The D-Lux 5 - A True Leica!

As expected, Leica just introduced the D-Lux 5, the successor to their acclaimed high quality D-Lux 4 at Photokina yesterday. The LEICA D-LUX 5 differentiates itself from its previous version by offering a faster LEICA DC VARIO-SUMMICRON 5.1 – 19.2 mm f/2 – 3.3 ASPH. lens with an extended range of focal lengths equivalent to 24 to 90 mm in 35-mm format. Together with its comprehensive range of features and manual settings, the new LEICA D-LUX 5 offers a broader spectrum of photographic options. Its 720-pixel HD-video function in memory-saving AVCHD-Lite format and optional accessories, open up a whole range of additional photographic opportunities for discerning photographers. Featuring a particularly large sensor for a compact camera, the D-LUX 5’s 1/1.63"-CCD image sensor contributes to a significant increase in image quality, even at 10.1 megapixels. The sensor is finely tuned to bring out the best of the LEICA DC VARIO-SUMMICRON 5.1 – 19.2 mm f/2 – 3.3 ASPH. Lens. Combined with the camera’s electronics and firmware, it guarantees brilliant high-contrast images with natural color rendition and superb sharpness. Also contributing to its exceptional image quality, the D-LUX 5’s pixels are considerably larger than that of other cameras. The D-LUX 5 delivers images in 4:3, 3:2, 16:9 formats as well as 1:1, a particularly interesting format for creative composition, in both capture and review mode. The camera monitor has a wide viewing angle and a resolution of 460,000 pixels, displaying images in superb quality. An ideal and reliable tool, it allows photographers to precisely assess images both during composition and after capture. The LEICA D-LUX 5 is characterized by clear lines and an intensely focused design. A true Leica Camera, the D-LUX 5’s formal simplicity, intuitive controls and overall reduction to pure essentials reflect the company’s culture with it's classical elegance merging with premium quality materials: This characterises the design philosophy of Leica D-Lux cameras. A design concept that the D-Lux 5 carries forth brilliantly and effortlessly.Elegant matte black throughout, with sparse accents in chrome and uncomplicated distinctive lines, it possesses a compellingly purist and simultaneously timeless modern design. A single glance says it all: It is a true Leica. The D-Lux 5 will begin shipping in Mid-October. We hope to showcase the D-Lux 5 during our Tent Sale & Leica is sure to feature it during their North American Road Show in NYC on October 14-15. (See the blog post below for more info on the Road Show...) For more info with pixs and video, please click onto Leica's webpage on the D-Lux 5: http://us.leica-camera.com/photography/compact_cameras/d-lux_5/