Quick facts
Full name: Leica M-Monochrom
Original position: Camera; original market position is not yet verifiedProduction status: Production status not verified
Regional aliases
No verified regional aliases
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Core specifications
- Release year
- 2012 · Released about 14 years ago
- Sensor
- 35.8 × 23.9 mm CCD
- Effective resolution
- 18 MP
- Lens
- —
- Zoom
- —
- Weight
- 600 g
- Battery
- Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery Li-ion battery
- Storage
- SD/SDHC card
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- Inspect the body, screen, doors, seals, and tripod socket for impact or moisture damage.
- Test every button, dial, flash, screen, and viewfinder.
- Photograph a plain bright surface to check for sensor dust, dead pixels, or damage.
- Confirm the battery holds charge and that a compatible charger is included or available.
- Test a supported memory card and inspect the card slot for bent pins or read errors.
- Inspect the battery compartment and contacts for leakage or corrosion.
Sensor metrics
- Diagonal
- 43.04 mm
- Surface area
- 856 mm²
- Pixel pitch
- 6.89 µm
- Pixel area
- 47.53 µm²
- Pixel density
- 2.1 MP/cm²
Actual sensor size
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35.8 × 23.9 mm
Full specifications
Imaging
- Effective pixels
- 18 MP
- Total pixels
- 18.5 MP
- Sensor
- 35.8 × 23.9 mm CCD
- Calculated resolution
- 5,193 × 3,467
- Maximum image
- 5,212 × 3,472
- Crop factor
- 1.01
Exposure & viewing
- ISO
- 160–10,000
- Viewfinder
- Optical viewfinder
- Display
- 2.5 in / 230,000 dots
- Lens mount
- —
Video & storage
- Maximum video
- —
- Storage media
- SD/SDHC card
- Battery
- Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery Li-ion battery
Body
- Weight
- 600 g
- Dimensions
- 139 × 80 × 37 mm
- Release year
- 2012
Wikidata
- Aperture Priority
- Yes
- Battery
- Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery
- Brand
- Leica
- Built In Flash
- —
- Crop Factor
- 1.01
- Depth Of Field
- simulate →
- Digital Zoom
- No
- Dimensions
- 139 x 80 x 37 mm
- Effective Megapixels
- 18.00
- Exposure Compensation
- ±3 EV (in 1/3 EV steps)
- External Flash
- ✓
- Focal Length 35mm Equiv
- —
- Gps
- —
- Hdmi
- —
- Iso
- Auto, Pull 160, 320, 400, 500, 640, 800, 1000, 1250, 1600, 2000, 2500, 3200, 4000, 5000, 6400, 8000, 10000
- Macro Focus Range
- —
- Manual Focus
- ✓
- Max Aperture
- —
- Max Aperture 35mm Equiv
- n/a
- Max Image Resolution
- 5212 x 3472
- Max Shutter Speed
- 1/4000 sec
- Metering
- Center-weighted
- Min Shutter Speed
- 32 sec
- Model
- M-Monochrom
- Normal Focus Range
- —
- Optical Zoom
- —
- Raw Support
- —
- Screen Resolution
- 230,000 dots
- Screen Size
- 2.5"
- Sensor Resolution
- 5196 x 3464
- Sensor Size
- 35.8 x 23.9 mm
- Sensor Type
- CCD
- Shutter Priority
- No
- Storage Types
- SD/SDHC card
- Total Megapixels
- 18.50
- Usb
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- Video Capture
- —
- Viewfinder
- Optical (rangefinder)
- Weight
- 600 g
- White Balance Presets
- —
- Wireless
- —
- Year
- 2012
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