Panasonic LX-3 Review

There aren't many truly pocket-sized digicams that offer raw mode. There aren't very many that currently offer decent HD video capability as well. There are even less that feature a truly wide angle lens (24mm), and pocket-sized camera's with fast f/2 optics are even fewer and farther between. Add up these desirable characteristics and you end up with a single unique offering, the newPanasonic Lumix DCS LX-3, which just started to ship in Q4, 2008.
This isn't a matter of preference through specmanship. A wide and fast fast lens is something highly desirable in a "street camera", which is what I look for in a digicam, and raw mode is a must for the image quality that I need when shooting in difficult conditions. I also feel that the ability to shoot decent HD video has now become a highly desirable feature in any new camera that I use.
The Panasonic LX-3 bundles all of these capabilities into a pocketable camera that really delivers the goods. Here's why.
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