LUMIX LX3 is the main *official* camera for Ahbing.com! Yay!
I bought Panasonic LUMIX LX3 not long ago, and already received messages from friends.
Two main types of messages from them
1) Congratulation! I am jealous!
2) How was the camera?
I promised them to write a review, so here is it.
How the camera looks like
The size of LX3 is smaller than what I had in mind. I can easily cover the whole camera with my palm.
I can switch the aspect of the camera immediately with three easy switches. These aspects determine the “square size” of your camera. If you want to have wide-screen effect, choose 16:9. Pretty much like a television.
I did not clean the camera properly after came back from experimenting at city ^^;
Auto Focus – Macro Mode – Manual Focus. These switches are mostly not available in compact cameras. Sometimes I forgot to switch back to AF after taking food macro shots ^^” so is a habit I need to change.
The round switch on the left is the manual switches. Notice there is no “Automatic” shot.
Start from SCN (clock wise) – SCENE – intelligentAperture – Program – Aperture Priority – Shutter Speed Priority – Manual – Custom 1 – Custome 2 – Video
W and T button is zoom function. This camera only comes with 2x zoom but I am satisfied with current zoom.
Focus – ah haaa I love this function. I can set the focus point manually.. usually only dSLR has such functions.
And more more more more buttons which I am too lazy to explain ^^”
This is definitely not a camera for new comers. But once mastered, this is a really really really really powerful compact camera. Especially in low light conditions.
I bought a new memory card specially for this camera. I take high resolution shots to give myself more room to edit photos in Photoshop. Normally one photo is around 3mb. If I shoot in RAW mode, one photo is around 11mb.
The battery life sucks. I need to get a spare one.
The lens will become long long when you turn it on. Many girls love this motion. I turn on my camera, they also turn on themselves. Haiyaya. I don’t know why la.. but some how that boost my ego a bit.
This spot right here very geng one.. can put external flash or viewfinder.
Eh? external flash? this means LX3 does not have flash? No no no.. this is not what I mean. This camera has its own build in flash.
Jeng jeng jeng… build in flash! You push a button, and the flash will pop up with a *click* sound. Haha its addictive to play with the click sound.
LUMIX LX3 sample screen shots
These shots were taken without going through manual book. There is much room for improvement (I hope)
Chris holding my Fantasy Chicken Wing™
Low light condition – without flash.
Macro shots.. focused on the edge.
10 second expose – outside my room.
Jacaranda trees during daylight mode. Photos taken for my Brisbane Student Guide website.
Tutorial Websites
These are some websites where I learn to use my LUMIX LX3
Step by step video guides – http://www.lbguides.com
Lowyat Forum – http://forum.lowyat.net
Sample LX3 photos – http://www.flickr.com
Famous blogger using this camera – http://www.dannychoo.com
Have a look at live preview here –
Drop me a message if you’re a LX3 user yourself! Share your experience 
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download the latest firmware and play with the high dynamic scene
@tiangai – what is that? I haven’t really explore the functions in SCN ^^”
improvement is .. i need to pose better for camera next time .. XD
Nice ler the D-Cam. I one to get one D-Cam for easy to bring around. This could be one of my option. =)
@Chris – Your pose is alright ba. Got girls try to get your phone number from me… punya mafan.
@Tallboyz – A few other SLR friends of mine also said the same thing. That is the reason why I don’t want to buy SLR.. too mafan.