Category Archives: Leica D-Lux

Chance to win a Leica D-LUX 5 at the B&H Photo Street Photography Flickr Contest (US only)

By LR admin | Published: March 1, 2011

B&H Photo just announced that they are giving away a Leica D-Lux 5 camera as a top price in their Flickr Street Photography contest. Read all the details on the B&H Flickr group. This contest is sponsored by Leica Camera. Via BHinsights

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Leica D-Lux 5 vs. Panasonic LX 5 image comparison

By LR admin | Published: January 27, 2011

The Leica D-Lux 5 and Panasonic LX5 are basically identical cameras manufactured by Panasonic in Japan. The Leica version has a more clean design (no grip and labels). The rest of the differences are: LX5 comes with Silkpix Studio (retails for $100), has one year warranty and costs $400. The D-Lux 5 comes with Adobe Lightroom (retails for around $260, currently […]

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Leica D-Lux 4 vs. D-Lux 5: JPG files comparison (part 4)

By LR admin | Published: January 20, 2011

This is the last post of my Leica D-Lux 4-vs. D-Lux 5 series. Next week I will have some Leica D-Lux 5 vs. Panasonic LX5 comparisons, mainly JPG files, since everything else should be identical between those cameras. Below are the actual JPG pictures taken with Leica D-Lux 4 and D-Lux 5 cameras. Both files […]

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And the winner is…

By LR admin | Published: January 8, 2011

The winner of the “Photographer’s guide to the Leica D-Lux 5″ book giveaway is… Fabrizio. Congratulations!

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New Artisan&Artist leather case for Leica D-Lux 5

By LR admin | Published: December 31, 2010

Artisan & Artist introduced a new leather case for the Leica D-lux 5 in Japan (price: 15,750 yen/190 USD):

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Auto lens cap for Leica D-Lux 4/5

By LR admin | Published: December 29, 2010

I went ahead and bought the auto lens cap for Leica D-Lux 5. The cap is made of plastic but it fits well on the front lens thread (you will have to remove the protective ring first). The hinges are very loose but they do open and close smoothly when the lens extends/retracts. Using this cap will […]

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“Photographer’s guide to the Leica D-Lux 5″ book giveaway

By LR admin | Published: December 24, 2010

The printed version of the new “Photographer’s guide to the Leica D-Lux 5″ book is now available on Amazon and I have one copy to give away. Jump over the break to learn how you can win.

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