Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 Digital Camera Review - Panasonic Point and Shoot and Non-DSLR

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Conclusion

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 is a camera that frustrates us. It's made by a company that usually crafts excellent cameras, it has a quality Leica lens, and its design is a wondrous nod to its past. The LX3 has excellent manual controls, expandability, and a solid feel we wish was in more point-and-shoot cameras. Yet, at the same time, it scored poor to average on most of our tests, lacks a fluorescent white balance preset, and has a poorly executed menu system. It's a camera we want to love: if it cost less we would be more forgiving of the mediocre test results. But for $500, we expect something better, and as much we admire the aesthetics, feel and control offered by the LX3, it costs too much and performs too poorly. Maybe future cameras using the new 1/1.63” CCD sensor will iron out some of the performance kinks and impress us more.

Likes

- Retro aesthetic and solid construction
- Good color, manual noise and video capture scores
- High level of customizability
- Large amount of control
- Ability to accept external flash and viewfinder

Dislikes

- Poor resolution, auto noise, white balance, low light and dynamic range scores
- Small buttons
- Poorly designed menu system
- High price

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