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M11-Pvs A7CR

GearFrame · Updated March 2026

Leica M11-P Leica M11-P (2023) Starting from £7500 new Best for Documentary & Street View M11-P
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Sony A7CR Sony A7CR (2023) Starting from £3099 new Best for Travel, landscape & portrait photography with minimal kit View A7CR

GearScore™ Verdict — Which should you buy?

Documentary & Street — M11-P (2023): The M11-P is the M11 made more discreet and verifiable — all-black with no logo, and the world's first camera with Content Credentials built in. The same 60MP rangefinder brilliance as the M11, with added significance for documentary and journalistic work where image authenticity cannot be disputed.

Travel, Landscape & Portrait Photography With Minimal Kit — A7CR (2023): The world's smallest 61MP full-frame camera — A7R V quality in a pocketable A7C body.

↓ Full specifications below

M11-P (2023)

  • Documentary photographers and photojournalists who need provable image authenticity
  • Street photographers who want the most discreet M-series camera ever produced
  • Leica collectors who want the definitive M11 variant
  • Professionals working where image integrity must be cryptographically verified

A7CR (2023)

  • Landscape photographers who want 61MP resolution without carrying a large body
  • Travel photographers who need professional image quality in the smallest possible package
  • Portrait shooters who want A7R V sensor quality with the ease of the A7C form factor
  • A7C owners ready for a major resolution upgrade without changing bodies

Quick take: The a7cr has the highest resolution at 61mp; the a7cr is the most affordable; only the a7cr is weather sealed. Scroll down for the full spec breakdown.

Full specifications

Specification M11-P (2023)A7CR (2023)
Price £7,500 £3,099
Sensor 60.3MP Full-Frame BSI CMOS 61.0MP full-frame BSI CMOS
Resolution 60.3MP 61.0MP
Video 4K/60p 10-bit, 1080p/120p — S-Log3, S-Cinetone
Autofocus Manual focus rangefinder (no autofocus) AI subject recognition — phase-detect with human, animal, bird detection
Stabilisation 7-stop IBIS
Burst Rate 5fps 8fps mechanical, 15fps electronic
Battery Life ~700 shots (CIPA) ~530 shots (CIPA)
Weight 530g (body only) 514g body only
Dimensions 138.6 × 80.0 × 38.5mm 124.0 × 71.1 × 63.4mm
Weather Sealed No Yes
Viewfinder Optical rangefinder, 0.73× magnification EVF 0.70× 2.36M-dot
Screen 2.3" touchscreen LCD, 2.33M dots 3.0" fully articulating touchscreen, 1.03M dots
Mount Leica M-mount Sony E-mount (full-frame)
Memory Cards Single SD UHS-II slot + 64GB internal storage Single CFexpress Type A / SD UHS-II slot
Connectivity USB-C, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth USB-C 3.2 Gen 2, Wi-Fi 5GHz, Bluetooth 5.0
Genre M11-PA7CR
Street
9.5
9.0
Portrait
9.0
9.0
Travel
9.0
9.0
Casual
8.5
Landscape
8.0
9.0
Sports & Action
3.0
Vlogging & Video
2.0
7.0
Sports
4.0

GearScore™ suitability scores are based on aggregated purchaser reviews weighted by photography genre. See how scores are calculated →

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