Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/29

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Subject: [Leica] Two other new Leica digital cameras
From: rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)
Date: Tue Aug 29 08:04:11 2006

Beside the M8, two other digital cameras will be presented at the Photokina:

That's the Leica 4/3 DSLR:
http://mogool.com/transfer/leica_fourthirds.jpg
It's the sister model of the Panasonic Lumix L1; see the Sean Reid 
review here: http://tinyurl.com/opkx6 The features are probably the 
same. Maybe the Leica has a slightly different in-camera software 
like it was the case with the Digilux-2/Panasonic DMC-LC1 models. And 
of course the body is chrome instead of black.

Then there's another Leica compact digital camera, with superzoom:
http://mogool.com/transfer/leica_compact.jpg
It is likely a sister model of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ7. This 
would mean a 6 megapixel 1/2.5 " Type CCD sensor, a 36-432mm equiv. 
superzoom lens, F2.8 - 3.3, ISO 80-1600, manual mode as well as 
aperture and shutter priority AE modes possible. No informations 
about bokeh so far :-)

Didier





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