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LEICA D VARIO-ELMA standard zoom lens for digital SLR camera

Panasonic has unveiled today a new interchangeable lens designed specifically for the digital SLR camera, the LEICA D VARIO-ELMAR 14-50mm / F3.8-5.6 ASPH./ MEGA O.I.S. with the digital SLR camera DMC-L10. It is a large- diameter standard zoom lens featuri

Positioned below the previously released LEICA D VARIO-ELMARIT 14-50mm/ F2.8-3.5 ASPH./ MEGA O.I.S., the new lens comes in a more compact and light-weighted body while keeping the optical design and meeting Leica`s stringent quality and performance standard

The LEICA D VARIO-ELMAR comprises 15 lens elements in 11 groups, including two aspherical lenses, minimizing distortion and peripheral vignetting at the wide end. Two ED (extra-low dispersion) lenses reduce chromatic aberration to an absolute minimum. It

An optical image stabilization system controlled by the integrated Venus engine LSI that provides outstanding hand-shake correction. With a minimum focus distance of 29cm and a maximum photographic magnification of 0.42x (35mm equivalent) the new lens mak

Awards

07/2008

Leica D Vario Elmar 14-150mm lens, Editors Choice, Digital Photographer, Issue 7

"If you thought the USM and Silent Wave motors from Canon and Nikon were quiet, this lens will blow you away



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