Few months ago Leica had a Leica V-Lux 2 giveaway. The ten winners received the camera with some North Face gear and headed to their destinations. You can check the Leica Explorer website for their pictures and updates. Full press release:
Few months ago Leica had a Leica V-Lux 2 giveaway. The ten winners received the camera with some North Face gear and headed to their destinations. You can check the Leica Explorer website for their pictures and updates. Full press release:
The latest Apple Digital Camera RAW compatibility update 3.5 (released last week) now supports Leica D-Lux 5 and V-Lux 2 cameras:
Specs at a glance Lens: Leica DC Vario-Elmarit 4.5–108 mm f/2.8–5.2 ASPH (wide-angle f/2.8–f/8, telephoto f/5.2–f/8 ), full frame equivalent to 25–600 mm, 24x optical zoom, 4x digital zoom, 14 lenses in 10 groups) Sensor: 1/2.33″ CMOS with 15.1MP (effective 14.1MP in 4:3 format) ISO: 100-1600 Video: full 1080i HD, AVCHD/QuickTime Motion JPEG formats (JPEG [...]
Since I have all three cameras in my hands, I decided to do a quick ISO comparison between the Leica D-Lux 4, D-Lux 5 and V-Lux 2. I included only the common ISO setting from 100 to 1600: ISO 100 | f/2.8 | 1/3 sec Leica D-Lux 4: Leica D-Lux 5: Leica V-Lux 2:
I had the chance to play with the new Leica V-Lux 2 camera for few minutes in my local Leica SIS. The camera is lighter (520 g/18.34 oz) and is smaller than its predecessor, the V-Lux 1. The first thing that caught my attention was the swivel 16:9 LCD display (3.0″ TFT LCD, 460,000 pixels, 100% FOV) – it was [...]