Category Archives: Leica D-Lux

Leica D-Lux 4 listed as discontinued @ B&H

Leica D-Lux 4 is listed as discontinued at B&H. Not really a surprise, after the new Panasonic LX5 was announced yesterday. The word on the street is that Leica D-Lux 5 will be announced at Photokina and of course, it will be based on the Panasonic LX5. Andreas Kaufmann mention in the DiePresse.com (in English) article that “there could be […]

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A very good guess of what’s next for the Leica D-Lux 5

Panasonic’s website leaked the long expected Panasonic LX5 (replacement of the LX3) which should give us a pretty good idea of what the next Leica D-Lux 5 will look like (probably announced at Photokina): direct link direct link Main differences between the LX5 and the older LX3 version: the LX5 has 3.8x zoom 24-90mm (the […]

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Panasonic LX5 coming soon with m4/3 sensor?

Rumors surfaced today of a new Panasonic point and shoot camera with m4/3 sensor, fixed 3x zoom Leica lens (starting from 24mm f/2.0 on the wide angle) and some kind of a built-in optical rangefinder with wide and tele markings. They also mentioned that Leica will release their own version of the same camera for Photokina. […]

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Last chance to get your Leica D-Lux 4 custom grip

Richard Franiec’s Leica D-Lux4 custom grip will be discontinued. The last batch is already produced and after it’s sold out it will no longer be available.

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How about that Leica D-Lux 5?

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 […]

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Digital Camera Raw Compatibility 3.0 released

Digital Camera Raw Compatibility update 3.0 was released with Leica D-Lux 4 support.

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Apple’s Aperture 3 released, now with Leica D-Lux 4 support

Today Apple released Aperture 3 with RAW support for Leica D-Lux 4. Leica M9 is not on the list of supported cameras. Amazon is now taking Aperture 3 pre-orders.

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