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Leica V-Lux 3 superzooms in for the new year
With 1080p60 video on board 8 December 2011 15:08 GMT TweetGot your eye on a superzoom camera that you want to find in your stocking come Christmas day? Leica will be hoping that you can wait until the new year to get snapping with the Leica V-Lux 3, which it has just announced.
Sporting a 12.1-megapixel...
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Best looking camera accessories: making your gadgets beautiful
FEATURE STYLE WEEK: Give your camera swag 15 November 2011 16:30 GMT TweetFrom the flash bulbs of the catwalk, to the pavement or the beach, cameras are strangely sexy. The people behind them, the people in front of them, there is an undeniable allure to photography. It's about capturing the moment, it's about sharing, it's...
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Leica: Beauty in the hand of the beholder
FEATURE STYLE WEEK: Stefan Daniel talks photographic precision 15 November 2011 11:30 GMT TweetA Leica camera is a powerful thing. One touch can change your life. Just ask the company’s director of production management, photography, Stefan Daniel and he’ll tell you.
Daniel was just 8 years old when he was first introduced...
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The best looking cameras in the world. Ever.
FEATURE STYLE WEEK: Click, click, BOOM! 15 November 2011 10:00 GMT TweetThere are few gadgets that cause us such strong emotional reactions as cameras. From the ultra modern compacts to the most ancient of pin-holes, there's just something magical when you get one in your hand. There are, however, a select few that cause...
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Leica D-Lux 5 arrives in 'Titanium' special edition form
Rock 'ard 18 October 2011 16:59 GMT TweetLeica knows how to make a sweet looking camera, with the normal D-Lux 5 being pretty enough. Some however want that extra special edition factor and for those select few, there can be no other than the titanium version of the camera.
So what...
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The Leica M9 experience
FEATURE What it's like to shoot with a £5,000 camera 2 August 2011 12:40 GMT TweetThe Leica M9. Whether because of its performance or its price tag, it’s a sentence unto itself. At £4,950 and crowned the world’s smallest full frame digital camera, it’s not something anyone ever expects to understand. In fact, for...
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Leica Pinmaster II golf flag finder hands-on
HANDS-ON Measures precise distance to pin 28 July 2011 13:08 GMT TweetPro camera and sports optics firm Leica has already dabbled in the golf rangefinder market before, with the Pinmaster, but has made big improvements to its sequel, the Pinmaster II. For starters, the internal LED screen is clearer, offering a more...
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Leica M9-P hands-on
HANDS-ON We made sure to wash first 28 July 2011 13:01 GMT TweetThe Leica M9 is a very tricky camera to improve upon. That's essentially why Lecia hasn't in the creation of the Leica M9-P, which Pocket-lint had a little play with over at the Leica Store in Mayfair, London.
Already the world's smallest full-frame...
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Paul Smith on the case for the Leica D-Lux 5
HANDS-ON Only 150 of each, only £200 to buy one 28 July 2011 11:26 GMT TweetAnyone looking to spend even more on a Panasonic LX5 might just have had their day made by Leica who has announced two cases made by Paul Smith to go with the compact re-badge that is the Leica D-Lux 5.
From somewhere between the English fashion...
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VIDEO: How a Leica lens is made
Talk about precision 15 July 2011 17:23 GMT TweetLeica is famed for its unbeatable image quality and supreme build. The company's cameras offer a unique combination of years of hand made precision, with cutting edge technology.
A Leica lens is very much the same, offering high quality craftsmanship...
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Leica V-Lux 30 review
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All aboard for Costa Packet
1 July 2011 16:17 GMT
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There’s a new travel zoom on the block in the shape of the Leica V-Lux 30, a 14.1 effective megapixel, 1/2.33 CMOS sensor incorporating, 16x optical zoom model with sophisticated accents yet familiar boxy styling. In fact, it resembles a re-badge-d...
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Panasonic unveils LUMIX GF3 camera
Complete with new Leica DG Summilux lens 13 June 2011 6:00 GMT TweetHot on the heels of the LUMIX GF2 launching just over six months ago, Panasonic has introduced its smallest and lightest interchangable lens camera system yet - the LUMIX GF3.
The company has also added the Leica-branded DG Summilux f1.4 fixed...
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Leica M8: Lego stylee
Clever mock up of rangefinder M series camera 5 October 2010 14:47 GMT TweetWe at Pocket-lint are suckers for creative and imaginative Lego constructions, and that is why we couldn't ignore this brilliant mock-up.
This fully working Leica M8 from the Schfio Factory may not have the hi-specification of the original...
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PHOTOS: The Panasonic, er, Leica V-LUX 2
Are you Lumix in disguise? 22 September 2010 15:47 GMT TweetThis is the Leica V-LUX 2 super zoom compact camera. Look familiar? It should do, because it appears to be the identical twin of the Panasonic Lumix FZ100 that we saw back in July.
The curious part is that not only do they look exactly...
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PHOTOS: Leica D-Lux 5 hands on
Photokina 2010: Up close and personal with the high-end compact 22 September 2010 15:27 GMT TweetLeica has unveiled its latest high-performance compact camera - the D-Lux 5 - at the Photokina show in Cologne.
As successor to the acclaimed D-Lux 4, the new snapper offers a wider range of photographic options along with a faster Leica...
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