Panasonic DMC-LX3K 10.1MP Digital Camera with 2.5x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black) |  | Brand: Panasonic
Category: Photography
List Price: $499.95
Buy New: $419.88
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Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 158
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
System Memory: 50
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Monitor Size: 300
Optical Zoom: 2.5
Digital Zoom: 4
Display Size: 3
Maximum Focal Length: 12.8
Minimum Focal Length: 5.1
Maximum Resolution: 10.2
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 2.2 x 1 x 4.2
MPN: DMC-LX3 Black
Model: DMC-LX3 Black
UPC: 037988988136
EAN: 0037988988136
ASIN: B001CCLBSA
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| Features:
| • | 10.1-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality poster-size prints | | • | 2.5x wide-angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized zoom lens | | • | 3.0-inch high-resolution LCD screen; HD video capture | | • | Classic SLR-like manual operations include selectable AF spot/multi AF area, customization button, aperture, shutter, program and full manual modes | | • | Capture images to SD/SDHC memory cards (not included) |
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Product Description
Designed for easy, creative shooting, and high-performance in low-light conditions, the DMC-LX3 features a F2.0 24mm LEICA DC VARIO-SUMMICRON lens, 10.1 megapixels and an ultra-sensitive 1/1.63-inch CCD developed specifically for this model. By combining a high-quality lens and sensor ready for a variety of shooting conditions with a wide-range of accessories and manual controls, the DMC-LX3 is ideal for professional photographers and serious amateurs looking for a compact digital camera that furthers their creative photography.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...
 surprisingly good 'all around' camera December 1, 2008
I have been using the LX3 for about 1.5 months. I find it to be a good substitute for my DSLR in many situations.
One weird thing about it: when the lens is set at the widest setting the lens is fully extended. This works really well, because I can put on the lens adapter and use it like a lens shade. In other situations, if you have shading for wide, you have no protection for telephoto. Not so for this camera, because if the lens shade is not blocking anything at wide, it certainly is not going to block anything at the telephoto (retracted position).
Those who use off-camera flash/strobes should consider a hotshoe-to-PC synch cord adapter such as the Nikon AS-15. I used this camera to do my son's passport pictures and it worked surprisingly well.
This camera is designed for those who crave for wide coverage. Those who like to use 85mm+ lenses on a full-frame DSLR (equivalent) should not consider this one.
 Excellent image but falls very short. November 29, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I really want to keep this camera, because the image quality is so good, and wide angle is heavenly. However, after some use, I found that I need a little bit more reach too often. For a general purpose pocket camera, 24mm X 2.5 zoom is way too little. 3.5X could have been acceptable. And I was very disappointed by the huge video file size. It uses Quick Time JPEG motion, which is an outdated technology. And when you take HD video, the file size is ridiculously immense. Panasonic should have used H264 mpeg, which will reduce the file size at least by quarter. When I pay almost $500, I don't want to pay for the outdated technology.
I am looking forward to the next version, LX4 which will fix these two problems. But I praise Panasonic for its first try to "Image quality, not mega pixel war". Good work !
Outstanding camera! November 24, 2008
The camera is performing exactly as designed. The many professional reviews I could find on the net helped me to pick that camera. Smallest digital camera with full manual control and superb lens!
Panasonic LX3 November 23, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Great camera for low light (f2 lens) and landscape (24mm wide-angle lens). HD video recording. I used it for street and travel photography also. Highly recommended.
 Tradeoffs between LX2 and LX3 November 20, 2008
6 out of 11 found this review helpful
I've owned the LX2 for a year and a half now and decided to try an LX3 to see if any of the LX2 shortcomings were remedied.
Long story to short,don't bother.
Yes the lens on the LX3 is slightly faster and goes a little wider and yes
the noise has been reduced a bit but in reality you will rarely notice the improvements in noise over the LX2.
Unfortunately none of it makes up for the big detraction from the new LX3 which
is the radically shortened Zoom range which I miss a lot.You just can't move in on a subject like you could with the LX2 and therefore must do it with software after you have taken the picture.Of course when you have to blow up and crop a photo is when the noise in the photo can become a more noticeable problem. The camera is also slightly larger than an LX2 and unfortunately Panasonic decided to continue with the very annoying lens cap design for lens protection.If they are going to make us use a lens cap why then would they make us buy a special adapter just to add a filter to the end of the lens.The lens sticks out anyway so let us screw a filter on it without adding even more length of an extra adapter barrel.
Another annoying carryover is if you decide to use the video recording
mode you still cannot zoom the lens while shooting video.And why are video clips limited to ten minutes when you use a multi-gigabyte card that could record for much longer ?
So I'm not finding the improvements to the LX3 and the continued glaring lack of other improvements all that useful in the real world.
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