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 :

• a 16:9 ratio for a different perspective
• ability to shoot RAW files (not that I shoot RAW)
• a Leica DC f2.0 lens for low night photos
• automatic and manual controls

I will share more photos in this site when I shoot more with it .

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