A few days ago, Leica announced the release of its latest Medium Format DSLR camera: the Leica S3, which was first shown at Photokina 2018. This beast of a camera features a 64MP 30 x 45mm CMOS sensor, and it can shoot video in C4K at up to 24P in 4:2:2 8-bit. Unfortunately for filmmakers, the uncompressed HDMI output is limited to Full-HD resolution only. Let’s take a closer look at Leica’s latest flagship camera! Leica S3 – 64MP Medium Format Sensor Ten years after the release of the S2, Leica is finally launching its latest flagship Medium Format camera: the Leica S3. From the outside, the Leica S2, Leica S Typ 007, and the latest S3 look pretty similar. If you are a Leica shooter, you will probably feel right at home with this new version. However, things are different on the inside. The Leica S2 on the left, Leica S3 in the middle, and Leica S Typ 007 on the right. Image credit: Leica Indeed, the Leica S3 features a large 30 x 45mm Leica ProFormat CMOS sensor. You can capture stills at a maximum resolution of 64MP, which makes the S3 a direct competitor of the FUJIFILM GFX50 and GFX100. For video shooters, there is no lowpass filter in front of the sensor: therefore in video mode, there should be some moiré. In terms of sensitivity, the S3 can go from 100 up to 50,000 ISO. Also, Leica claims that the sensor can reach 15-stops of dynamic range....
Published By: CineD - Monday, 9 March, 2020