A new firmware update is available for the Leica TL2
Leica's latest APS-C system camera, the TL2, is a vast improvement over the original T which was introduced in 2014. Macfilos looks in detail at design, handling and performance of this unique camera.
The TL2 makes its debut in a canary yellow leather jacket. It's pretty enough, but will it live up to expectations? Mike has a week to find out....
It is now increasingly likely that the Leica TL2 problems will be solved by a firmware update which could come as early as this Friday.
Leica's official statement on the TL2 problem...
Sales of Leica's new TL2 camera have been suspended while the factory investigates a potential problem with the use of the Visoflex electronic viewfinder....
Leica has put far too much development into the TL system to stick with the rather niche modernistic TL2, good as it is. Mike scents something lurking in the backwoods.....
Tempted to buy the new Leica TL2 and a basic 18-56 zoom lens? That will be £3,000, dear sir or madam, without the viewfinder of course. Well, you can buy a lot of other stuff for that cash— as Amateur Photographer points out this week — but this is all missing the point. First you have to move over to Leica's parallel universe.....
The Leica TL2 is announced today. But it has undergone extensive field testing over the past months. Here are my impressions after living and travelling with the new camera....
The new Leica TL2 may not have the built-in viewfinder that Leica fans were hoping for, but in all other respect this camera is an impressive update. It addresses all the criticisms of the earlier models with that one exception of the EVF. Despite this, presents a compelling case for an upgrade.....
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