Yet Another Purchase – Panasonic Lumix DMC LX3
I had been staying put from making camera purchases for the past few years, preferring to shoot with what I already owned. My main camera is a coming to 5 years old Nikon D70 DSLR. Two years ago, I already noticed the Panasonic Lumix DMC LX1 but in the end I did not purchase it as I could not justify the purchase.
Two years down the road, my needs has changed. On many occasions, it is no longer practical for me to use a DSLR such as during family outings. So yesterday (21 July 09) I went ahead to purchase the Panasonic Lumix DMC LX3 from Alan Photo in Sim Lim Square for S$685. That the same price as LX1 two years back so we can see that the price of the LX series remains pretty constant.
Panasonic Lumix DMC LX3 - Photo from Pansonic website
Why the LX3 among the zillions of compact cams?
A few of reasons are :
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a 16:9 ratio for a different perspective
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ability to shoot RAW files (not that I shoot RAW)
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a Leica DC f2.0 lens for low night photos
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automatic and manual controls
I will share more photos in this site when I shoot more with it .
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This post has 2 comments
August 21st, 2009
hi, I have a Nikon D80 and thinking about get the LX-3. (same reason as yours, too heavy during family outings and I love shooting in wide eangle anyway)
how do you compare the photo quality?
thanks in advance
Brian
August 22nd, 2009
LX3 photo quality to be pretty good when used in the right conditions. I prefer to use the lowest ISO (80) when possible so that I do not have a grain issue. COlor saturation is great in landscape shots when I use the vivid mode.
Hope you will enjoy yr LX3