Panasonic Micro Four Thirds digital camera body with Leica lens

By LR admin | August 25, 2008
Multiple sites reported on the Panasonic Micro Four Thirds digital camera body today. On some of the images you could see a Leica lens:

www.dpnet.com.cn

As always the question is: real or fake?

panasonic Panasonic Micro Four Thirds digital camera body with Leica lens

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11 Comments

  1. Tim
    Posted August 25, 2008 at 9:13 am | Permalink

    Why does it have a zoom lever on the body..? CGI and obviously not made by Pano or Leica

  2. Blog Admin
    Posted August 25, 2008 at 11:23 am | Permalink

    The lens is fake - at least according to this discussion on dpreview.

  3. Tim
    Posted August 25, 2008 at 12:01 pm | Permalink

    All fake. It’s just an LX3 minus lens…

  4. photohumourist
    Posted August 25, 2008 at 12:03 pm | Permalink

    I don’t think that’s a zoom button. I think it’s a picture format button.

    Anyway, it’s looks gorgeous. Fingers crossed.

  5. Eric
    Posted August 26, 2008 at 4:14 am | Permalink

    It’s obviously a fake. The text on the body doesn’t fit perspective-wise. And they don’t make much sense. I thought the lever around the shutter release was a meter pattern selector like old R bodies, but then the icons don’t fit. The on/off behind the shutter release don’t make any sense. There’s no lever pointing to either one.

    All in all an obvious fake. But it sure looks nice overall!

  6. Carlos Echenique
    Posted August 27, 2008 at 5:40 pm | Permalink

    The lever about the shutter release control sensor aspect ratios like current high-end PanaLeicas. 16×9, 4×3, and 3×2 are selectable on those cameras. Since this is a m4/3 camera, I don’t think it would have much use (sensor is locked to 4×3). Still it look real purty.

  7. Eric
    Posted August 28, 2008 at 12:20 am | Permalink

    Okay, I can see that. Boy howdy, that would be my point-and-shoot. Can’t wait for Photokina!

  8. Eric
    Posted August 31, 2008 at 5:31 am | Permalink

    One thing that bothers me about the photo at this point is “mega pixels.” It’s one word, not two.

  9. Blog Admin
    Posted August 31, 2008 at 5:43 am | Permalink

    good point

  10. Crabby
    Posted September 3, 2008 at 7:09 pm | Permalink

    This camera body seems a little wider than a Leica CL, but has the right overall feel. I expect that any smaller digital Leica body will be made by a Japanese company, just as the CL was.

  11. eric
    Posted September 12, 2008 at 6:40 am | Permalink

    I am very sorry but how could this thing work with the mannual focusing of the M lenses ? The rangefinder is barrely an obligation (who want to focus on the rear screen ?) Still, I am waiting for such a good surprise at the Photokina.