#1. Leica V-LUX 20 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 12x Wide Angle Optical Zoom and 3.0-Inch LCD Reviews
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Leica V-LUX 20 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 12x Wide Angle Optical Zoom and 3.0-Inch LCD Features
- 12.1-megapixel sensor
- 12x Leica DC Vario-Elmar 1:3.3 4.9 / 4.1 49.2mm ASPH (25-300 mm) zoom lens; focal lengths from super-wide to extreme telephoto
- GPS module for registration of geographical data of every shot
- 720p HD movie capture with 12x zoom range
- Compatible with SD/SDHC/SXDC cards (not included)
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Customer Reviews
I have been taking digital pictures for quite some time.
When they started about 5 ago, camaras were very basic. We were just glad that we didnt have to purchase film and pay to develop them and be able to take many pictures instead of 12 or 24.
As time passed by, more and more features starting to show up in basic digital camaras but never to be compare with what one can accomplish with a SLR.
I travel a lot and when you are in front of the Eifel Tower or the Louvre Museum and you want to capture awesome pictures of those monuments you realize the shortcomings of a basic digital camara.
So I decided to get a Canon SLR about 2 years ago. Not a good experience. I returned it. You needed to be a proffesional photographer in order to use it.
Then about a month ago, checking the Internet I realized several companies were working in smaller SLR camaras like the Olimpus e-620 and the SP-800UZ. With the first one you can change the lenses and with the second one it comes with a fix lens and gives you 30X of zoom.
I ordered the Olimpus SP800UZ and had great expectations however when one zooms all the way the image quality is not very good.
The size is still too big for my needs and taste.
So I read a lot about the Leica V-Lux 20 and on May 20 when it came out I ordered one.
This is sort of a preliminary report. The camara has so many features that I haven’t been able to use or learn them all.
I live in Chicago so this morning I headed for downtown and took about 100 pictures of all over the place.
I am impressed. One of the things that bugged the must with basic camaras is that when you want to take 2 or 3 pictures of something that is happening that one needs to capture right away and the flash is needed, there is waiting time of about 5 seconds until one can shoot again.
This camara is NOT like that. It takes picture after picture right away.
The quality of pictures is very good. The zoom is only 12X but when I zoom all the way the quality of the pictures is excellent.
Another reason I wanted this camara was because of the High Resolution video. A complaint that I read from otehr camaras was that they couldn’t zoom while in video mode. This camara takes very nice video and one can zoom while in video mode. However if you have a PC you need Apple Quick Time to watch the movies.
Most camara manufacturers are doing their own software. Leica comes bundled with Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 instead.
I haven’t seen the video on TV because I need an extra cable that I don’t have yet but the video in the PC looks very nice. I was particular impressed with the quality of the sound.
Well I hopes this helps anyone who is thinking about purchasing this camara.
Something that is different, maybe more lasting is the power switch and the view stored pictures switch, instead of the traditional push buttons this camara comes with slides switches which sound to me like less teckie but I am sure Leica had a very good reason for them.
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