Compact, fast and good - with viewfinder

After my old Compact (Canon PowerShot A 530), the AHT served me for many years true, has become the battery-eaters, had to be a new. Because I witnessed at friends how annoying is too long a shutter lag, I have, in the recruitment especially value on speed. Besides, I need the camera mostly on holiday - so it has to fit in doubt even in a shirt pocket, so that system cameras were eliminated. A fast lens should also be, of course.

Thus, the selection is quite small - in addition to competition from their own house (Lumix LX7) came Sony's DSC RX-100 or Canon's S110 / S120 in question. The decisive factor was ultimately the electronic viewfinder with diopter correction, the only the Panasonic Lumix LF1 has. That's when the sun (which it often is on vacation!) Gold value, because you will hardly recognize anything on the screen.

As regards the details you should not expect too much from the viewfinder, he has relatively few pixels. But it is enough to define the image section and check / adjust the value.

I tried the camera during a week Easter break and my expectations have been met. Using the inherent speed succeed more pictures of people, because the photo usually still so watch how they looked when triggered. In addition, you can very well rely on the "Intelligent Auto" - suddenly makes you pictures, of which one has previously only dreamed of. Many secrets are hidden well in the manual, which includes over 250 pages.

The battery could last a little longer, in my view, about 200 images with little flash percentage is alerted by flashing red before the proximal end. That should be enough for a day's sightseeing, and if necessary even a replacement battery must be found yet.