Leica announces $749 V-LUX 30 compact camera, the cheapest Leica around

It has always been Leica's tradition to 'rebadge' Panasonic's Lumix cameras with some Leica paints, and this time it's the same repetitive process again. Panasonic launched the ZS10 few months ago, and now that same camera has an evil twin called the Leica V-LUX 30. Yes, they intend to let this camera be the successor of the V-LUX 20.

At $749, this is actually one of Leica's more affordable offerings, but that will still only buy you the exact same guts as its $400 (or less) Panasonic counterpart: a 15.1 megapixel sensor (14.1 effective), 16x optical zoom, 1080i video recording, a 3-inch LCD 'round back, and built-in GPS for geotagging.

If you're interested in forking extra $400 to buy the Leica brand, then you may need to wait till June. Worth it? I'm not sure...
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