Panasonic LX3 and UK Germany DL4

Peter Rowlands · Issue 48, May/Jun 2009 · pp. 19

Products mentioned: Panasonic LX3, UK Germany DL4 housing

This combination, in photographic, physical and financial terms, is right at the top of the proverbial pile. The Panasonic LX3 camera is 3rd generation camera aimed at the seriously demanding compact user. Bucking the trend to cram ever more pixels onto a chip, the LX3 offers 10 megapixels and concentrates on maximising the quality rather than relying on pixel count. When announcing the camera, the company pointed out that more pixels on the same sized sensor does not always result in better image quality and described its approach with the LX3 as: “boldly reversing the industry trend of pushing toward ever- higher pixel counts.” As well as all the usual Auto and Programme settings the LX3 provides full manual control through the whole aperture and shutter speed range and RAW/JPEG still image recording as well as ‘HD’ video capability. Combine this with the fastest (f2) and widest (24mm)…