Going for a thinner profile than the mean prosumer camera the Panasonic Dmc-Lx3 is compact, looks cool and has a comfortable grip. If it weren't for its corporate black look with silver trim and huge lens, it would almost look like a approved point and shoot. At 9.3 grams it is quite lightweight and fits into most pockets with ease. The top of the camera is filled with a hot shoe, the mode dial and shutter button while other controls line the back panel. The camera is comfortable enough to use one-handed but for best results a two-handed grip is optimum.
Utilizing a 3-inch Lcd screen the Panasonic Dmc-Lx3 does not have any optic viewfinder. It does have a 10.1 Megapixel Ccd sensor with 2.5x optic zoom and 4x Digital Zoom along with 24- 60mm focal distance lens at F/2.0 - 2.8. This gives it a uncostly whole of power with a slightly wider view for group photos. The camera offers 50Mb worth of internal memory with expandable slots for Mmc and Sd memory cards. It takes still images in Raw, Jpeg and Raw+Jpeg file formats along with Vga and wide-screen Vga resolution Quicktime video files. The camera can also capture Hd Movies at 1280 x 720p resolutions and 30 frames per second.
Most of the features and options on the Panasonic Dmc-Lx3 like Iso sensitivity, white balance, metering, Af mode, or inviting exposure are self-operating although some options have by hand alternatives like focus and exposure. While it does have a hot shoe for external flash, it also has an integrated flash as well, which works well enough in a pinch. While there are only two institution slots on the mode dial, the camera supports four institution settings groups at a time. Controls may take some time getting used to while carrying out is mixed. With a wake-up to first shot time of 2 seconds, the camera is quite fast, while shot-to-shot times are about 1.9 seconds without flash. With flash this time increases to 2.5 seconds that is above mean at best.
Image ability on the Panasonic Dmc-Lx3 is sharp and nicely saturated. The camera's new 2.5X f2.0-2.8 24-60mm-equivalent lens is faster and has a wider angle offering you more detailed close-up shots and easier to take group and scenery shots. However, it does mean that you can't zoom in from afar that is well worth the extra boost in carrying out speed and image clarity. This makes the Panasonic Dmc-Lx3 exquisite for the intermediate point-and-shoot enthusiast finding for a more remarkable prosumer digital camera but is just as good for a Dslr user finding for a less clunky camera to bring about.
Panasonic Lumix Dmc-Lx3 - Unique Prosumer Camera