Pre-Photokina: Leica introduces its first dSLR
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By SLR Today
Published on 09/15/2006
Leica introduced today its very first fully digital SLR, the Digilux 3. Leica has been working closely with Panasonic over the last few years to produce a variety of new cameras. It comes as no surprise then that the Digilux 3 bears a striking resemblance to the Panasonic Lumix DMC-L1K.
The Leica Digilux 3 has a 7.5-megapixel sensor that uses the
Four-Thirds standard also used by Panasonic and Olympus. The camera has somewhat blocky old-fashioned look, rather standard for Leica, designed by Berlin's Prof. Achim Heine. The camera also has analog-like controls including an exposure ring and manual
setting rings for aperture, zoom and focusing on the lens.
The Leica Digilux 3 has a 7.5-megapixel sensor that uses the
Four-Thirds standard also used by Panasonic and Olympus. The camera has somewhat blocky old-fashioned look, rather standard for Leica, designed by Berlin's Prof. Achim Heine. The camera also has analog-like controls including an exposure ring and manual
setting rings for aperture, zoom and focusing on the lens.Leica Digilux 3
Leica introduced today its very first fully digital SLR, the >Digilux 3. Leica has been working closely with Panasonic over the last few years to produce a variety of new cameras. It comes as no surprise then that the Digilux 3 bears a striking resemblance to the Panasonic Lumix DMC-L1K.
The Leica Digilux 3 has a 7.5-megapixel sensor that uses the Four-Thirds standard also used by Panasonic and Olympus. The camera has somewhat blocky old-fashioned look, rather standard for a Leica, designed by Berlin's Prof. Achim Heine. The camera also has analog-like controls including an exposure ring and manual setting rings for aperture, zoom and focusing on the lens.
In the Digilux 3, "traditional operating controls and highly modern technical are united with classical values such as precision, outstanding picture quality and a clear formal language," says Marius Eschweiler, Product Manager for digital compact cameras at Leica Camera. "This makes it the ideal tool for demanding reportage photography."
The Digilux 3 will be available in a kit with a Vario-Elmarit 14-50mm f/2.8-3.5 ASPH (28-100mm 35mm equivalent). It will also be bundled with Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0, QuickTime, and a USB driver.
Key Features:
The Leica Digilux 3 has a 7.5-megapixel sensor that uses the Four-Thirds
standard also used by Panasonic and Olympus. The camera has somewhat blocky old-fashioned look, rather standard for a Leica, designed by Berlin's Prof. Achim Heine. The camera also has analog-like controls including an exposure ring and manual setting rings for aperture, zoom and focusing on the lens.In the Digilux 3, "traditional operating controls and highly modern technical are united with classical values such as precision, outstanding picture quality and a clear formal language," says Marius Eschweiler, Product Manager for digital compact cameras at Leica Camera. "This makes it the ideal tool for demanding reportage photography."
The Digilux 3 will be available in a kit with a Vario-Elmarit 14-50mm f/2.8-3.5 ASPH (28-100mm 35mm equivalent). It will also be bundled with Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0, QuickTime, and a USB driver.
Key Features:
- Support for SD, SDHC, and Multimedia memory cards
- 7.5MP, 17.3x13mm sensor
- Optical image stabilization
- RGB primary color filter
- Supersonic wave dust protection filter
- Records RAW & JPEG iamges in 4:3, 3:2 and 16:9 aspect ratios
- sRBG and Adobe RGB color space
- Rapid swingback mirror
- TTL open aperture metering
- ISO sensitivity from 100-1600
- EV compensation /- 2 EV in 1/3-steps
- Program, aperture priority, manual exposure modes
- 7 White Balance settings
- Color temperature adjustment from 2500K to 10,000K in 31 steps
- Focal plane shutter
- 60-1/4000 sec shutter speeds (plus Bulb)
- Burst mode up to 3 fps
- Buffer handles up to 6 RAW images at a time; other formats capacity is unlimited, based on size of memory card
- TTL flash metering; pop-up flash
- 1/160 sec top flash sync speed
- Flash exposure compensation /- 2 stops
- Depth of field preview in Live View mode
- Four film modes: standard, dynamic, natural, soft
- Black and white modes: standard, dynamic, soft
- Powered by li-ion rechargeable battery, 450 images per charge based on CIPA standard