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LIVE report: The Leica M11 is launching today – watch the live event!

The Leica M11 launches today – see the launch unfold right here with our LIVE coverage

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The Leica launch is now over - but you can now read our full report on the camera launch on our Leica M11 news page.


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The Leica M11 in black is now available to from the Leica UK Store for a price of £7,500 however, there seems to be a few technical issue with the livestream, hopefully this will be fixed soon and we will be able to give you more details   

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Dr. Andreas Kaufmann, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Leica Camera AG, Wetzlar, says

“We are very proud of the new M11,” says Stefan Daniel, Executive Vice President Technology and Operations. 

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At the heart of the new Leica M11 is a full-frame BSI CMOS sensor with Triple Resolution Technology. Raw image files in DNG format and JPEGs can be recorded at 60, 36 or 18 megapixels, always using the full sensor area. 

While maintaining the iconic look of a traditional Leica M, the carefully optimized design of the Leica M11 is focused on efficiency and ergonomics. The controls have been arranged in a unique layout around the new, 2.3 million pixels, high-resolution touchscreen. The menu structure of the M11 remains consistent with that of the Leica SL2 and Q2, unifying the acclaimed interface for a more user-friendly experience.

Dr. Andreas Kaufmann, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Leica Camera AG, Wetzlar is now being shown in the "clean up room" at Wetzlar discussing the black-finish variant of the Leica M11 featuring a top plate made of high-quality aluminium with an especially scratch-resistant coating, resulting in a body that is approximately 20% (100 grams) lighter than its silver-chrome counterpart. 

Leica M11 has over 40 improvements compared the previous generation M10, interestingly there is no mention of the M10-R

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Florian Thumer, Project Manager of the Leica M11 is now talking with Marlen Badelt, Team Lead of Image Quality - they say there was a working prototype of the M11 one year ago however, due to the global COVID-19 pandemic work was significantly reduced due to working from home and supply shortages.  

Marlen Badelt, Team Lead of Image Quality continues to speak regarding the M11's custom built Image board that was produced and tested in-house at Weltzer and used the Maestro III processor, which they adapted to fit the M11.

Stefan Daniel, Executive Vice President Technology and Operations is now in front of production line for the M11, Discussing quality German engineering and structure within the production process so everything fit's into place.

Stefan Daniel, Executive Vice President Technology and Operations now hands over to Jesko Von Oeynhausen, Global Director of Photo Product Division.

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Jesko is now taking a deep dive into the new Leica M11:

The inner working of the Leica M11 implements as many Leica customers' wishes as possible and the use of new core components required a completely new layout of the image electronics to gain maximum performance in this compact camera body, with its now 60 megapixels, offering even more detail to further exploit sharpness of the Leica M lenses.

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Jesko explains that due to the adaptation of the Maestro II processor to the Leica M11, images can be saved at high speed, even in full resolution. Optionally, on an SD card, alternatively or in parallel with the built-in 64GB of memory.

A new battery has also been developed for the M11that offers 64% more capacity, which translates to significantly more images to be taken per charge.

Dr. Andreas Kaufmann, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Leica Camera AG, Wetzlar is now discussing the M11 and how it is suited to the Leica Hall of Fame and how it can be utilized be photographer who have used the M system for years or those who are new to it. Such as Ralph Gibson and Goncalo Fonseca.

Dr. Andreas Kaufmann has thanked Ralph and Goncalo for their efforts and help and now, customers, friends, photographers worldwide, its our turn. 

For those still wanting to find out more about the new Leica M11 can view are handy news story or sit can and enjoy this Leica Talk with Stefan Daniel and Andrea Pacella that discuss the Leica M11's design, technology and possibilities.

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Leica M11 Handgrip

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Leica M11

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This concludes all the news regarding the Leica M11 and its accessories. Below we have links to take you to all the pre-orders and our separate news page that features all the new additions that come with the M11.

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