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3.5 stars
"Falls Short on the Blvd of Broken Dreams"
Pros: Outstanding Leica Lens, Zoom, 16:9 CCD, Mucha settings
Cons: Most Important factor: NOISY PICS, Useless HD video
Summary: I was very interested in this camera, so I went to one of the biggest dealers I know personally on the west coast to demo the LX2. The Salesman and I tried all sorts of tests and displayed the pics on a 17" dell laptop.
Well, for such an outstanding LENS and 16:9 CCD we were both disappointed with the quality and noise levels as we started at 100 and went up. This is such a MAJOR issue and the most important one. There's NO ISO settings below 100, there should be a ISO 50-64 and 80 considering the quality of the lens and CCD. Duh, who thought this one out?
Next the HD video mode is at 15fps second... really not video, they need to bump this to 24/30fps and/or bump the HD resolution level up too.
The last short coming is the Lens barrel which protrudes too far out. Not that it's a MAJOR show stopper, but we did the pants and shirt pocket tests and the LX2 failed both, damn, only if the lens barrel didn't stick out! If the Barrel extension can be reduced or eliminated, then this is definitely, the carry anywhere camera without the ANNOYING inconvenience of having to be in your hand everywhere.
1.3 point deduction for NOISY PIC QUALITY (ISO, algorithms, etc)
0.7 point deduction for lacking true HD video
0.5 point deduction for camera size/design
The SALESMAN said the LX3 is being released next quarter(Q3,07) so we'll see what is fixed/improved in the next gen model, till then... I holding out on purchasing.
Where to buy
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2S (silver):
$549.95
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