Leica M10 vs. Sony Alpha6400 ILCE-6400L + 16-50mm

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Detailed comparison and review of Leica M10 and Sony Alpha6400 ILCE-6400L + 16-50mm. With our comprehensive overview, you can simply compare design, sensors, proximity characteristics, memory capacities, but also other key features of both cameras and easily decide which one is the right choice for you. Our goal is to help you identify the main differences between products and find the camera that best fits your needs and expectations.

Camera Specifications Comparison

Leica M10 vs. Sony Alpha6400 ILCE-6400L + 16-50mm Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Leica M10 Sony Alpha6400 ILCE-6400L + 16-50mm
Product Type Digital camera - rangefinder with Live View mode Digital camera - 4K - mirrorless system
Lens Included Body only 16-50mm lens
Height 8 cm 6.69 cm
Width 13.9 cm 12 cm
Depth 3.85 cm 4.99 cm
Weight 660 g 359 g
Weight Details Camera with battery: 660 g Camera body only: 359 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 403 g
Body Material Synthetic leather, magnesium alloy, brass Magnesium alloy
Enclosure Colour Silver | Black Black
Digital Zoom - 4x
Optical Zoom - 3x
SENSOR Leica M10 Sony Alpha6400 ILCE-6400L + 16-50mm
Sensor Resolution 24.0 Megapixel 24.2 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type CMOS Exmor CMOS
Total Pixels - 25,000,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution - 24,200,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size Full Frame (36 x 24 mm) APS-C (23.5 x 15.6 mm)
Frame Rate (Max Resolution) - 30 fps
Sensor Dust Reduction - Yes
Sensor Features - Dust Reduction (image sensor vibration), Anti-Dust coating
Image Stabiliser - Optical (Steady Shot)
PROCESSOR Leica M10 Sony Alpha6400 ILCE-6400L + 16-50mm
Image Processor - BIONZ X
LENS Leica M10 Sony Alpha6400 ILCE-6400L + 16-50mm
Type - Zoom lens - 3x zoom - 16 - 50 mm - f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS - zoom
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera - 24 - 75mm
Focus Adjustment - Automatic, manual
Min Focus Distance - 25 cm
Max View Angle - 83 degree(s)
Zoom Adjustment - Manual (by ring), motorised drive
Lens Construction - 8 groups / 9 elements
Filter Size - 40.5 mm
Lens Mounting Type Leica M Sony E-mount
Features - ED glass, aspherical lens, Lens Barrel Retraction Function
FOCUSING Leica M10 Sony Alpha6400 ILCE-6400L + 16-50mm
Auto Focus - TTL contrast and phase detection
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty - 425
Auto Focus Features - Focus Peaking function, 4D FOCUS system
AE/AF Control - Eye detection AF, Predictive AI Servo AF, Real-time Eye AF, Real-time Tracking AF
Face Detection - Yes
VIEWFINDER Leica M10 Sony Alpha6400 ILCE-6400L + 16-50mm
Viewfinder Type Optical - real-image Electronic - OLED
Viewfinder Colour Support - Colour
Viewfinder Diagonal Size - 0.39"
Viewfinder Resolution - 2,359,296 pixels
Optical Viewfinder Magnification 0.73x 1.07x
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range -3 to +3 -
Field of View Crop Factor - 1.5
Features Automatic parallax compensation Auto eye sensor
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Leica M10 Sony Alpha6400 ILCE-6400L + 16-50mm
ISO (Max) 50000 102400
Native ISO - 100-32000
Extended ISO (Max) - 102400
Light Sensitivity ISO 100-50000 ISO auto (100-6400), ISO 100-32000
Exposure Metering Average Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot
Exposure Metering Zones - 1200
Exposure Modes Bulb, manual, aperture-priority Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority
Bracketing Modes - Flash Exposure Bracketing, white balance bracketing
Shooting Programs - Landscape, portrait mode, macro, night portrait, night scene, sports mode, sunset, handheld twilight, anti-motion blur
Special Effects Black & White Black & White, Sepia, Neutral, Vivid, sunset, soft focus, illustration, landscape, portrait, Water Colour, miniature, clear, deep, light, autumn leaves, Retro, partial colour, Toy camera, Posterisation, High contrast monochrome, Pop Colour, HDR Painting, Rich-tone monochrome, Soft High-key, Night Scene, Standard, Style Box
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Cloudy, tungsten light, Flash, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (warm white), 2000K - 13100K Incandescent, cloudy, Flash, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (daylight), fluorescent light (warm white), Underwater, 2500K - 9900K, fluorescent light (daylight white)
Shutter Type - Mechanical, electronic
Max Shutter Speed 1/4000 sec 1/4000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 8 sec 30 sec
Exposure Compensation ±3 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps ±5 EV range, in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps
Auto Exposure Bracketing 3, 5 steps in 1/3, 2/3, 1, 2 or 3 EV steps 3, 5 steps in 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1, 2 or 3 EV steps, 9 steps in 1/3, 1/2, 2/3 or 1 EV steps
White Balance Bracketing - Yes
X-sync Speed 1/180 sec 1/160 sec
Exposure Range EV 1-20 EV -2-20 (ISO 100)
DISPLAY Leica M10 Sony Alpha6400 ILCE-6400L + 16-50mm
Type 3" LCD display 3" LCD display
Touch Screen - Yes
