Handling / Housing:
Very well finished, is "fed up" in his hand, smaller than I expected, valuable, all the buttons easy to operate, plastic buttons, but appear to be stable.
Camera is comfortable to hold, even with both hands well preserved (if an attitude of the SLR's is so accustomed.
On-time grad still OK, so even relatively snapshot Tough.
Focusing time and shutter lag according compact totally ok. Years ago, few would have been something sensational.
Operation of buttons during the photograph is super, everything in its place.
Settings / Menus:
Ok, here techies may let off steam. I was satisfied already with ner F4s, say, a pair of rotary wheels and good wars.
The LX3 offers many configuration options with the menu always remain clear and evident to 90% without manual.
The Ai is pretty good, in other words even I like him because he produces balanced exposures with flash. (The wives mode, sorry ;-))
Photos:
Hmmm, well 14 million reviews and test photos I had looked at, and was still undecided. As always, I had to convince myself.
-> As long as there is enough light, one can speak of Excelent image quality, apart from the thousand times laboratory tests. I just want to clean up prints. 20x30 make. For this purpose, it is more than sufficient.
The sharpness of the lens is awesome. The focal length anyway.
In AvailableLight it is also awesome because they can do it!
Clear she rushes then.
But when I think how my Nikon D100 with ISO400 rushed!
And even as I was hanging nude in A1 at exhibitions.
So also sufficient for this purpose.
BUT:
Each camera kannn work just as good as they can use the photographer.
Is to say: optimal settings out test (for each person) in order to achieve the best results.
-.> The Ai mode eg working in low light is also quite "extreme", often takes ISO 800 or even more (but you can limit)
Topic noise:
Yes, from ISO 400 is already a noise there, but totally ok. I used to work on film with a maximum of ISO400, and the "grain" has always been a certain "art factor".
Act on ISO800 Ilford was nice, transferred to the LX3 would that possibly the "sandblasting" mode or ISO800 in b / w.
By STBI and the fast lens is almost never about ISO400 comes anyway.
Stabilizer:
amazingly well. 1/5 out of hand. I am not used to!
Conclusion:
Extremely horny Kompaktcam, always present factor (ie I bekomm easily in my pocket)
