Features

Refined design makes the camera a pleasure to hold and use
The DMC-L1 offers a high-grade appearance and high reliability and durability thanks to use of a lightweight, high-rigidity magnesium alloy for the camera body. The body periphery and grip are covered with a textured, simulated leather that helps ensure a secure, slip-free hold.

A strong, lightweight chassis makes the L1's body extremely durable.

Superb image rendering of Leica D lens with optical image stabilization
The Leica D Vario-Elmarit lens, the first interchangeable lens designed specifically for digital cameras to bear the Leica brand name, is a standard zoom lens developed jointly by and combining the optical technologies of Leica Camera AG and Panasonic. A new set of quality standards were created specifically for this lens, to ensure that it would bring out the best performance of the camera it is coupled with.

With a focal length range equivalent to 28mm (wide) to 100mm (medium telescopic) on a 35mm film camera, the Leica D lens provides exceptional results with everything from portraits to landscapes. This bright f2.8-3.5 lens allows maximum use of the out-of-focus techniques possible only with an SLR camera.

The lens also provides outstanding macro shooting, thanks to a 29mm minimum shooting distance (0.32x maximum magnification, 35mm equivalent) across the entire zoom range. From landscapes to portraits to macro close-ups, the Leica D zoom lens excels in a wide variety of shooting situations.

The lens system comprises 16 elements in 12 groups and features two large-diameter glass-molded aspherical lenses. Meeting the Leica D lens lofty quality standards, this lens unit provides a superior optical performance and matches perfectly with the digital SLR camera body. The result is exquisite rendering, with images that offer clarity, depth, and rich expression from corner to corner, even at a fully open aperture.

The optical image stabilization system--MEGA O.I.S--provided in the lens unit helps minimize blurring to ensure that photos are sharp even in situations when hand-shake is typically a problem, such as when taking macro close-ups, indoor shots, or night portrait shots. Thanks to the gyrosensors and Venus Engine Plus LSI built into the lens, the system detects camera movement at a rate of 4,000 times per second, so hand-shake compensation is extremely precise.

There are two image-stabilization modes. In Mode 1 the hand-shake compensation function remains active at all times, so the image in the LCD and viewfinder is clear, which makes shots easier to compose. In Mode 2 the system activates only when the shutter button is pressed; this provides a more precise compensation performance. Users can select whichever mode they prefer in a specific situation.

特性

精炼的设计使握持和使用成为乐趣：
由于使用一个轻重量高硬度的镁合金机身，DMC-L1提供了一个高等级的外观和高度可靠性和持久性。外围和把手覆以带纹理的仿皮革，有助于保证手持的安全无滑动。

 

带光学图像稳定性的Leica D镜头的超凡光学表现Leica D Vario-Elmarit镜头，第一个转为数码相机的载有莱卡品牌的可换的镜头，是一个由Leica Camera AG和松下共同开发和联合了二者光学技术的标准变焦镜头。一套新的质量标准被专门为这款镜头创造，确保其生成适用它的相机的最高性能。

 

该Leica D镜头焦距长度等效于35毫米胶片相机上的28mm（广角）到100mm（中等长焦），对任何东西，包括人像和景观，都提供了突出的结果。这个高亮的f2.8-3.5的镜头允许最大的使用只有单反相机才可能的“对焦外”技术。

 

利用在全部边角范围的29毫米最小拍摄距离（等效于35毫米0.32倍率最大放大率），这款镜头也提供了出众的微观拍摄能力。从景观到人像到微距近摄，这一Leica D变焦镜头在广泛的拍摄场合都表现优秀。

 

此镜头系统在12组内包含有16个元素，两个大直径的玻璃铸模非球面透镜。满足Leica D镜头的极高的质量标准，本镜头单元提供超级的光学表现力，而与数码单反相机机身完美匹配。解决是高精锐度，其图像清晰度，深度，丰富的从角到角的表达，甚至于在一个完全打开的光圈。

 

光学图像稳定系统--MEGA O.I.S--在镜头单元中提供将模糊最小化，确保照片甚至在手抖动成为典型问题的情况下依然锐利，比如当微距近摄，室内拍摄，或者夜光人像摄影等情况。感谢陀螺传感器和镜头内设的Venus Engine Plus LSI，系统以4000次每秒的速度探测相机移动，所以手抖动补偿极端精确。

 

相机具有两种图像稳定模式。在模式1中，抖动补偿功能一直保持激活状态，于是LCD荧光屏和取景器中的图像很清晰，令拍摄容易构图。在模式2中，系统只在当按下快门键的时候激活；这提供了更加精确的补偿性能。用户能够在特定情形下根据偏好选择任何一种模式。