Leica D-Lux 5 Premium Compact Camera Unveiled

If the Leica M9 Titanium edition was too expensive for your taste, perhaps the D-Lux 5 compact camera might be more up your street. Freshly-unveiled at Photokina, this camera sports a 10-megapixel image sensor and a 3-inch LCD display. It’ll set you back GBP630 ($981) and will be available from October 2010. To further add value, the camera will offer Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 image processing software to handle your RAW files. Specifications of the D-Lux 5 include:

• 10-megapixel image sensor
• 24-90mm lens
• 460K pixel 3-inch LCD display
• 720p AVCHD Lite video recording