- 1/1.63" CCD image sensor with a resolution of 10.1 megapixels.
- Low image noise, more precise details and natural color rendition.
- Intuitive handling concept with automatic and manual setting options.
- Packaged with Adobe Photoshop Ligthroom 3.
- Leica, D-Lux 5, compact camera, digital, German, optics.
Product Description
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The Leica D-Lux 5 is a compact camera which combines a unique
design with high functionality, styling, and quality to offer
superior image quality. It features the Leica DC Vario-Summicro
1:2-3.3/5.1-19.2mm ASPH lens with a zoom range of 24-90mm, a fast
lens with superior performance that enables high-quality
photography even wide open. The newly develope 1/1.63" CCD image
sensor increases image quality at the standard resolution of 10.1
megapixels. The camera is classical in design, ergonomic, and
compact, and comes in a black anodized finish. Camera includes
carrying strap, rechargeable battery (Leica BP-DC 10), battery
charger, battery holder, USB cable, AV cable, power cord, lens
cap, accessory shoe cover, CD-ROM with manuals in PDF format,
instructions for product registration and software download, and
warranty card.
From the Manufacturer
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The D-Lux 5 is a true Leica, not only in terms of its elegant
design but also in its superior optical performance: the result
are images of excellent quality.
This versatile compact camera featuring a fast Leica Summicron
zoom lens with focal-lengths from 24 to 90mm (35mm equivalent),
is the perfect camera for a broad spectrum of photgraphic
situations: from macro and wide angle architecture to landscape,
from reportage to portrait and available-light photography.
Manual setting options and an extensive range of accessories
provide even greater creative freedom. With such versatile
performance in such a compact package, the D-Lux 5 is the perfect
companion whenever you seek inspiration - in Berlin or anywhere
else in the world.
Leica D-Lux 5 Highlights
Super-fast lens
The newly developed, fast, Leica DC Vario-Summicron
1:2-3.3/5.1-19.2 mm ASPH. zoom lens offers an extremely practical
range of focal lengths (24-90mm-equivalent in 35mm format) With
it Leica sets another new benchmark in the history of compact
camera lenses. Thanks to its extremely fast maximum aperture, the
Leica DC Vario-Summicron makes it an ideal camera for "available
light" photography e.g. in the dawn or twilight hours and the new
lens offers even more creative freedom than its predecessor.
Brilliant image quality
The D-Lux 5 features a newly designed 1/1.63-inch CCD image
sensor that is particularly large for a compact camera. Even at
the standard resolution of 10.1 megapixels, this contributes to a
significant increase in image quality. The results speak for
themselves: combined with the camera's electronics and firmware,
it guarantees brilliant high-contrast images with natural colour
rendition and superb sharpness--just the way you expect them to
be from a Leica camera!
The new D-Lux 5 delivers images in all 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.
Creative freedom
Photography with a Leica camera must be one thing above all - a
sheer pleasure. And that is precisely what the Leica D-Lux 5
offers with its amazingly simple and intuitive handling and
clearly laid out functions. For instance, you can set manual
settings, quickly and easily ,using the D-Lux 5's innovative
"Clickwheel" located on the back of the camera. Thanks to its
manual setting option for subject distance, aperture and shutter
speed, the D-Lux 5 opens up a whole vista of creative
rtunities for discerning photographers to take complete
control of image characteristics. It also offers numerous
automatic functions for effortless photgraphy that guarantees the
user perfectly exposed and sharp images by simply pressing the
shutter release ideal for less experienced photographers. The
camera's automatic functions can control the O.I.S. image
stabiliser, automatic ISO selection, face re, automatic
contrast compensation and automatic scene mode.
Classic design
Classical elegance meets premium quality materials: This
characterizes the design philosophy of Leica D-Lux cameras. A
design concept that the D-Lux 5 carries forth brilliantly and
effortlessly. Elegant matt 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.
Professional image processing
Software Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, a professional digital
workflow solution, is one of the standard features provided with
the D-Lux 5. The software is available as an online download for
all registered LEICA D-LUX 5 customers. This software package
allows photographers to "develop" the RAW image files from the
CCD sensor of the D-Lux 5 to obtain the best possible image
quality. At the same time, photographers maintain complete
control over the development process applied to their images.
White balance, exposure, sharpness, tonal balance, colour
saturation and many other parameters can be modified during
post-processing until the result the photographer envisages is
achieved.
Video in HD-Quality
Its additional the D Lux 5 features a 1280 x 720pixel HD-Video
function in memory-saving AVCHD-Lite format which is started
simply by pressing a dedicated button on the top of the camera.
Autofocus and the entire 3.8x zoom range remain available during
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Accessories: Camera with system character.
With its unique range of dedicated accessories, the D-Lux 5 is
transformed in seconds into the basis of a true photographic
system. Thanks to an optional electronic viewfinder and
detachable flash unit, you can not only expand your photographic
options, but also the range of your creative freedom for even
greater pleasure. A hand grip can help ensure steady and safe
handling whilst a range of bags and cases can ensure your D-Lux 5
is safely protected but always ready for action.