Home cooked salmon cream sauce spaghetti with chives, mixed herbs and pepper. Served with broccoli soup.
Picture taken with Leica V-Lux 3 compact digital camera in Macro mode. Handheld snapshot at f/2.8, 1/15 sec, ISO400, 25mm (35mm equiv).
The Leica V-Lux 3 compact digital camera has a mean Macro mode. You can stick the lens right into the food and still get pin sharp snapshots of your favourite food.
My wife hijacked the Leica V-Lux 3 review unit to snap photos of the gingerbread men she’d baked for our children’s friends. In return, I decided to hijack my wife’s X’mas project for this post.
Two happy gingerbread men posing for the camera.
This turned out to be a good test of how user-friendly the compact digital camera is.
These two gingerbread men aren't running anywhere.
My wife was making little gift bags of DIY gingerbread man decorating kits for our children’s friends when they came for a party.
In a very pretty cookie bag were a gingerbread man she’d baked, a star cookie, a packet of M&Ms, a tube of icing, with a candy cane thrown in in case gingerbread man needed some support.
Included were simple instructions on decorating the cookies, printed on my newly bought Epson printer.
Wifey claims to have technological skills stuck somewhere in the Jurassic age, so the main test of the camera would be its ease of use.
DIY decorate your own gingerbread men goodie bag.
Actually, she’s a better photographer than I am, it’s just that she had left the snapping to me all these years and has gotten left behind in the film era.
She managed to turn it on, find the right auto dial, turn it to macro mode and snapped away.
The lighting was rather challenging because it was raining all day so she couldn’t take the photos outdoors in natural lighting.
Instead, she was restricted to our dining room, with very dim lighting, which caused a lot of shadows.
According to her, “the camera was really easy to use, it focused very quickly even though the objects were very close and not well-lit.”
The Leica V-Lux 3 preserved the ambience of the living room light but produced sharp images even though the snapshots were taken handheld without using a tripod.
That’s saying something about the ease-of-use of this camera and its focusing ability.
The photos turned out really well. So was the reception to the gingerbread men.
The courier dropped off the Leica V-Lux 3 compact digital camera today for review. The new compact had just been announced last week and will be available from January 2012 at S$1,345.
The Leica V-Lux 3 was announced on 13 December 2011.
The review unit came in a black velvet pouch. In it was the camera itself, a battery and a charger with cable.
The camera is light but muscular for a compact but it pacts a 24x optical zoom lens that goes from 25 – 600mm (35mm equivalent focal lengths).
The Leica V-Lux 3 will be available in January 2012 for S$1,345.
The Leica DC Vario-Elmarit ASPH super telephoto zoom lens has an aperture range of f/2.8 – 5.2.
The camera has a 12.1-megapixel CMOS image sensor and records full-HD video in AVCHD format with 1920 x 1080 pixels at 60 full frames per second.
What caught my eye was the 460,000-pixel 3” LCD display that is fully articulated. It can be folded out to face any direction to allow the photographer to shoot from awkward angles.
I’ll be trying out the camera over the holiday period to see whether its performance matches its good looks.
This versatile all-in-one camera for creative stills and video will be available from January 2012 at S$1,345.
Leica V-Lux 3 compact digital camera, available in January 2012
The Leica V-Lux 3 is a new compact digital camera that features a Leica DC Vario-Elmarit 4.5 – 108 mm f/2.8 – 5.2 ASPH super-telephoto zoom lens.
“The camera is an attractive alternative to entry-level DSLR cameras with interchangeable lenses,’ says Peter Kruschewski, product manager for Digital Compact Cameras at Leica Camera AG.That’s 25-600mm (35mm equivalent) in its focal length range.
This 24x optical zoom makes the camera flexible for shooting a wide range of photographic situations, from landscape, architecture and travel, to sports, portraits and wildlife.
The newly developed 12.1-megapixel CMOS image sensor promises exceptional image quality for all applications.
The V-Lux 3 comes with an extensive range of video options and video quality comparable with that delivered by premium-range camcorders.
25-600mm focal length, 24x zoom
The camera captures full-HD video in AVCHD format with 1920 × 1080 pixels and 60 full frames per second.
This 1080p60 video format captures fast movement in detail, and is ideal for conversion to alternative resolutions and refresh rates.
The entire 24-fold zoom range is available during video recording and an integrated stereo microphone with an electronic wind noise filter promises a crystal-clear soundtrack.
The Leica V-Lux 3 is versatile for shooting the whole spectrum of photograhy, from landscapes and portraits, to travel and sports.
The V-Lux 3 boasts a high-speed burst-shooting capability, with bursts of 12 frames per second at full resolution, or 60 frames per second at a resolution of 3.5 megapixels – making it one of the fastest burst-shooting cameras in its class.
“This innovative ‘all-in-one’ solution combines classic photography functions with video quality that can only normally be found on premium camcorders,” says Sunil Kaul, Managing Director of Leica Camera Asia Pacific.The 3″ LCD display has 460,000 pixels and can be twisted and turned in almost any direction, allowing composition of shots at awkward angles.
The V-Lux 3 has an integrated handgrip for a steady grasp, while its light weight allows one-handed shooting. There is a dedicated button on the top deck of the camera for instant video recording.
Bundled with the camera Adobe Photoshop Elements, a photo organizing and editing software; and Adobe Premiere Elements for processing AVCHD video and addition of audio and video effects.
The Leica V-Lux 3 will be available from authorised Leica dealers from January 2012 at S$1,345 with 7% GST.
