Leica T Type 701

Leica T Type 701 is Leica's Advanced Mirrorless camera originally introduced on April of 2014. It houses a 16 MegaPixel, CMOS APS-C sized sensor and has a max resolution of 4944 x 3278.

The T Type 701 places at #52 out of 62 in Advanced Mirrorless cameras & over all #345 out of 1465 for digital cameras in our database. You should check our Advanced camera search to see camera ratings based on your personal requirements.

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The Leica T Type 701 has a history of related digital cameras. Listed below, you can identify all previous and brand new models alongside important features.

You can check the T Type 701 from different angles in the gallery here.

Below is a collection of advantages and disadvantages of the Leica T Type 701 based on features that are normally considered essential in a camera.

The sensor size in the Leica T Type 701 is 23.6mm x 15.7mm (APS-C). The 371 mm² sensor has the ability to capture 4944 x 3278 pixels and aspect ratios of 3:2.

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The CMOS sensor has 16 megapixels and delivers a native ISO range of 125 - 12500. RAW format is supported therefore the user has wider margin for error.

The graphic below illustrates the T Type 701's sensor dimensions in comparison to other common sizes. The T Type 701 sensor has a crop factor of 1.5 and is pointed out in green.

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To get a sense of different aspect ratios, you can refer to the visual below.

Leica T Type 701 weighs around 0.85 lb (384 grams / 13.55 oz) & has outer size of 134mm x 69mm x 33mm (5.3" x 2.7" x 1.3"). The weight of typical Advanced Mirrorless camera is 454 grams so the Leica T Type 701 is less heavy when compared to other rivals.

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Listed below is a pic of the Leica T Type 701 next to a softdrink to help you get a sense of its scale.

The top view here will provide the button layout on the T Type 701.

The T Type 701 works with the Leica L mount and has 52 lenses available. Below is a few of the lenses we have in our collection which will work with the T Type 701.

ModelVisualizeFocal LengthApertureStabilizedWeight

Leica Summilux-SL 50mm F1.4 ASPH50mmf/1.4335g

Leica APO-Summicron-SL 28mm F2 ASPH28mmf/2 700g

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Sigma 28-70mm F2.8 DG DN C28-70mmf/2.8470g

Leica APO-Summicron-SL 75mm F2 ASPH75mmf/2720g

Sigma 45mm F2.8 DG DN Contemporary45mmf/2.8215g

Panasonic Lumix S 24mm F1.824mmf/1.8310g

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Panasonic Lumix S Pro 70-200mm F4 OIS70-200mmf/4 985g

The T Type 701 has the following connectivity:

• USB Yes
• Wireless Yes
• GPS Yes

Digital cameras that consist of NFC and / or Bluetooth compatibility can easily be used wirelessly via smartphones. You will be able to send pictures and sometimes adjust settings with no need to connect physically to the camera.

A few applications even give a Liveview and hit the shutter whenever you are not near the camera. If the camera contains a HDMI port, it could be attached to an external display. The majority of cameras will allow you to recharge the battery pack through the USB socket.

The max video resolution in the Leica T Type 701 is 1920 x 1080 and you can shoot in MPEG-4 format. 1080p resolution offers a decent balance in quality vs file sizes but 1080p is not going to give you any room to downsample. The camera does not have a microphone and / or headphone socket which means that you have got little control over the sound. It is perhaps best to purchase an alternative camera should you want good sound for your video clips.

Leica T Type 701 does not include environment sealing so rainy conditions can easily damage the camera.

The Leica T Type 701 is equipped with a 3.7 inch fixed screen supporting a resolution of 1,300 thousand dots.

Moreover the screen is touch friendly which means you are able to change focus point plus adjust settings using your fingers.

Photography Glossary

The View Finder details for Leica T Type 701 are as follows:

• ViewFinder Electronic (optional)
• ViewFinder Resolution 2,360 thousand dots
• ViewFinder Coverage 100%
• ViewFinder Magnification 0.7x

For bright outdoor situations which make the camera displays washed out and difficult to see, viewfinders will be very useful.

Leica T Type 701 continuous shooting speed is 5.0 frames per second. The highest shutter speed is 1/4000 sec.

Leica T Type 701 has both integrated flash along with external flash support.

Leica T Type 701 has just Contrast Based Auto Focus & doesn't have Phase Detect Auto Focus. Phase Detection focusing is a lot quicker & exact when compared to Contrast Based focusing. The camera supports Face detect making it handy for portrait photography.

Leica T Type 701 has tap to focus. You can easily use your fingers in order to adjust where you focus. It also includes Tracking Auto Focus for subjects that move. Leica T Type 701 comes with manual focusing in case it is required in low light conditions or you need more precise control on focusing.

The battery pack (BP-DC13) in the Leica T Type 701 is built to last for 400 shutters based on the CIPA measurements making it about average when compared to it's competitors. The usual Advanced Mirrorless camera battery life is 390. Sony A6600 features the maximum (810) battery life in this type of cameras.

Listed below is a listing of Advanced Mirrorless cameras that have the best battery life:

ModelVisualizeBattery LifeRAWNFCBluetooth

Sony A6600
T Type 701 vs A6600810 yesyesyes

Sony A7c
T Type 701 vs A7c740 yesyesyes

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Fujifilm X-H2
T Type 701 vs Fujifilm X-H2680 yesnoyes

Canon R7
T Type 701 vs R7660 yesnoyes

Fujifilm X-H2S
T Type 701 vs Fujifilm X-H2S580 yesnoyes

The following bar chart indicates a summary of the Leica T Type 701 for various kinds of photography. To learn more, scroll to the specific paragraph below.

The Leica T Type 701 gets a points total of 74 which is very good, meaning that it is a very decent choice to use for portrait photography. Taking portrait images favors heavily to sensor resolution, RAW support plus the capability to utilize off-camera lighting.

Coming in at a nice score of 70, the Leica T Type 701 is a respectable choice to use in street photography. A very good street photography camera gives a fine balance of image quality plus portability.

A decent sports photography points tally of 54 suggests the Leica T Type 701 is fairly appropriate for taking pictures of sports. A camera should have very good autofocus and continuous shooting for sports photography.

Portability is very critical in selecting a travel camera. Over-all, the Leica T Type 701 gets a nice 69 for a travel camera which makes it a respectable choice to take on your trips.

If you're planning to purchase a digital camera for landscape photography, the most important factor will no doubt be image quality. The Leica T Type 701 with it's very good score of 69 as a landscape camera is a respectable pick compared to it's competition.

A vlogging camera should offer a articulating display, mic input and ideally image stabilization. Taking everything in to account, the Leica T Type 701 is simply not appropriate for vlogging as it gets a dreadful score of 32.

If you are trying to find alternatives to the T Type 701, below is a list of the top scored cameras which fall in to the category of Advanced Mirrorless.

The diagram followed below gives you a bird's eye view of the T Type 701 compared to it's highest ranked rivals suggested earlier.

These are various other cameras you might look into as alternatives. To look at a thorough comparison, simply click on the "compare" link.