Leica Camera AG announced the launch of the third Leica Leitz Phone 3 smartphone, which uses a new Leitz filter and “variable aperture”. , equivalent to about NT$42,000, and the Taiwan listing information has not yet been confirmed.
The Leitz Phone 3 weighs just 209 grams with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, 12 GB LPDDR5X, 512 GB UFS 4.0, and supports microSDXC and UHS-I memory expansion up to 1 TB In terms of battery life, battery It has 5,000 mAh, supports wireless charging, and the whole device supports IPX5/8 and IP6X levels of water and dust resistance.
The Golden Hour widget is specially developed for Leitz Phone and can display the golden hours before sunset and after sunrise The LFI widget is also specially developed for Leitz Phone and can to continuously display the shooting effects from Leica Fotografie International Galerie.
The Leitz Phone 3 is equipped with a wide angle lens with an effective resolution of 47.2 million pixels and a 1-inch CMOS image sensor. Octa PDAF can achieve fast and precise focusing, and the 12.6-megapixel front camera has a large field of view (FOV) of 78 ° and an aperture of F2.3.
“Leica Perspective Control” is a software function previously used in Leica cameras, which has entered the field of smartphone photography for the first time. It can be used to cut drop lines, especially when taking architectural photos. The gyroscope measures the angle of the camera during shooting. Then, the correction data is calculated through an algorithm. The corrected image will appear as a white rectangle with borders around the image. Important for professionals: corrections are only processed in the JPG file, the digital negative format (DNG) remains unchanged.
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 special software function that can change the blur effect of photos by choosing different aperture levels from F1.2 or 1.4 to F8. Depending on the lens, this feature has six or seven aperture levels, allowing unparalleled creative control over photography. Another feature of this device is that it can simulate the physical effects of the three Leica lenses of the M system.
Leitz Phone 3 Leica Vivid and improved shapes developed exclusively for the Leitz Phone. Bright colors produce brighter, more vivid colors, while enhanced colors increase contrast and brighten shadows. The two versions complement three existing formats: Monochrom, Cinema Classic and Cinema Contemporary formats.
There is also a new watermark for taking photos, which displays important camera parameters such as aperture, ISO, shutter speed, focal length and the LEITZ logo, adding a professional touch to the image.
The Leitz Phone 3 is equipped with a Pro IGZO OLED display with a refresh rate of 240 Hz. The WUXGA + (2730 × 1260) 6.6-inch resolution display screen can display images with bright colors and deep contrast. The maximum brightness is 2000 Nits and the density is 480 dpi.
