Camera Name: | Leica Digilux 2 |
Maker: | Leica |
Sensor Type: | CCD |
Sensor Size: | 8.8 x 6.6mm (2/3 inch type) |
Res: | 2560 x 1920 (5 megapixels) |
Lens: | 28-90mm equivalent |
Shutter Speeds: | 1/2000s to 8s |
F-Numbers: | f/2.0-f/2.4 at the widest |
Cont: | 2.7 frames per second |
Viewfinder: | Electronic |
Wb: | Yes |
Rearlcd: | 2.5 inches with 211,000 dots |
Dimensions: | 135 x 82 x 103mm (5.31 x 3.23 x 4.06 inches) |
Weight: | 705g including battery |
The Digilux 2 is a digital camera model sold by Leica Camera, with the body manufactured in Japan by Matsushita, which sold a variant as the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LC1. Its image sensor is a CCD with 5.24 million total pixels. It has a color, transreflective thin-film transistor liquid crystal display with 211,000 pixels, in addition to an electronic viewfinder. It has a near-focus range of 30 centimeters. The camera has a built-in flash. This flash, first of its kind, has the ability to be pointed up, as well as the standard method of pointing straight ahead, in order to "bounce" the light off a ceiling. The camera weighs 630 grams (without a battery). Its dimensions are 135 millimeters in width, 82 millimeters in height, and 103 millimeters in depth. The camera is fitted with a Leica Vario Summicron lens of f/2 with a zoom function of 28mm - 90mm in 35mm format.
The main selling point of the Digilux 2 is that it functions in a manner reminiscent of a rangefinder camera; the Leica lens features manual zoom, aperture and focus rings and the shutter speed can be manually adjusted via a dial on the camera. Many users cite the excellent Leica DC Vario-Summicron lens as their reason to purchase.