@TimeForTheFairTax Panasonic have Leica for most of their compact cameras (including the one this is based on), Sony+others have Zeiss. Hell my Nokia 5800 has a Zeiss "lens".
I doubt they bare much resemblance to their real glass and hazard a guess that it is primary a marketing/money making tool.
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I'm sure the Leica glass is magnitudes better but can a compact take advantage of it?
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Panasonic have Leica for most of their compact cameras (including the one this is based on), Sony+others have Zeiss. Hell my Nokia 5800 has a Zeiss "lens".
I doubt they bare much resemblance to their real glass and hazard a guess that it is primary a marketing/money making tool.