LEICA C-LUX typ1546

Review and Photo example of the LEICA compact digital camera C-LUX typ 1546.

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The Leica C-LUX typ1546 is a Panasonic OEM compact digital camera released by Leica. The original camera is LUMIX DMC-TX2.
In the past, Leica compact digital cameras and Panasonic compact digital cameras had some differences in design, but with this camera, most parts are the same, and the only difference is the color. The other difference is whether you feel Leica’s red badge is worth the premium.

It is a compact digital camera with a 1-inch sensor, the same large sensor and high-power zoom camera as the Sony RX100 series, and has a focal length of 28mm to 360mm, exceeding the previous Leica C.
A while ago, this zoom range was mainly available in large integrated lens cameras called neo single-lens lenses, but I’m impressed by how compact they have become.

In order to make it a compact camera, the lens design seems to have gone unreasonably, and the wide-angle side of the developed raw image is particularly distorted. Therefore, there is little point in shooting in Raw, and a corrected JPEG image will suffice. I also think that 360mm at the telephoto end is affected by camera shake, but I don’t think I’d want to use it too much because the depiction is smooth and the images are sweet. In that sense, it doesn’t feel like the image stabilization OIS is working.

The battery life is satisfactory, and you can take about 300 photos on a full charge, which should be enough for a day’s shooting. The EVF is larger and more detailed than the previous model, but I don’t think it looks particularly good. The shooting distance is 3cm to ∞ on the wide-angle side and 1m to ∞ on the telephoto side, which is sufficient for general photography.

I carried it with me when I went to Akita in the winter, and it came in handy when I didn’t want to take out the M-type Leica because of bad weather, and when I wanted to take snapshots of the city.
Even though it was smaller, it was still too big to fit in my breast pocket, and I decided to sell it because the image distortion and sweetness made it difficult to use as a second camera.

LEICA C-LUX exterior, quoted from the official Leica website.

DMC-TX2 exterior, quoted from the official PANASONIC website.

Specification

ItemsValueNote
Effective pixcels20.1-Megapixels
LensLeica DC Vario elmar
f3.3-6.4 / 8.8-132mm ASPH.
35mm format equivalent: 24-360mm
Image sensor1inch MOS sensor
FinderLCD color view finder0.21 inch 2.33 million dots
Back LCD3.0 inch1.24 million dots
Refcorded mediaSDXC cardCapacity support limit not stated
BatteryBP-DC15 *1Compatible battery
Panasonic DMW-BLG10 *1
Size(mm)B x H x D 110.5× 64.5× 44.3
Weight(g)300 (Only body)
*1:Affiliate link by rakuten
  • Model History
Model nameC-LUX 1C-LUX 2C-LUX 3LEICA C typ1122C-LUX typ1546
focal length28-10228-10225-12528-20024-360
Pixels6.377.210.112.110.1
Sensor1/2.51/2.51/2.331/1.71inch
Finder内蔵EVF内蔵EVF
Back LCD2.52.52.53.03.0
BatteryBP-DC4BP-DC6BP-DC6BP-DC14BP-DC15
Memory-cardSDSDHCSDHCSDXCSDXC
Release year20062007200820132018
ColorカラーSilver
Black
White
Black
White
Black
Dark red
Gold
Navy
Gold
OEM ModelDMC-FX01DMC-FX30DMC-FX37LF1TX2

Options

  • Leather case

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Update history

  • 2024.04.05
  • 2023.07.13

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