02 October 2013

1 Comparison of the three cameras: Leica M-E, FUJIFILM X100s, Canon 40D

  Leica M-E FUJIFILM X100S Canon 40D
Release date September 30, 2012 January, 2013 September 10, 2007
Capture KAF -18500 18 MP CCD Sensor 23.6mm x 15.8mm (APS-C) X-Trans CMOS II 連三原色濾鏡 10.1MP CMOS
Size WHD 138 x 80 x 37mm 126.5 (W) x 74.4 (H) x 53.9 (D) mm 145.5 x 107.8 x 73.5mm
Lens 50mm f/2.0 SUMMICRON-M Lens f=23mm, 35mm, F2, 6 組 8 片鏡片 Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4 DC MACRO OS HSM (C)
Weight 593g 約445 g / 15.7 oz. (包括電池及記憶卡) 740g
Lens Weight 240g N/A 465g
Total weight 833g 445g 1205g
Finder 0.68x 混合觀景器 0.5x 0.95x
Shutter Metal electronic mechanical shutter ??
Shutter 快門速度 1/4,000 - 32s (P 模式) 1/4 秒 至 1/4000* 秒, (所有其它模式) 30 至 1/4000* 秒 1/8,000 - 30s
Flash Sync 1/180   1/250
Price $5500 + $2200 lens = $7700 $1300 $1300 + $500 lens = $1800
Resolution 18 MP 1800 萬像素 16 MP 1630 萬像素 10 MP 1000 萬像素
Frame Rate 2 FPS   6.5FPS
LCD 2.5" 230k 2.8 吋, 約 460,000 點 3" LCD 230k
ISO 感光度 160 - 2500 ISO 200 - 6400 100 - 1600
File Formats DNG, JPEG JPEG (Exif Ver 2.3)*2,RAW (RAF 格式), RAW+JPEG JPG, raw, s-raw (only 2.5MP) and JPG + raw
Image Sizes 5212 x 3472 (18 MP) L : (3:2) 4896 x 3264 / (16:9) 4896 x 2760 / (1:1) 3264 x 3264 3,888 x 2,592 native
Buffer Depth 7 8/9 75 JPG or 17 raw??
Shutter Life1 150,000 cycles N/A 100,000 cycles
Built-in Flash No 自動閃光 (超級智能閃光燈) Yes, covers 17mm lens, GN 13m/43' at ISO 100
Metering ? TTL 256 區測光/點/多重/平均 35 zone evaluative, center weighted, and spot.
Power 400 - 600 shots 300 shots 1,100 shots no flash and 800 with flash
Focusing mechanism Rangefinder Reverse Galilean viewfinder with electronic bright frame display DSLR
儲存媒體 SD / SDHC Memory Cards SD 記憶卡 / SDHC 記憶卡/ SDXC (UHS-I) 記憶卡 CF卡I or II
光圏值 F2 - F16 F2 - F16 1/3EV 級 F2.8-F4 ~ F22
對焦範圍 0.7m - 無限遠 一般 約 50cm / 1.6 ft. - 無限遠, 微距 約 10cm - 2.0m / 3.9 in.- 6.6 ft. 0.22m - 無限遠
曝光控制   TTL 256 區測光/點/多重/平均 35区TTL全开光圈测光
曝光補償 -3 EV to +3 EV, 1/3 f-stops -2.0EV - +2.0EV 1/3EV 級 -2.0EV - +2.0EV 1/3EV or 1/2EV 級
視頻拍攝 No 1920 x 1080 像素 (60 fps / 30 fps) 立體聲 No

2 Review

2.1 Leica M-E

  • pros
    • World best lens from Leica
    • Good quality
    • Rangefinder
    • Excellent manual focus operation
    • After all, it's Leica
  • cons
    • Very expensive
    • Outdated LCD, only 230k
    • No AF
    • No video

2.2 FIJIFILM X100S

  • pros
    • Light for travel and daily photography, only half of weight of a leica with lens, and third of weight of a Canon 40D with lens.
    • Fast AF system
    • Good LCD resolution
    • Wonderful Optical Electronic mix viewfinder
    • With Video recording
    • Good quality
    • Good price, only 17% of a leica + 50mm F/2 lens
  • cons
    • Unchangeable lens
    • Made in Japan