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Santa Teresa Beach. Costa Rica. February, 2009
Panasonic LX3 @ ISO 80
Horses For Courses
Photographers have widely differing needs, and indeed these needs may vary depending on the location, subject matter, and even ones mood. For this reason almost all pros own a variety of gear so that they're not trying to hammer a nail with a screwdriver – by way of poor analogy.
A week-long beach vacation in Central America with my wife isn't a "shoot" per-se, but since there are photographic opportunities everywhere the choice of camera to use would have to be something small and light, yet still able to produce quality images if the opportunity presented itself.
I had briefly tested both thePanasonic G1andLX3when they came out last year and decided that this would be the ideal opportunity to further field test both cameras. Below are my brief notes made during that week shooting with both cameras in Costa Rica.
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Panasonic G1
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