 GHz/5 GHz* dual band IEEE802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Wave2 WLAN (stan-
dard WLAN protocol), encryption method: WLAN-compatible WPA™/WPA2™, access method: infrastructure
mode
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth v4.2 BR/EDR/LE, BR/DR-channel 1-79, LE-channel 0-39 (2402–2480 MHz)
- GPS
- Geotagging via Leica FOTOS app using Bluetooth
- Menu Languages
- English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Portuguese
Power supply
- Rechargeable battery (Leica BP-SCL7)
Li-Ion (Lithium-Polymer) rechargeable battery, rated voltage: 7.4 V / capacity: 1800 mAh, Charging voltage/
current: DC 1000 mAh, 7.4 V, operating conditions: +10°C to +35°C (charging) / +0°C to +40°C (discharged),
manufacturer: Fuji Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. made in China
Approx. 244 shots (based on CIPA standard with LV via LCD panel), approx. 237 shots (based on CIPA standard
with LV via viewfinder (EVF))
- Charger (Leica BC-SCL7) (optional)
Input: USB-C DC 5 V, 2 A, output: DC 8.4 V, 1 A, operating conditions: +10°C to +35°C,
- Switching adapter (Leica ACA-SCL7) (optional)
Input: AC 100 V–240 V ~ 50/60 Hz, 0.3 A, output: DC 5 V, 2 A, operating conditions: +10°C to +35°C
- USB Power Supply
- When in standby mode or Off: USB charging function When On: USB power supply and intermittent charging