The new Leica V-LUX 20 is a 12.1-megapixel digital compact camera which features what the company describes as a high performance DC-VARIO ELMAR lens, innovative GPS tagging, optional HD movie recording and various automated functions.
Leica said the V-LUX 20’s LEICA DC-VARIO-ELMAR 4.1–49.2 mm f/3.3–4.9 ASPH 12x zoom lens offers a range of focal lengths of 25–300 mm in 35-mm format, making it the ideal camera for almost any photographic environment, from shooting expansive landscapes, finely detailed macro studies at short distances or shots of distant objects with a super-telephoto setting.
The LEICA V-LUX 20 will be available at specialized Leica dealers from the end of April 2010. Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 is one of the standard features provided with V-LUX 20.
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