After B&H there is another store that has listed the Leica C-Lux 3 as discontinued and is sending us for a Leica C-Lux 4 wild goose chase (there is no C-Lux 4 listed on that website yet):
The Leica C-Lux 4 and a new Leica 35mm Summilux lens are definitely coming soon, the question is: will there be something [...]
I believe an official Leica announcement will be made tomorrow or in the next few days before or during PMA.
A new Leica 35mm Summilux lens and new compact camera(s) are expected (and maybe even more).
Panasonic is currently running a teaser ad that displays the silhouettes of two cameras – one of them appears to have the shape of the LX3.
The official announcement should be during the Focus on Imaging show in Birmingham NEC (March 7-10, 2010). At that point it is not clear if this will be the new LX4 but if [...]
Leica should announce 3 new compact cameras soon (probably in February). Two of them will be produced by Panasonic and the third one is suppose to be Leica’s own production. Leica D-Lux 4 replacement is not expected at that point.
Leica C-Lux 3 is already listed as discontinued @ B&H:
Adorama doesn’t even list the C-Lux 3 [...]
Leica D-Lux 4 firmware v2.10 was released today. The following improvements have been implemented:
1. Improved auto white balance performance.
2. Auto Focus speed-up.
3. Recording function with an aspect ratio of 1:1 has been added.
4. A white balance (WB) bracket function has been added.
5. [HIGH DYNAMIC] has been added to scene mode.
6. [LENS RESUME] has been added [...]
Adorama has the following deal:
Mail-in rebate can be downloaded here.
This Leica limited edition will be really limited: only 30 cameras will be available. André is a famous French graffiti artist. Price for the Leica C-Lux 3 André x Colette will be £424.60/€ 500.00 VAT included/USD$ 715.15.
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