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Originally Posted by johnastovall
Not, to me.... It's just a Panasonic with a red dot. It doesn't derive it's heritage from the Leica tradition.
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I strongly disagree with that statement. Panasonic has studied and adapted the Leica "heritage," and that study is reflected in many of the Lumix cameras--especially the ones that have been chosen for Leica badging.
Leica is not an electronics company. While the consumer and semi-pro Leica digitals are collaborations with Panasonic, the pro-level Leica digitals are essentially collaborations with Kodak and Jenoptiks. The key to success in both cases is all the partners working to produce a product that "derive[s] it's heritage from the Leica tradition." To me, the Panasonic rebadges (the D-Lux and Digilux lines, at least--I have no experience with nor interest in the C-Lux or V-Lux cameras) succeed on that level, given their intended markets.