The fitted leather case that Leica makes for the D-Lux 6 is the sexiest compact camera case out there.

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In that sense, the D-Lux 6 is very much a Leica camera.

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Like the Leica, if you have to ask why you'd pay such a sum for a camera that doesn't speak color, it may not be for you -- but it is for David Fincher, says Red, who's already shooting his next feature on one.

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