Leica Digilux 3

  • 2.2.1 Technical features

Cooperation with Fuji

The mid-1990s Leica entered into a strategic alliance with Fuji film. This partnership went 1998 the first Digilux camera out. The expected high Leica claim was in these early OEM models not yet been met by adding a nobler housing and an increased price by far. The cameras of this series were largely identical to the Fuji models that were Leica Digilux, Leica Digilux Zoom and Leica Digilux 4.3. This partnership was not considered very fruitful and was discontinued in May 2001.

Cooperation with Panasonic

Leica Digilux 1

In spring 2002, Leica introduced in cooperation with Matsushita / Panasonic digital camera Digilux 1 on the market. This was the first product of this strategic partnership. Due to the relatively high speed and other qualities designated Leica Digilux 1 as the reportage camera and wanted to remember the legendary Leica I of 1925. In addition to the retro design, the large 2.5 "display with the unique fold- light shaft that catches your eye. As with classic cameras the controls in the form of buttons and dials are mounted on the camera body and do not have to first be selected via a menu.

The Leica Digilux 1 was considered by the Leica photographers with great skepticism ( after the early and as failures considered in efforts Digitalkamerabau Leica in collaboration with Fuji). Above all, the poor quality of the optical viewfinder ( for Leica ratios) as well as the high price prevented these modern for its time camera to be a great success.

The Digilux 1 is considered the first Leica digital camera ( former digital Leica's were OEM products ).

Specifications Digilux 1

  • Strong light aspherical Leica lens with 3x zoom
  • Image sensor with 4.0 million pixels
  • Viewfinder
  • ISO flash shoe for additional flash unit
  • 2.5 "LCD display with 205,000 pixels (incl. folding sunscreen )
  • Many manual controls for individual creative freedom
  • Some familiar of classic cameras Controls
  • Secure Digital (SD) storage format
  • Lithium -ion battery with up to 3 hours standby

Leica Digilux 2

The Leica Digilux 2 is a semi-professional digital camera and the end of 2003 came on the market, it was created in partnership with Matsushita / Panasonic. The most outstanding feature of this camera is the high quality of the fixed mechanical zoom lens (Leica DC Vario- Summicron ). The retro design of the Digilux 2 is considered to be elegant and functional, the camera was designed by the designer Achim Heine.

The Digilux 2 has no optical viewfinder, but an electronic viewfinder. This led to criticism since the manual focus is difficult under low light conditions, one of the virtues of classic M- Leicas. Furthermore, the then high price of about 1,500 euros has been criticized because the nearly identical Panasonic DMC LC-1 was cheaper by about 300 euros. The Digilux 2 but is regarded as the first digital camera that meets the high demands of the Leica brand justice, including highest quality craftsmanship and intuitive operation.

Technical Features

  • 5 megapixel ( 2560 × 1920 pixels)
  • Electronic viewfinder with 235,000 pixels (TTL)
  • 2.5 " LCD screen on the back with 211,000 pixels
  • Real-time histogram display ( before recording )
  • 2.0-2.4 / 7 to 22.5 mm ( 28-90 mm ​​equivalent to small picture) Leica DC Vario Summicron ( with TTL - AF)
  • High quality metal construction, intuitive classical control concept
  • Mechanical lens shift for zoom and focus ( your choice)
  • RAW support, as well as JPEG
  • SD / MMC memory card format, USB 2.0 Hi-Speed ​​standard connection
  • Unique fold- TTL flash ( provides bouncing flash )
  • ISO hot shoe for external flash units
  • Multi - segment metering, and spot metering Integral
  • Shutter speed range of 8 s-1/4000 s
  • Included charger also works as a power supply. When used as a power supply, however, the accumulator is not loaded.

Leica Digilux 3

Leica Digilux 3 is a digital SLR Four Thirds standard. It was presented at Photokina 2006 Leica.

The camera is based on the Olympus E- 330 and used, in particular the same horizontal mirror system and the same LiveMOS sensor with 7.5 megapixels. It is basically the same as the Panasonic Lumix DMC- L1, from which it is in color (chrome), the upper housing plate, the calculation of JPEG images differs ( with more subtle, more "natural " according to Leica colors) as well as in the scope of equipment. From the E-330 and the design of the eyepiece and the eye cup was taken, so that the same accessories can be used (eg the eyecup Olympus EP -7).

The camera allows you to store images in RAW and JPG format.

The presented together with the camera zoom lens for the first time for the Four Thirds standard an aperture ring. To transfer the aperture data from the lens to the camera, the transmission protocol has been extended.

Panasonic (brand) Retro style Pixel#Megapixel Metering mode Olympus E-330 Panasonic Lumix DMC-L1
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