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Review Summary
2011-12-11T19:00:00
Overall the camera is good. It has a great zoom and photo quality is very good. Flash seemed adequate too and the photos we took were all very good when we used it on vacation. We returned it, however, because for the price the GPS feature was of interest. It was slow to react & sometimes didn't leaving us missing photo opportunities which is unacceptable for a vacation camera. If you don't care about the GPS feature than buy the model without it and save money. We ended up with a Sony DSC- HX9 and are happy with it.
Connie
2011-09-03T21:00:00
My only use is for landscapes . the 16x zoom lenes coupled with the wide angle is perfect Image stabilization workes well all my images are very sharp and reproduce to perfection when printed on 10x20 paper i use it in conjunction with a Canon zoom 70-200 on my SLR camera
Thomas C.
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LEICA DC VARIO-ELMAR
12 elements in 10 groups
(3 Aspherical Lenses / 6 Aspherical Surfaces / 1 ED Lenses)
POWER O.I.S. (On / Off / Active mode (only for motion picture) )
Optical: 16x
Extra Optical: 18.9x (4:3 / 10M), 22.5x (4:3 / 7M), 27.0x (4:3 / 5M), 33.8x (4:3 / under 3M)
Intelligent: 21x
Digital: 4x
Yes
f = 4.3 - 68.8 mm (24 - 384 mm in 35 mm equiv.) (29 - 464 mm in 35 mm equiv. in movie recording)
Normal: Wide 50 cm (1.64 feet) - infinity / Tele 200 cm (6.56 feet) - infinity
Macro / Intelligent Auto / Movie Recording: Wide 3 cm (0.10 feet) - infinity / Tele 100 cm (3.27 feet) - infinity
Yes
Face / AF Tracking / 23-area / 1-area / Spot / Touch Area
Yes
14.1 Megapixels
1/2.33", 15.1 Mega Total Pixels MOS, Primary Color Filter
Normal / AF Macro, Zoom Macro, Quick AF, AF Tracking, Touch AF/AE, Continuous AF (only for motion picture)
Yes (in Face Recognition only)
Auto / i.ISO / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600
High Sensitivity Mode (1600 - 6400)
Auto / Daylight / Cloudy / Shade / Incandescent / White Set (Selectable at Portrait, Soft Skin, Transform, Self Portrait, Sports, Panorama Assist, Baby, Pet, High Sensitivity, Pin Hole, Photo Frame, High Dynamic, High Speed Movie)
Program AE, Aperture Priority AE, Shutter Priority AE, Manual
1/3 EV step, -2 - +2 EV
Yes (only in Intelligent Auto Mode)
+/-1/3 EV - 1 EV step, 3 frames
Intelligent Multiple / Center Weighted / Spot
[Recording] / [Playback]
Yes
Intelligent Auto, P, A, S, M, Custom, 3D Photo, SCN, My SCN 1, My SCN 2
Portrait, Soft Skin, Transform, Self Portrait, Scenery, Panorama Assist, Sports, Night Portrait, Night Scenery, Handheld Night Shot, Food, Party, Candle Light, Baby1, Baby2, Pet, Sunset, High Sensitivity, Flash Burst, Starry Sky, Fireworks, Beach, Snow, Aerial Photo, Pin Hole, Film Grain, High Dynamic (Standard, Art, B&W), Photo Frame, Underwater, High Speed Movie
Portrait, Soft Skin, Transform, Self Portrait, Scenery, Low Light, Food, Party, Candle Light, Sunset, Beach, Snow, Aerial, Pin Hole, Film Grain, Underwater, High Sensitivity, High Dynamic (Standard, Art, B&W) (Activated by selecting Still Image Scene Mode then pressing movie button. Still Image Scene Modes without corresponding Movie Scene Mode is recorded in Normal Mode)
Still: 60 - 1/4,000 sec
Starry Sky Mode: 15, 30, 60 sec
F3.3 - 5.9 / Multistage Iris Diaphragm (F3.3 - 6.3 (W) / F5.9 - 6.3 (T))
2 sec / 10 sec
1 sec / 2 sec / Hold / OFF
Yes
Standard, Natural, Vivid, Black & White, Sepia, Cool, Warm, Happy (only in iA Mode)
Still Image: JPEG (DCF / Exif 2.3)
3D Image: MPO
Motion Picture: AVCHD / QuickTime Motion JPEG
NTSC / PAL (Depends on region)
4:3 / 3:2 / 16:9 / 1:1
