Leica introduce camera with GPS and Geotagging

[Darren]

Leica, manufacturers of high quality luxury compact cameras have added a GPS equipped model to their range.

The Leica V-Lux 20 is a 12.1 megapixel compact equipped with a 12x optical zoom and GPS for geotagging. GPS tagging of images is supported by many photo library applications

This is the first Leica to feature a GPS and it will record your exact location and save that to the Exif data in the image file.

Leica also state it can "can display the names of interesting sightseeing locations from a total of 500,000 ‘points of interest’ across 73 countries" which is novel although quite how useful that will be is hard to assess.

In addition the V-Lux 20 has a HD Movie recording facility and a 7.5cm LCD for framing photos. Auto and manual control of shutter speed and aperture is provided and an image stabiliser reduces blur and shake.

Leica also bundle Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 with each camera. Available in the UK from May 2010. RRP is a very un-Leica like £495. For more information visit www.leica-camera.co.uk.


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Darren Griffin

[DeLorean]

It bears an uncanny resemblance to the Panasonic DMC-ZS7 / TZ10 me thinks

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1001/10012605panazs7.asp

They recommended that the GPS is left running whilst out and about with the camera to avoid having to wait for a GPS lock.
As expected this causes a significant decrease in battery life.

I wonder how well the GPS will keep track when buried deep inside and camera bag etc

Personally I use a separate geotagging device together with GPicSync.
The software is simple to use, automatically creates Google Earth KML files and you can geotag with any camera
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🔸🔸 Currently using TomTom GO 940 & Locus Map 🔸🔸

[peterc10]

It is almost identical to my TZ-7, which is a very good camera. Exactly the same Leica lens, same back. The switches etc on the top are the same although they are laid out slightly differently. Only difference is I paid £200 less for mine.
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Peter
HTC Sensation
Sygic GPS for Europe (No more TT "support"!)
Copilot for USA
Bury CC9060 bluetooth car kit & Brodit mount

[Philip]

[M8TJT]

[peterc10]

[DeLorean]

[Darren]

Guys, if you want to discuss geotagging (which is fine) can we please do that in a separate thread rather than taking this one OT?

Ta muchly.

As for the similarities, Panasonic have partnered with Leica and a number of models share the same base hardware but with differences including exterior styling, firmware and the software bundled with them.

It may be argued that buying the Leica version in such cases is simply paying for the cachet of the name on the body but that's a discussion for another time.

As for GPS, yes you can buy external GPS geotagging devices, we've covered many here but they can be inconvenient and are another device to carry.

For some, the simplicity of a built-in solution will be worth the additional expense, for others it won't.
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Darren Griffin

[M8TJT]

Does the topic title not include the word 'geotagging' then implying that this discussion is valid . I'll get me coat before I'm banned

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