{"id":677,"date":"2016-01-21T05:36:55","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T05:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toughgadget.com\/?p=677"},"modified":"2022-09-30T15:03:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T15:03:47","slug":"leica-x-u-leicas-first-rugged-waterproof-digital-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toughgadget.com\/leica-x-u-leicas-first-rugged-waterproof-digital-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"Leica X-U: Leica&#8217;s First Rugged and Waterproof Digital Camera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toughgadget.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Leica_X-U_waterproof_rugged_digital_camera.png\" alt=\"Leica X-U rugged and waterproof digital camera\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toughgadget.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Leica_X-U_waterproof_rugged_digital_camera.png 480w, https:\/\/www.toughgadget.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Leica_X-U_waterproof_rugged_digital_camera-200x133.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Leica&#8217;s first rugged digital camera, the <strong>Leica X-U<\/strong> is shockproof, dustproof, and waterproof.  The X-U has an IP68 waterproof rating and handles depths up to 15 meters for up to 60 minutes.  The lens has a protective underwater filter and a dedicated underwater snapshot button.  The X-U is compliant with MIL-STD 810G for shock resistance and can withstand falls from 4 feet.<\/p>\n<p>The X-U&#8217;s lens is a Leica Summilux 23mm f\/1.7 ASPH. (with field of view equivalent to a 35mm lens in 35mm format), and it has a large APS-C CMOS sensor (23.6 x 15.7mm) with over 16 megapixels.  The X-U is also capable of shooting HD 1080p and 720p videos at 30 frames per second in MP4 format.  The Leica X-U measures 5.5 \u00d7 3.1 \u00d7 3.4 inches and weighs 22.4 ounces with battery.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of image quality, the Leica X-U will be the top rugged digital camera when it launches in late January 2017.  Retail price is $2,950.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.leica-camera.com\/Photography\/Leica-X\/Leica-X-U\"><strong>leica-camera.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leica&#8217;s first rugged digital camera, the Leica X-U is shockproof, dustproof, and waterproof. The X-U has an IP68 waterproof rating and handles depths up to 15 meters for up to 60 minutes. The lens has a protective underwater filter and a dedicated underwater snapshot button. The X-U is compliant with MIL-STD 810G for shock resistance and can withstand falls from 4 feet. The X-U&#8217;s lens is a Leica Summilux 23mm f\/1.7 ASPH. (with field of view equivalent to a 35mm lens in 35mm format), and it has a large APS-C CMOS sensor (23.6 x 15.7mm) with over 16 megapixels. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toughgadget.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toughgadget.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toughgadget.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toughgadget.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toughgadget.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.toughgadget.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toughgadget.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toughgadget.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toughgadget.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toughgadget.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}