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A new milestone for Leica, the M EV1 is the first M-system camera to feature an integrated electronic viewfinder rather than a traditional optical rangefinder. This simple-but-significant difference makes the EV1 particularly well-suited to working with ultra-wide and long focal lengths, as well as faster lenses, while still maintaining the classic slim body design, same M lens mount, and proven imaging capabilities from the M11-series of rangefinder cameras.
 
5.76m-Dot OLED Electronic Viewfinder
Taking the place of the optical viewfinder, the M EV1 features the first-ever integrated electronic viewfinder in an M-system camera body.
The OLED panel has a sharp 5.76m-dot resolution and the viewfinder has a large 0.76x magnification, integrated diopter adjustment, and covers 100% of the image frame.
The EVF displays exactly what the sensor is recording, allowing for critical framing and more reliable focusing, especially with faster Summilux and Noctilux lenses and when working at shallow depths of field.
Another key benefit of the EVF is the ability to work with focal lengths not typically supported by the M rangefinder cameras' viewfinders, including ultra-wide and telephoto lenses.
The typical restrictions of the rangefinder focusing system are also no longer applicable, enabling the accurate use of macro lenses, adapted lenses, and lenses with shorter minimum focusing distances.
The Digital Zoom function can now be previewed in the viewfinder with 1.3x or 1.8x frame crops visible within the area of the full image frame.
 
Focus Assistants and FN Button
The EVF also facilitates working with different focusing tools to help in acquiring sharp focus with various lenses:
Focus Peaking highlights sharp, in-focus areas and edges in bright colors to make it easier to recognize when a subject is in focus.
Focus Aid/Magnification offers two magnification steps to zoom into the frame and better recognize when details are in focus. This setting can be manually activated via the FN button or set to automatically activate when turning the focus ring of the lens.
With the optical viewfinder being replaced by an EVF, the former frame selector lever now has a new purpose as an FN button for toggling the focusing aids or digital zoom; a long push on the lever is used to assign a function and short pushes toggle the chosen function on or off.
Real-time exposure preview allows seeing the effects of exposure and depth of field changes prior to making an exposure.
Shooting data and exposure information is visible from within the EVF; this information is still relegated to the bottom of the frame, leaving an unencumbered and full-frame image for better composition and focusing accuracy.
Composition aids, including a grid and a horizon level, can also be seen within the viewfinder.