[LRflex] By Panasonic & Leica, a new DMC L2 / Digilux 4 might come out soon, mirrorless camera

From: Bille Xavier F. <hot_billexf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:47:51 +0200

Good Day Flexers

The micro Four thirds offer by Panasonic has an EVF SLR G3, it has a 
screen/display camera GF3 but with the venue of the Nikon V1, the engineers has 
been put on rails to build another tool.

although the project name is kept secret, the camera may appear as the Lumix 
DMC L2 and of course Leica Digilux 4.

It will be a new reference in the world of the micro four thirds and it extend 
the offer of Panasonic

It shares with its predecessor, the Lumix L1, the will of keeping basics 
commands in the hands of the photographer, hence, a 360 degree clicking wheel 
attached to the body around the mount of the lens.

This wheel is designed to command the aperture (such as on the traditionnal SLR 
lenses, the legacy lenses) or to command the speed (a reminder of the famous 
olympus OM serie) in the speed priority mode or in the manual mode when a non 
4/3 lens is attached to the body.

Another clicking and rotating wheel placed at the back of the camera will offer 
the other selectable parameter according to the mode.

But the most extraordinary part of this camera will be an hybrid optical and 
electronic view finder as introduced by the successful Fuji X100.

With a coverage for the prime lens 14mm, it displays frames for the 14mm, 20mm, 
25mm, 45mm prime lens, "à la Leica"

But better than Leica, as the technology projects the frames into the view 
finder, the frames from 14mm to 45mm by step of 5mm can be displayed with the 
correction of parallax as the m4/3 lens and autofocus system evaluates the 
distance.

therefore, a zoom 14mm to 42mm can be used with the optical viewfinder. A 
button on the back of the camera switches alternatively between the displayable 
frames.

For lens of focal longer than 45mm the EVF is switched on and a Thru the lens 
view is offered.

The price is not known yet as the project has just started. But our reporters 
have been able to sneak a paper sketch from one of the Panasonic and Leica 
engineers at the "Salon de la photo" in Paris.

Here is the secret document:

http://xavierf.b.free.fr/Temp/DMC_L2.PDF

Shall we see this at the next Photokina? It's too early to answer today.

Stay tuned for more information !



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Xavier F. BILLE

Maisons-Alfort - France.
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[LRflex] By Panasonic & Leica, a new DMC L2 / Digilux 4 might come out soon, mirrorless camera

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