Display Format 1,036,000 pixels 921,600 pixels
Display Form Factor Built-in Tilting
Display Features - Display brightness control, display colour control, display contrast control
FLASH Leica M10 Sony Alpha6400 ILCE-6400L + 16-50mm
Camera Flash - Pop-up flash
Guide Number (m / ISO 100) - 6
Flash Modes - Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, slow synchro, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction, high-speed sync
Red-Eye Reduction - Yes
Features - AF illuminator, flash +/- compensation, wireless off-camera control
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Leica M10 Sony Alpha6400 ILCE-6400L + 16-50mm
Digital Video Format - AVCHD, XAVC S
Image Recording Format JPEG, DNG (RAW) JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG
Max Video Resolution - 3840 x 2160
Surround Sound - Dolby Digital AC-3 (2 channel) recording
Microphone Operation Mode - Stereo
MEMORY Leica M10 Sony Alpha6400 ILCE-6400L + 16-50mm
Memory Card Slot SD card Memory Stick PRO Duo card, SD card
Supported Memory Cards SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card SD Memory Card, Memory Stick PRO Duo, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo, Memory Stick Micro Mark2, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card
Memory Card Included No No
Memory Card Max Supported Size 2 TB -
Image Storage DNG (RAW) 5976 x 3992
JPEG 5952 x 3968
JPEG 4256 x 2832
JPEG 2976 x 1984
6000 x 4000
6000 x 3376
4240 x 2832
4240 x 2400
3008 x 2000
3008 x 1688
4000 x 4000
2832 x 2832
2000 x 2000
Video Capture - XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 30 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 25 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 24 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 30 fps - 60Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 25 fps - 60Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 24 fps - 60Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 120 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 100 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 120 fps - 60Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 100 fps - 60Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 60 fps - 50Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 50 fps - 50Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 30 fps - 50Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps - 50Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 24 fps - 50Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 60 fps - 25Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 50 fps - 25Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 30 fps - 16Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps - 16Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 60 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 50 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 60 fps - 17Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 50 fps - 17Mbps
BATTERY AND CHARGING Leica M10 Sony Alpha6400 ILCE-6400L + 16-50mm
Battery Type Leica BP-SCL5 Lithium Ion Sony NP-FW50 Lithium Ion
Details Leica BP-SCL5 Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1300 mAh (included) Sony NP-FW50 Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1080 mAh (included)
Battery Life - Photo shooting - 360 shots (EVF on)
Photo shooting - 410 shots (LCD Monitor on)
Video recording - 70 minutes (EVF on)
Video recording - 75 minutes (LCD Monitor on)
CONNECTIONS Leica M10 Sony Alpha6400 ILCE-6400L + 16-50mm
Interface IEEE 802.11b/g/n HDMI, USB 2.0, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, NFC (Near Field Communication), Bluetooth 4.1
Connectivity Features Remote control via mobile devices, remote live view, Wireless Image Transfer Remote control via mobile devices, remote live view
Print Standard - DPOF support, Exif Print support, PRINT Image Matching
Computer Connectivity - Mac, Windows
Tripod Mount Connection Point 1/4" socket -
Flash Terminal Hot shoe Hot shoe
Connector Type - USB 2.0
HDMI output (19 pin micro HDMI Type D)
Microphone (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
FEATURES Leica M10 Sony Alpha6400 ILCE-6400L + 16-50mm
Self-Timer Delay 2sec, 12sec 10 sec, 2sec, 5 sec
Continuous Shooting Speed - 8 frames per second, 3 frames per second, 6 frames per second, 11 frames per second
HDR Mode - HDR Movie mode
Additional Features Auto power save, histogram display, GPS ready Built-in speaker, RGB primary colour filter, AE lock, AF lock, FE lock, Sweep Panorama technology, USB powered, Dynamic Range Optimizer, USB charging, peripheral illumination correction, Chromatic Aberration Compensation (CAC), Intelligent AUTO (iAUTO), High ISO NR, high-speed recording, Time-Lapse recording, Superior Auto mode, noise reduction over long exposures, Lens Distortion Correction, slow motion recording
OTHERS Leica M10 Sony Alpha6400 ILCE-6400L + 16-50mm
Included Accessories Carrying strap, battery charger, body cap, car power adapter, shoe cap Eyepiece cover, dust cap, body cap, lens cap, shoulder strap, shoe cap, micro-USB cable
Max Operating Temperature 40 °C 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature 0 °C 0 °C
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