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H O T S T U F F

RED DOT
RAPIDITY
Leica TL2

Hated science at school? It’s a shame
those Bunsen burners weren’t swapped
out for Leica’s new TL2 mirrorless
snapper. Take its maximum electronically
controlled shutter speed of 1/40,000s:
assuming the speed of a miscellaneous
bullet to be 400m/s, you’ll find that the
lethal little piece of metal will travel just
1cm in the time it takes for the 24MP
APS-C sensor to capture its shiny shell.
Which means, provided you can pan faster
than Gordon Ramsay on a panicked
Pancake Day, your snaps will prove highly
popular down at the clay pigeon club. You’ll
get great b-roll too, courtesy of 4K video
at 30fps, alongside HD slow-mo at 120fps.
If this is all getting a bit number-heavy,
take a break to prod the 3.7in LCD
touchscreen, before firing your best
shots over to Instagram via the in-built
Wi-Fi for instant fame.
As hot as... a thousand Bunsen burners
£1700 / stuff.tv/LeicaTL2

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FOUR FOUR
#2 #3

BACK IN THE
GAME AGAIN
SNES CLASSIC MINI

Nintendo giveth, Nintendo taketh away.
And then Nintendo giveth again. Twice.
First we had the Switch, which turned out
to be not-a-Wii-U-and-actually-quite-
good. Then, like a dollop of grey joy from
the mysterious benefactor in the sky, we
were gifted the SNES Classic Mini. Balm to
the wounds of everyone burnt by being
unable to pre-order last year’s NES Classic
Mini, this little box of joy comes pre-
installed with 20 of the maker’s greatest
hits, alongside the never-before-released
Star Fox II. Provided you can wait until 29
September (and manage to hunt down
stock), you’ll be able to button-mash like
it’s the ’90s with the likes of F-Zero, Super
Mario Kart, Final Fantasy III and The
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
on board. Sure, there are notable
omissions (Chrono Trigger is a glaring
absence), but one session with the
retro box and, chances are, all
will be gleefully forgiven.
As hot as… Mario after a dash through
Bowser’s Castle
£70 / stuff.tv/ClassicMini

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