Leica’s latest lure comes in the shape of the long-nosed V-Lux 5 Explorer Kit. What more could you wish as you jet off to far-flung delights?
With this latest traveller’s compendium you can “capture your adventures, the great wild and memories you make along the way”. To assist you in your endeavours, the trusty V-Lux 5 comes with a Billingham Hadley system bag and a Leica rope strap designed by COOPH.
To cement your credentials as a traveller of substance, Leica is encouraging you to focus in on the wild life. The company is sponsoring this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at the National History Museum. This event highlights the winning images from the Museum’s long-running and respected annual competition, bringing together the world’s best nature photographers and wildlife journalists “to drive positive change”.
Who knows, with the V-Lux 5 Explorer Kit you could be driving some positive change yourself next year. You can get in practice by tuning in to the digital awards ceremony which will be broadcast live from the museum across social media platforms on October 13, 2020. The exhibition will open to the public on October 16. Grab one of these Explorer Kits and be one of the first through the doors, ready for action.
The V-Lux 5 Explorer kit costs £1,250 (including 20% VAT) from your nearest Leica store.
Mike, this is very tempting (as an upgrade to my trusty V-Lux 1 !), but how good is the image quality? I’ve been enjoying my Sony RX10 lately – crisp and colourful – but the VL1 does very well against it despite being a digital geriatric now. And I have read some disparaging comments on VL5 IQ. Can it compete with the later RX10 models? And is a non-weatherproof camera a real proposition for an explorer’s kit?
In theory I love this type of camera and often consider buying one. In practice I always fall back to my Oly omd em10 ii, with the 9-18 and 40-150 mm lenses I already have: it is not a much bigger kit, and I think that it produces better pictures.