Getty Images approves first compact camera
The X1 retains the pleasing ergonomics of the Leica R1, made in 1925
Getty Images has confirmed to BJP that the Leica X1 is the first compact camera to be approved for submissions to the image library
Author: Olivier Laurent
06 Aug 2010 Tags: LeicaLeica x1Getty images
Getty Images has updated its list of recommended cameras to its contributors to include, for the first time, a compact camera - Leica's X1. The news, first reported by City AM's reporter Juliet Samuel, has been confirmed by Getty.
"We do support and approve a number of cameras for use by our contributing photographers and the Leica X1 is the first compact camera we have given this approval to," a spokeswoman tells BJP.
The addition has been hailed by Leica. It came after Samuel wrote that the camera's image quality "gained the X1 the honour of being the only compact digital model approved for use by Getty Images."
The Leica X1 was released earlier this year. It features a 12.2 APS-C sensor and a 50mm f/3.5 Elmar lens. Read BJP's review here.
For a full list of cameras Getty recommends, click here.
Comments
"...and a 50mm f/3.5 Elmar lens". I believe it has a 24 mm f/2.8 lens which would be a 35mm lens in terms of the 35mm film format.
This has come up in the wrong comment box,,Maybe but it's a Leica and if you go back through history the Quality is beyond doubt. USED BY experts since before most of us were born, even Though I use a Hasselblad I would buy one.
This is actually a Panasonic. Just like the Minilux and Leica CM were only "Leica" in name. I can't disagree that the Leica M heritage is legendary. But, they've partnered with more 'tech-savvy' companies recently to help them place products in the modern age.
That Getty has "accepted" this camera seems more like a PR stunt than anything. Doesn't mean they'll actually take the images seriously when they're submitted.
This is actually not right. It's true the older leica compact cameras were leica-branded panasonics but this one is the first compact camera developed and manufactured by Leica in Germany.
And why shouldn't Getty Images approve Leica X1 photos? Look for some of them on flickr. You'll see they're comparable to photos taken by proper SLRs.
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