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Full name: Leica D-LUX 3
Original position: Camera; original market position is not yet verifiedProduction status: Production status not verified
Regional aliases
No verified regional aliases
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Core specifications
- Release year
- 2006 · Released about 20 years ago
- Sensor
- 7.76 × 5.81 mm CCD
- Effective resolution
- 10 MP
- Lens
- 28 - 112 mm
- Zoom
- 4×
- Weight
- 185 g
- Battery
- Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery Li-ion battery
- Storage
- Secure Digital
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- Inspect the body, screen, doors, seals, and tripod socket for impact or moisture damage.
- Test every button, dial, flash, screen, and viewfinder.
- Photograph a plain bright surface to check for sensor dust, dead pixels, or damage.
- Confirm the battery holds charge and that a compatible charger is included or available.
- Test a supported memory card and inspect the card slot for bent pins or read errors.
- Inspect the battery compartment and contacts for leakage or corrosion.
Sensor metrics
- Diagonal
- 9.69 mm
- Surface area
- 45 mm²
- Pixel pitch
- 2.12 µm
- Pixel area
- 4.51 µm²
- Pixel density
- 22.18 MP/cm²
Actual sensor size
Rectangles use their physical proportions. Calibrate your display to approximate real-world size.
7.76 × 5.81 mm
Full specifications
Imaging
- Effective pixels
- 10 MP
- Total pixels
- 10.4 MP
- Sensor
- 7.76 × 5.81 mm CCD
- Calculated resolution
- 3,655 × 2,736
- Maximum image
- 4,224 × 2,376
- Crop factor
- 4.46
Exposure & viewing
- ISO
- 80–400
- Viewfinder
- None
- Display
- 2.8 in / 207,000 dots
- Lens mount
- —
Video & storage
- Maximum video
- —
- Storage media
- Secure Digital
- Battery
- Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery Li-ion battery
Body
- Weight
- 185 g
- Dimensions
- 106 × 58 × 26 mm
- Release year
- 2006
Wikidata
- Aperture Priority
- Yes
- Battery
- Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery
- Brand
- Leica
- Built In Flash
- ✓
- Crop Factor
- 4.47
- Depth Of Field
- simulate →
- Digital Zoom
- Yes
- Dimensions
- 106 x 58 x 26 mm
- Effective Megapixels
- 10.00
- Exposure Compensation
- ±2 EV (in 1/3 EV steps)
- External Flash
- —
- Focal Length 35mm Equiv
- 28 - 112 mm
- Gps
- —
- Hdmi
- —
- Iso
- Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400
- Macro Focus Range
- 5 cm
- Manual Focus
- ✓
- Max Aperture
- f2.8 - f4.9
- Max Aperture 35mm Equiv
- f12.5 - f21.9
- Max Image Resolution
- 4224 x 2376
- Max Shutter Speed
- 1/2000 sec
- Metering
- Centre weighted, Multi-segment, Spot
- Min Shutter Speed
- 60 sec
- Model
- D-LUX 3
- Normal Focus Range
- 50 cm
- Optical Zoom
- 4x
- Raw Support
- —
- Screen Resolution
- 207,000 dots
- Screen Size
- 2.8"
- Sensor Resolution
- 3661 x 2732
- Sensor Size
- 1/1.65" (~ 7.76 x 5.81 mm)
- Sensor Type
- CCD
- Shutter Priority
- Yes
- Storage Types
- Secure Digital
- Total Megapixels
- 10.40
- Usb
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- Video Capture
- —
- Viewfinder
- None
- Weight
- 185 g
- White Balance Presets
- 7
- Wireless
- —
- Year
- 2006
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