iNotion
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i think that may be a price before GST.;p
LX3?
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J-Chan
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unless you consider Canon's previous G series cameras, the G6 and before..
J-Chan
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it helps you to frame your pic so you can save batt life by turning off the LCD screen, attaches via the hotshoe if I'm not wrong..
Some benefits:-
- Save battery power (you get to switch off the LCD panel).
- You get to see the subject even in the bright outdoors which can sometimes verwhelm the LCD image.
Erm, with the viewfinder on hor. How do you change the settings or do a manual focus? Like lets say in manual or AP or SP mode, how do we noe which values are we on?
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After reading everyone's feedback on the LX3, i'm tempted to get one myself as a carry-around camera (instead of DSLR)
Anyone have any idea how this compares against the Canon PNS range - ie is there a similar in the Canon range? G9?
Sorry but not answering directly to your question, but to me the LX3 is a prosumer compact.
Around $690.
erictan8888
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The viewfinder is only for framing your shot. For everything else, you still have to turn on the LCD panel............so if you are beginnng to get the idea that there is limited use for the viewfinder, you'd be right. Still, if you regularly shoot outdoors in very bright sunlight or if you are into fast moving shooting eg. young kids, then it could be useful.
I think the LX3 is more for wide shooters in available light, with a 24-60mm-equiv, f/2-2.8 lens. The Canon G10, and some in the SX and the IXUS series start at 28mm-equiv, but they zoom out further (useful in more situations). However, those lenses start at f/2.8 and lose maximum aperture further as you zoom out (thus not so useful for dimmer-light scenes). Ironically, though, the LX3 doesn't have a built-in optical viewfinder.After reading everyone's feedback on the LX3, i'm tempted to get one myself as a carry-around camera (instead of DSLR)
Anyone have any idea how this compares against the Canon PNS range - ie is there a similar in the Canon range? G9?
If you love to go really wide, to shoot at f/2.8 (or bigger), and to adjust settings manually, the LX3 is possibly what you want. But the Canons are simply different creatures and it really depends what you want to shoot. The longer zoom capability can be genuinely useful to some, and others may not need that much manual control.
Since i've gotten the lx3 for abt 2weeks+, have been playing arnd with it
I really like the F2.0, i can do some pretty decent/ok night shots at 80-200 iso without the use of a tripod
Just that when i wanna take potrait, its abit tricky due to its wide angle...
I have to go quite close to the subject to get a nice framing, I don't think its very comfortable to have a camera shoved too close for comfort
Just curious why is it when i do a zoom, it can only do 2.8
Am i right to say the zoom is actually just a crop of the full image?
I really like the F2.0, i can do some pretty decent/ok night shots at 80-200 iso without the use of a tripod
Just that when i wanna take potrait, its abit tricky due to its wide angle...
I have to go quite close to the subject to get a nice framing, I don't think its very comfortable to have a camera shoved too close for comfort
Just curious why is it when i do a zoom, it can only do 2.8
Am i right to say the zoom is actually just a crop of the full image?
J-Chan
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cos its a variable aperture lens would be more compact, something to do physics and optics.. nope, the lens projects a narrower field of view onto the sensor, you get the same amt of pixels whereas a crop you lose alot..
Can anyone confirm Voigtlander VF can fit onto LX3 hotshoe?? Workable??
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