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Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2-K Digital Camera

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2-K Digital Camera
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4.8 out of 5.0 stars 40 Ratings (9 Reviews)

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    Very versitile

    By Lewis  Dec 4, 2006 | 9 out of 9 found this Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2-K review helpful

    Pros: Excellent optical quality, comprehensive control of all aspects of camera, raw format files, image stabalisation, 16x9 format

    Cons: poor protection for lens when not in use, only has clip on cap

    This is an excellent camera for all level of users. For someone who wants an easy to use point and shoot this delivers excellent results on the program settings. On the other hand if you want a compact camera that gives the same degree of control as ...a DSLR then there is a full selection of operating modes including aperture priority, shutter priority and full manual. Add to this the ability to shoot RAW format and the quality that can be achieved is very impressive for such a cheap camera. As you might expect a camera with such comprehensive capabilities it has a reasonably complex menu structure. While it has the flexibility of an DSLR the small physical size means that many functions can only be accessed by means of menu/control combination and it will take longer to manually setup a shot. In low light situations the image stabilisation helps allowing one to get reasonable shots without the need to resort to flash. If it is necessary to use the inbuilt flash this is controlled by a dedicated switch and an exception to the complex menus/controls combination. The 16x9 format is interesting but possibly not to every bodies taste. It is possible to shoot in 4:3 and 3:2 format but only at the expense of reduced overall resolution. Lastly the build quality is very high, the camera having a very solid feel to it. Read more Less

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    Wide Angle Wonder

    By Jeff  May 15, 2007 | 5 out of 5 found this Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2-K review helpful

    Pros: lightweight, bright lens, wide angle, 16:9 3:2 4:3 format, many features and modes.

    Cons: lens cover, view finder, grip, battery life

    I wanted a versatile camera with a wide angle lens and the Panasonic DMC-LX2 fits the bill. Having owned a Canon I looked at the S-80 but after reading the buyers guide on photo.net I decided to get the Panasonic. The negatives are trivial and don...9;t degrade the overall rating. The lens cover is a clip on instead of an automatic shutter, if you turn the camera on it warns you to remove the lens cap if necessary. But I left the lens cap off for a while and got something on the lens that spoiled some pictures before I cleaned the lens. The only view finder is the large screen on the back of the camera, fortunately it has a power mode to overcome bright daylight and a high angle mode to take pictures while holding the camera over your head. The grip is kind of different, you end up holding ithe camera between your thumb and the side of your middle finger, fortunately the camera is light so this isn't awkward. The battery life seemed short to me, I needed an extra battery to get through the day, but I did use the power mode display and left the camera on most of the day. The battery will not recharge in the camera. The pluses outweigh the negatives. The camera can quickly switch formats between 16:9 HDTV, 3:2 35mm, or 4:3 TV proportions. When using using less than the 10meg resolution the camera extends the optical zoom. RAW mode is not a proprietary format and it also save a jpeg when shooting RAW. There are some smart special modes, besides fireworks and snow, there is a self-portrait mode for those myspace photos, and a portrait mode that softens just skin tones like vasoline on the lens. There is a party mode and an aerial mode that cuts some of the haze of the out of the airplane window shots. You can enter the date of your vacation and it will record the day number of your trip and you can enter the birthdate of two children and it will record the age of the child when the picture is taken. A joystick on the back allows you to quickly change the exposure while using the live histogram or adjust the other parameters, and it can be used to manually focus the camera with a magnified focus area in the center of the screen. I compared this camera closely with the Canon S-80 before buying the Panasonic DMC-LX2, if Canon had an update to the S-80 I probably would go with the Canon. Here are some of the differences I noted. The 28mm equivalent is measured with the 16:9 proportion. They both have a mike but the Panasonic doesn't have a speaker. The Pansonic has an ISO 3200 setting but like the Canon anything over ISO 200 is noisy. The Canon has a Foliage mode, the Panasonic has a Food mode. The Canon S-80 does not have RAW mode and is only 8meg. The Pansonic flash has to be poped up with a switch so you never get a flash when you don't want it. Conclusion: I'm glad I bought the Panasonic DMC-LX2 and hope to use it for a long time. Read more Less

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    a little big camera

    By marco  Dec 4, 2006 | 2 out of 2 found this Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2-K review helpful

    Pros: 10 mpix, compact and light, retro leica like design, 16:9 full images, easy and pratical manual control, pros features, raw format file, leica optics, big sharp bright lcd monitor

    Cons: lack of eyefinder, noisy at over 200 ISO

    i bought a LX-1 before. now i jumped on a LX-2. better screen, resolution and less noise at 200 ISO. great little cam to get ever in your poket with all the performance of a pro class. too much noise over 400 ISO. ergonomic and efficent controls. bet...ter to use in full daylight or in BW for unforgettable photographic experiences. Read more Less

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    Travel Companion

    By Ro  Dec 12, 2007 | 1 out of 1 found this Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2-K review helpful

    Pros: RAW Mode

    Cons: Shutter lag

    This point and shoot camera has the ability to save the images in RAW mode. It is lightweight, small, and a perfect travel companion. Have had no reason to contact support, so unable to rate support.

