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Field Review (Day 1): Leica D-LUX 4

Chris Gampat
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02/05/2010
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Last Updated on 02/05/2010 by

Despite the fact that it has been out for a while now, the Leica D-LUX 4 is one of the point-and-shoots that I’ve always felt deserved some attention.Like its more economical sibling the Panasonic LX-3, it is a premium point-and-shoot that is meant for enthusiasts, pros that want a nice compact camera, and people that want better images and aren’t afraid to work a little bit for them. On December 11th 2009, Leica announced a firmware update for the camera. The update in lots pictures after the jump.

Here is the Press Release citing the updates:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LEICA D-LUX 4 Firmware Update

Leica announces firmware update for D-LUX 4 camera

– numerous improvements cited

December 11, 2009 – (Allendale, NJ) – Leica Camera announced today the newest firmware update for the LEICA D-LUX 4 to its customers. The free firmware update will be available for immediate download from Leica’s homepage: www.leica-camera.com .

The following improvements have been implemented by firmware version 2.1:

1.         Recording function with an aspect ratio of 1:1 has been added

2.         White balance (WB) bracket function has been added

3.         The exposure compensation and the auto bracket compensation can now be set up to Âħ3EV

4.         Position of the guide line can now be set

5.         [LENS RESUME] has been added to the [SETUP] menu

6.         [HIGH DYNAMIC] has been added to scene mode

7.         It is now possible to record the user’s name in the image file

8.         [MENU RESUME] has been added to the [SETUP] menu

9.         It is now possible to display the highlights in playback mode

10.    Digital red-eye removal has been modified

11.    Items saved in the custom set have changed

12.    Display of [COPY] in the [PLAYBACK] menu has changed

13.    Message display has been added

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Now that that’s all out of the way, here are all the features shown off. Certain features will be shown off in my field review for the next couple of days. This review will be a series and will end with a compilation page and summaries. The following images are meant mostly for users that may not know how to get to the settings or what to look for.

1:1 function

1:1 on-screen

White Balance Bracketing

Exposure compensation being able to go up to level 3

Lens Resume

Menu Resume

Display of Highlights

My name recorded in the images

Guideline

Much more to come in the coming days! Stay tuned to ThePhoblographer.com!

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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