Still Image: 4:3 Aspect Ratio: 4,320 x 3,240 pixels (14M), 3,648 x 2,736 pixels (10M EZ), 3,072 x 2,304 pixels (7M EZ), 2,560 x 1,920 pixels (5M EZ), 2,048 x 1,536 pixels (3M EZ), 640 x 480 pixels (0.3M EZ)
3:2 Aspect Ratio: 4,320 x 2,880 pixels (12.5M), 3,648 x 2,432 pixels (9M EZ), 3,072 x 2,048 pixels (6M EZ), 2,560 x 1,712 pixels (4.5M EZ), 2,048 x 1,360 pixels (2.5M EZ), 640 x 424 pixels (0.3M EZ)
16:9 Aspect Ratio: 4,320 x 2,432 pixels (10.5M), 3,648 x 2,056 pixels (7.5M EZ), 3,072 x 1,728 pixels (5.5M EZ), 2,560 x 1,440 pixels (3.5M EZ), 1,920 x 1,080 pixels (2M EZ), 640 x 360 pixels (0.2M EZ)
1:1 Aspect Ratio: 3,232 x 3,232 pixels (10.5M), 2,736 x 2,736 pixels (7.5M EZ), 2,304 x 2,304 pixels (5.5M EZ), 1,920 x 1,920 pixels (3.5M EZ), 1,536 x 1,536 pixels (2.5M EZ), 480 x 480 pixels (0.2M EZ)
Fine / Standard (3D Mode: MPO Fine / MPO Standard)
4:3 Aspect Ratio: VGA: 640 x 480 pixels, 30 fps (Motion JPEG), QVGA: 320 x 240 pixels, 30 fps (Motion JPEG)
16:9 Aspect Ratio: Full-HD Movie: 1,920 x 1,080 pixels, AVCHD (FSH: 17 Mbps): [NTSC Model] 60i, [PAL Model] 50i
HD Movie: 1,280 x 720 pixels, AVCHD (SH: 17 Mbps): [NTSC Model] 60p, [PAL Model] 50p, Motion JPEG: 30 fps
AVCHD with picture quality set to [GFS/FSH]: Approx. 70 min
AVCHD with picture quality set to [GS/SH]: Approx. 85 min
Motion JPEG with picture quality set to [HD]: Approx. 85 min
AVCHD with picture quality set to [GFS/FSH]: Approx. 35 min
AVCHD with picture quality set to [GS/SH]: Approx. 40 min
Motion JPEG with picture quality set to [HD]: Approx. 40 min
Full-Resolution Image, 10 frames / sec
Max. 15 images
Photo
Photo & Movie
Photo
Photo & Movie
Photo (Portrait, Scenery, Night Portrait, Night Scenery, Handheld Night Shot, Sunset, Macro) & Movie (Portrait, Scenery, Low Light, Macro)
Photo & Movie
Photo
Photo
Yes
Photo & Movie
Yes / Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes (2 patterns)
Approx. 18 MB
Yes
Yes / Yes
Yes / Yes / Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto, Auto / Red-eye Reduction, Forced On, Slow Sync. / Red-eye Reduction, Forced Off
0.6 - 5.0 m (Wide / ISO Auto), 1.0 - 2.8 m (Tele / ISO Auto)
7.5 cm (3.0") TFT Touch Screen LCD Display (460,000 dots), AR Coating
Field of View: Approx. 100%, Wide-viewing Angle
Auto Power LCD Mode, Power LCD Mode
Yes
Normal Playback, Slideshow, Filtering Playback (Picture Only, Video Only, 3D, GPS, Travel, Category, Favorites), Calendar Playback
12, 30 thumbnails / Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes (AVCHD / Motion JPEG)
All / Picture Only / Video Only / 3D / Album / Category / Favorites
BGM Effect (Natural / Slow / Swing / Urban / Off)
Yes
Single / Multi / All / All except Favorites
Yes / Yes
Yes / Yes
English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Russian, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Netherlandic, Thai, Korean, Turkish, Portuguese, Arabic, Persian, Japanese, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Greek
Yes
Yes (AUTO)
Yes
Yes
Built-in Memory, SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card
Yes (Stereo)
Yes
HDMI (micro HDMI), AV Output (NTSC / PAL), USB2.0 High speed
Single / Multi / All / Favorites / DPOF
Yes
ID-Security Li-ion Battery Pack (3.6V, Minimum: 895 mAh) (Included)
AC Adaptor (Input: 110 - 240V AC) (Optional)
0.007 sec
0.3 sec (minimum)
260 pictures (CIPA Standard)
PHOTOfunSTUDIO 6.1 HD Lite Edition (6.0 HD Lite Edition for China), QuickTime, Adobe Reader, Super LoiLoScope (trial version)
104.9 x 57.6 x 33.4 mm (4.13 x 2.27 x 1.31 inch)
219 g (0.482 lb) with Battery and SD Memory Card
197 g (0.434 lb) without Battery and SD Memory Card