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like it takes on Sony with a full-frame mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera the Leica SL and while there's a lot to like about this camera there's some really annoying aspects to it as well I'm Laura Green enforcing it and this is the Leica SL it's certainly one of the fastest full-frame cameras around and it's the closest to the speed and responsiveness of a DSLR that I've seen going with a mirrorless design allows Leica to reach a maximum burst of about 11 frames per second though with continuous autofocus and auto exposure that tests out to about seven frames per second for JPEGs still faster than all of the Sony's but not quite up to the nikon d750 and the autofocus is quite fast as well you don't get some of the size benefits of mirrorless though it's huge it's not heavy until you add on the DSLR sized lenses but it has an exceptionally nice viewfinder it's big and bright and it has the same novel but intelligent menu design system of the Leica s medium format model most of the design is very well thought out but it has two real drawbacks one is the grip which has to be the least comfortable I've used in years as one of my colleagues described it you need action figure hands for it the other negative is the placement of the front adjustment dial and function buttons both of which are set a little too far out for comfort and while the control operation is nice and mostly I love the joystick I constantly press one of the buttons with my nose when using the viewfinder and the joysticks a little too sensitive I kept accidentally moving autofocus points as for features it really has about everything you need except an articulating LCD the photo quality lives up to the like a standard though you probably want to underexpose a bit in high contrast scenes and it's not obviously better than Sony's the 4k video is also quite good with a lot of room for grading if you shoot with like--is log l profile in very low light though it's much noisier than even Sony's - the question becomes how much is the better performance and alike a badge worth to you because those are its two main differentiators over its competitors more detail you'll have to check out my full review on Sina