Panasonic LX3 vs Leica D-Lux4.

What a better time and place to talk about Panasonic LX3 and Leica D-Lux4.I seldom see any bloggers yet to talk about this in the year 2011 but in the years 2008/2009 almost every photographer is talking about the similarity of this two camera.For example photographer IAN HO of Life is Good  he talk about LX3 vs D-Lux4 in his blog in the year 2008.For more info just log on to his website LIFE is GOOD.

Panasonic Lumix LX3 & Leica D-Lux4.

The expert says "They have the same sensor, lens, LCD, housing material, embedded software, battery, and battery charger. Both take identical pictures." Yet, the Leica "is often described as taking warmer, smoother, somehow better pictures, which would be amazing given the technology is identical." .
Update: A few commenters have pointed out that there are a couple minor but significant differences between the two cameras: They say the firmware is in fact different, meaning they process pictures slightly differently, giving the Leica slightly warmer colors, and that the Leica has a less reflective lens coating.
I have upload 4 images from Ian Ho. Credit to
http://ianho.blogspot.com Thank You very much Sir....let's get on with the pics. All pics were done with exact same settings on both cams with no tweaks to Saturation,

B&W photo from Leica D-Lux4 .1/30,f2,ISO200 photo credit to Ian Ho.

B&W photo from Panasonic Lumix Lx3. 1/30,f2,ISO200.

Images from Leica D-Lux4  photo credit to Ian Ho

Images from LX3 1/30,F2, ISO200  photo credit to Ian Ho.

Even if you grant that the pictures the two cameras take aren't exactly the same, they are pretty damn close.Regardless of whether you think they're the exact same or just really close, I still raises worthwhile question about the power of branding and history on one's perception of quality.