NEW Leica SL3 | Comprehensive Introduction | All you need to know

This is my introductory video for the new Leica SL3 with live impressions from the camera launch event at the Leica Campus in Wetzlar, Germany. In this video I will explain everything you need to know about Leica's new flagship system camera.

See also my detailed comparison of the new Leica SL3 with the Leica SL2:

NEW Leica SL3 versus Leica SL2 | Detailed Comparison:

Content:
00:00 Introduction
01:54 Impressions from the Leica SL3 event at Leica Campus in Wetzlar
02:26 The new Leica SL3 has a familiar but improved design
05:48 Newly designed and improved Graphical User Interface (GUI)
06:41 Specifications and new features of the Leica SL3
09:36 Shooting location at the National Car Museum
10:05 The new control screen of the Leica SL3 can now be customized
10:55 Function buttons on the Leica SL3 continue to be customizable
11:59 More about the new menu system of the Leica SL3
12:42 The Leica SL3 is thoughtfully engineered with attention to details
13:41 Sample images shot on Leica Campus and the National Car Museum
23:11 Questions & Answers from the Q&A-session with Leica in Wetzlar

See also the Leica SL3 videos from Swiss YouTubers:

Rafael Zeier:

Cris with no H:

Music (if applicable):

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[sromrell]

Congratulations on the invitation Maths. Your channel is by far my favorite for Leica content. ✌️

[saurabhbhardwaj]

Awesome as always! I am watching this 4 months after getting my SL2, I wanted to wait for SL3 but then they showed me the silver one and I got weak knees...

[andymanson]

Videos like this are the reason my Accountant is taking pills for his nerves!! Great job :-)

[luissalazar]

My perspective you are always the best person to educate us about any camera because always tell us about the camera and not about your self. The Leica is the Leica and they do best in anything they put their hands on. Thanks you for sharing!

[RamonVaqueroImage]

Congrats for your Leica invitation, great subsequent video!
Not a Leica shooter but this camera looks amazing and beautiful.

[gautambiswas]

A great introduction to the new SL3. I am interested to learn more on the improved autofocus tracking in the real world. Thanks

[frogpickle]

Congratulations on the invitation, and thanks for yet another super detailed and professional camera review. 👍🏻

[delgriffith]

It appears the control screen housing protrudes from the SL3 body, making it susceptible to bumps, especially on the bottom and left side. 10:05

[janfrosty]

Love the main switch, as a European it is more logical as well as multifunctional, some seems to prefer on/off marked old cottage style switch.

[thomas.halfmann.photography]

Thank you very much Math, great review. I have a bit of mixed feelings about upgrading from my SL-2 and get rid of my X2D and buying a SL3. Having a new (better) sensor, phase detection for auto focus and a tilt-display is certainly an improvement. However, I was expecting a bit more, e.g. focus stacking shooting mode (very convenient with the X2D), or an improved IBIS (similar to X2D). A real disappointment is the removal of the multishot mode. I am using this quite a lot in my architecture and landscape work to get super-high resolution images. I have never done videos and would prefer a camera with more improvements for photographers. For improving video capabilities, a SL3-S would be a better option and having the SL3 focused on photography
As you are familiar with the X2D as well, what is your take on IBIS, focus stacking and multishot? Did they mention anything why there were downgrading on those functions?

[fabricefrankiel]

Thank you so much, very clear and usefull❤😊

[salvatoreventura]

Very nice review. Please comment in your next SL3 study on the value of this camera for M ecosystem users who do not use autofocus and who usually don’t care about the video recording features. Is the SL3 a useful additional camera and a good value for such M users? Thank you.

[louis]

Thank you for this video. I am trying to understand which images you show are OOC and which might have been processed by yourself. Did you process most of the DNG files we see? Thanks again.

[astudent]

Many thanks. Much appreciate this helpful review

[eugenheller]

Yes. Ich wurde gerade informiert, dass die Leica SL-3 offiziell erschienen ist. Ich habe gehofft ich finde dein Video online. Sehr cool! Nur 3 aus der Schweiz. Du musst dich sehr geehrt fühlen. Sehr stark!

[DonaldHawk]

Having just got my hands on Q3 will be interested in comparison

[nelsonclub]

I've just kicked out my complete Fujifilm GFX100II kit for two of these with the 14-24 and 24-70 lenses - Fuji is too complicated - also we had a Leica Q3 and they have the same sensor and take the same batteries - we use the wheel on the left for EV exposure - word of warning - if you customise the viewfinder you have to do this on all modes not just one - ok its less complicated than Fuji

[cris_fotografia]

Awesome video! Thanks for this detailed your 💪🏼😉

[RS-Amsterdam]

Hello Math, good to see you.
Got a couple of links to SL3 videos on YT but I am only watching yours cause based on experience yours is always the best and most detailed, and again thanks for that.
The SL3 should be a little smaller than the prior SLs (said the rumours) did you experience that too ?
The price here in the Netherlands is 6800 euro (as I looked it up) which is a good price IMO.
I hope you will show us (me) some videos in the early future where you put some of your great M lenses on the SL3 and shoot with those (and your opinion of that)
Good video, enjoyed it, thanks for sharing.

[ctmdarkonestm]

very cool that you got invited

i wonder if they'll be adding a multishot mode in a future firmware update