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    Lovin' the LX2

    By Gabriel  Oct 14, 2009 | 1 out of 1 found this Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2-K review helpful

    Pros: Excellent photos, Leica lense, small & unobtrusive, 16:9 format

    Cons: Slow shutter for action, video OK

    I consider myself an Advance Photographer and currently own this LX2, a Nikon D2X, and previously owned a Canon G10 (for 1 weekend), a Nikon F5, Nikon N90s and various Canon PowerShots. You can't go wrong with the LX2 for it's rich picture qu...ality, small size for travel and overall features. I was going to upgrade to a G10 or a LX3, and bought a G10. Had the G10 for 3 days and didn't like the bulky size and felt that people reacted less comfortable around the LX2. The LX2 is smaller and more friendly of a PS camera. With the addition of HD video in cameras, I am now waiting for the next LX4 which should have a jump in features vs the LX3. Read more Less

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    This is very good n handy

    By chutima  Nov 5, 2006 | 4 out of 8 found this Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2-K review helpful

    Pros: technology is unbeleivable

    Cons: It looks kinda old style cam

    I just bought this one on Sat day, n i've been planning to buy a new one since few months ago. This Panasonic is really kool, even tho the looks from the outside is kinda old. But for whom who like the old style i think kyou should for this one c...uz the price is so cheap n the quality is higher than price. Read more Less

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    wow

    By Fuzz  Jan 20, 2008

    Pros: lens cap

    Cons: lack of a manual focus ring, the laws of physics

    This is a well thought out device. The lens cap is a con? Ever see a great lens that didn't use a lens cap? 'nuff said. The lack of a viewfinder is a con? Where would you put it? Make the camera bigger? No thanks. Make the monitor smaller? No... thanks. The blah performace at higher ISOs is a function of the sensor size and price/performance--no doubt there is somewhere a better-performing 10M sensor they could have put in there that met their size and power requirements and so forth, but it probably would have cost them more than this camera costs us. That said, this is an *excellent* sensor, as you can see when you look at the RAW images. I have no idea why the jpeg processing is so mediocre, but when it comes down to it I don't really care because I'd rather have a great camera with a great lens making mediocre jpegs and great RAW files than a good camera with a good lens making good jpegs that's all. I can always turn the great RAW files into great jpegs, but there's little that can be done to extract great jpegs from good jpegs. All that said, Flickr's 1024x576 version of my indoor available light photos at ISO 400 look fantastic with the jpegs out of the camera. You won't get action shots in that situation, but for museums and such it works great. I have a Canon DSLR and a bag full of sweet L glass--the Panasonic LX-2 makes it very difficult to consider taking that huge load of stuff anywhere unless I am going to that place for the sole purpose of taking photographs (in which case I take both ;) That this takes HD video with surprisingly acceptable sound is indeed a bonus (and do note that it works quite well indoors with available light). It *looks* to my untrained eye that there is enough room to implement a focusing ring on the innermost piece of metal around the lens, where the aspect ratio switch now lives. Do that, increase the buffer size (I have a 4G flash card the size of my pinky nail, c'mon) spruce up the jpeg processing and add some sort of wireless mechanism to control external flashes and this camera could rule the world. Get the fastest SD card you can (if that means getting a size smaller than you had in mind, deal with it and just buy two or whatever). Bottom line: If you are a photography enthusiast looking for a pocket camera you can stop looking now. Buy a Panasonic LX-2 (or the Leica version if having too much money in your pocket bothers you) and enjoy. If you just want good-looking pictures and don't care about RAW files or aperture-priority mode then you should give this camera a look but ultimately you may be just as happy with a less expensive camera that has a less bulky lens. And doesn't require the use of a lens cap. Read more Less

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    Excellent camera, terrible sensor

    By BrianS  Oct 29, 2007

    Pros: can go all manual, easy shooting controls, smaller than an SLR

    Cons: pixel quality is mush, poor menu system

    I really wanted to love this camera, and there's a lot to love once you get past one major drawback. The ability to take photos in 16x9 really makes me think more about framing (in a good way). The Leica lens is truly excellent (for a portable) ...and outclasses everything else about this camera. Distortion and chromatic aberration are both very low. The fact that it that can go fairly wide (28mm equiv) was probably my biggest reason for buying this camera. Also, I appreciate the ability to go fully manual on occasion, and I'm pleased that you can even adjust the focusing manually. The shooting controls are also excellently laid out and quite easy to change on the fly. All wonderful news to the point and shoot world. However, the sensor is terrible. The underlying pixel data is terribly blurred, making this a 10MP camera that takes pictures that have about as much detail as an average 6MP point and shoot. Increasing the ISO worsens the situation such that I wouldn't trust printing images taken at ISO 400 above 4x6. However, if you can accept that you're really buying a 6MP camera with images that eat up 10MP worth of space, you're not so bad off. Seriously-- everything else about taking photos with this camera is a dream. As an aside, the non-shooting menu system is insanely laid out. The several pages of options change depending on the state you're in, although many of the options are repeated. Want to format the card? You have to switch out of shooting mode in to play mode and scroll through three pages of options. There are two sets of shooting menus that are very similar, but contain slightly different features and look completely different?! Anyway, someday we will have a Sigma DP1 :). This camera will have to suffice until then. Read more Less

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    Great P&S

    By Chris da Ballbuster  Oct 24, 2007

    Pros: wide angle lens, native 16:9 shooting, slick looks, great photo quality

    Cons: none

    This is a great camera with practically all the features you'd ever want to dabble with on a point & shoot camera. The native 16:9 shooting is awesome, obviously fabulous for landscapes and street scenes. There's a switch on the lens to switc...h to 4:3 or 3:2 and another switch for auto focus/manual focus/auto macro focus. The lens is great, it's a Leica, and in fact, Leica sells this SAME EXACT camera for a couple hundred dollars more (don't pay extra for the red dot). The main complaint I've seen in reviews online concerns grainy photos, I haven't had any problems with that and I love to shoot in low light. Just leave the ISO as low as it goes and turn down the auto-correction in the camera's menus. This camera is already over a year old and it's still the top of the line point & shoot on the market. Tons of features, solid metal build, cool retro rangefinder looks, great shots, 16:9 photos, 10mp so no sweat with cropping. I almost went with the Canon G series, I'm glad I didn't. This thing rocks. Read more Less

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