LX-2 (LX-1 successor) announced!

[acroamatic]

Not true. A lot of people still believe more MP = better.

 

[allakazoo]

LX2 & sample photos

Quite disappointing leah. NR seems to be more agressive than before. Wonder why they wanna go 10mp. Remain at 8mp or even go back to 6 or 7 would have made this cam much better.

 

[bent]

i too think lower MP (6-7) + improve on noise = so much better than higher MP

 

[seora]

hmm.. any idea when will it be out?

 

[isomers007]

hmm.. any idea when will it be out?

shud be in sept..dunno when in singapore though.

 

[Panzer]

Just the online price for LX2 at panasonicUSA website. It is actually priced lower than the LX1! US$100 cheaper.

LX1 - US$599.95
LX2 - US$499.95

Is this true or one of those website "errors"?

 

[acroamatic]

Dunno. May be true. After all, the Canon S3 IS launch price was less than the Canon S2 IS.

 

[chrysoveil]

Here's a website showing some image samples. High ISO ones in particular should be of interest.

http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/review/2006/08/01/4325.html

 

[micah4]

hmm...the pics don't seemed very impressive even those at ISO100. :dunno:

...at least compared to what weekh does with his LX1. :nono:

 

[thinkhardhard]

hi guys. i'm a newbie here... browsed thru the 30 odd pages in the LX-1 thread. very impressed by weekh's pix... am interested to get LX-1.
can anyone advise whether i should wait for LX-2 to be out or get LX-1 now? Thanks.

 

[RenegaeDing]

Rumour has it that the LX 2 will be released in September (don't know in which country) and will be cheaper.

 

[eejal]

Rumour has it that the LX 2 will be released in September (don't know in which country) and will be cheaper.

i'm holding back my decision so that i can wait and see the price for LX2. hehehe...so no cam now, no pics, no trigger happy finger.:cry:

 

[Singapore21]

Not true. A lot of people still believe more MP = better.

haha.. from the lay man's perspective, a 10 mega seems more impressive than say, a 6.3 mega..

 

[micah4]

what attracts me is the Full manual controls + RAW image format support on a compact.

btw, did someone already reserved a website dedicated to the LX2???????? ...see here:

http://www.lx-2.net/

 

[chrysoveil]

More samples and comparisons against LX1 here ...

http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/review/2006/08/22/4436.html

 

[lim8395]

More samples and comparisons against LX1 here ...

http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/review/2006/08/22/4436.html

wow, the samples look amazing! or maybe i was just wowed BY THE SUNFLOWERS!

 

[chrysoveil]

Very disappointing if you ask me. The images look coarse even at lowest ISO. I believe they've pushed it too far at 10mp. Just for the sake of marketing.

 

[ExplorerZ]

Dunno. May be true. After all, the Canon S3 IS launch price was less than the Canon S2 IS.

erm not sure.. i tot both S2 and S3 launch price was S$849 :bsmilie: :dunno:

 

[ExplorerZ]

Very disappointing if you ask me. The images look coarse even at lowest ISO. I believe they've pushed it too far at 10mp. Just for the sake of marketing.

i think the coarse and painty looks is more because of the processing engine (venus III). Because i get that look when i try to sharpen my picture too much :bsmilie:
anyway we shall look at the full preview on dp.:devil:

 

[jamexextra]

Have both lx1 n 2 .. both look good , depends wat u want ..