By:
Philip Ryan
Each year, Leica releases a handful of digital cameras with specs almost identical to a handful of models in Panasonic's line.
Leica's V-Lux 1 is large, but if you can get past that, you can enjoy some of its nicer features.
The most attractive feature of the Leica V-Lux 1 is its big, fast, lens: a Leica DC Vario-Elmarit 12x optical, 35mm-to-420mm (35mm equivalent), f/2.
Leica's V-Lux 1 performed well in our tests, though came in slightly slower than the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50.
We were pleased with images from the Leica V-Lux 1, which showed slightly better JPEG compression than the Panasonic DMC-FZ50, which also turned in very pleasing images.
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