2024-04-25 07:20:17
Wetzlar, Leica Camera AG today launches the Leitz Phone 3. It is the third new smartphone launched by Leica, featuring optimized imaging and the addition of extraordinary new features, such as new Leitz filters and a “variable aperture”. With this powerful smartphone, Leica Camera AG continues its more than 100-year history and once once more underlines its pursuit of the highest level of technological innovation.
New iconic design
The Leica brand is inseparable from photography and quality. Over the past 100 years, it has established a unique connection between users and cameras. Based on this tradition, the Leitz Phone series has been continually optimized to come even closer to the Leica brand.
Reflecting Leica’s passion for focusing on core functions, the new model’s body combines beauty and functionality with a unique feel inspired by iconic Leica cameras. The back of the body has a fine polyacrylic texture that feels like you’re holding a high-quality Leica camera.
The iconic design of the device is also reflected in the user interface and user experience. The control components have been redesigned, making the overall presentation clearer and more user-friendly. This makes it easier to find and use typical Leica features such as Golden Hour and LFI widgets.
The Golden Hour widget was developed specifically for Leitz Phone and displays the golden hours before sunset and following sunrise. During this period, the light is particularly soft, perfect for taking spectacular photos. The LFI widget was also developed specifically for the Leitz phone and continuously displays photos from the Leica Fotografie International Galerie, a carefully designed platform for Leica photographers around the world.
Capture moments like a professional photographer
The heart of this camera is the rear camera system, equipped with a wide-angle lens with an effective resolution of 47.2 million pixels and a 1-inch CMOS image sensor. Octa PDAF enables fast and precise focusing, enabling impressive photos even in difficult conditions. The 12.6-megapixel front camera has a large field of view (FOV) of 78°. The impressive F2.3 aperture allows for excellent selfies and video calls.
Take professional images with Leica Perspective Control
“Leica Perspective Control” is a software function previously used only in Leica cameras, which is entering the field of smartphone photography for the first time. It can be used to cut drop lines, especially during architectural photography. The gyroscope measures the camera angle at the time of shooting. Then the correction data is calculated via an algorithm. The corrected image will appear as a white rectangle with edges around the image. Important for professionals: corrections are processed only in the JPG file, the digital negative format (DNG) remains unchanged.
The Leitz Phone 3 is characterized by its thinness, lightness and compactness, which makes it particularly user-friendly. Weighing just 209 grams, it offers the perfect balance between style and functionality.At its heart is the powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon® 8 Gen 2 chipset. Enables efficient multitasking and a seamless user experience.With a battery capacity of 5000 mAh, it can provide enough power for a full day of work or entertainment. The device also supports wireless charging.
New Leitz filters and Leica tints
A new feature of the Leitz filter camera mode is “variable aperture”. It can simulate several apertures of the most famous Leica lenses Noctilux-M 1:1.2/50 mm, Summilux-M 1:1.4/28 mm and Summilux-M 1:1.4/35 mm. This is a unique software feature that allows you to adjust the blurring effect of photos by selecting different aperture levels from F1.2 or 1.4 to F8. Depending on the lens, this feature has six or seven aperture levels, allowing unique creative control over photos.
The camera also offers the ability to simulate the physical effects of each of the three Leica M-system lenses, resulting in stunning images.
With blurring, vignetting and spotlight rendering, users can immerse themselves in the unique world of mobile photography art. (Image source/provided by Leica Camera)
Leitz Phone 3 features Leica Vivid and Enhanced tints. Bright tints produce more vibrant, vibrant colors, while enhanced tints increase contrast and brighten shadows. The two shades complement three existing shades: the Moochrom, Cinema Classic and Cinema Contemporary shades, developed exclusively for the Leitz phone.
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