At $499, the Panasonic LX2 is not a cheap camera. Still, this comes at a much lower introductory price than the LX1’s initial offering. Panasonic announced the LX1 at a pricey $699 in July 2005. The street price for the camera quickly dropped, and it can now be found for about $400. At that cost, the Panasonic LX2 only costs a hundred bucks more and comes with 10 megapixels and a high-definition movie mode for widescreen televisions. These features are nice to have, but may not be worth it for many users when you can pick up another high-resolution camera for considerably less. But the LX2 is a pretty unique camera in that it has optical image stabilization combined with the widescreen formatted image sensor and LCD screen.

 

Point-and-Shooters – Although the Auto mode is perfect for these consumers and the 18 scene modes would be a bonus, the LX2 is perhaps overkill for point-and-shooters. They won’t need the high end features like the high-definition widescreen videos and flip animation mode that it offers.

Budget Consumers – If consumers are looking for a bargain, keep looking. Panasonic makes its customers pay for the full range of features.  

Gadget Freaks - Gadget freaks will like the uniqueness of the 16:9 shooting mode and the big screen.

Manual Control Freaks – Although it has a manual mode, the real hard-core manual control freaks will hate the hand-holding the camera tries to do when you use it.

Pros/Serious Hobbyists – Pros might like the LX2 for the uniqueness of shooting 16:9, but it’s not really a pro camera.