Comments on: Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3: firmware update

By: tim leavy

tim leavy — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:30:36 +0000

Aperture 3 and iphoto now have LX3 RAW support @Nigel

By: Nigel

Nigel — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:06:05 +0000

Can anyone say how I can get Apple Aperture to display and edit the LX3 RAW images? I don’t understand why Apple appear not to have created the necessary plug-in to do this, given the popularity of this camera. Or have I missed something?

Thanks

By: Piers Gibbon

Piers Gibbon — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:51:24 +0000

When I bought my LX3 I really thought I wanted it for the RAW photos. It turns out that I use it almost entirely in Ai (auto) mode.
Love the camera – hate the menus. I might have to get busy with setting up the two Custom modes a bit better and leave it at that.

By: Hocus Eye

Hocus Eye — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:22:27 +0000

This firmware update is very timely. It looks like both Canon and Sony have the LX3 market in their sights for a bit of competition.

The new Canon SD90 has an f/2 lens that zooms from 28 to 105mm. It has what they claim to be a high sensitivity sensor. Like the LX3 it can save images in RAW format It has a pop-up flash. It has no hotshoe or viewfinder. It costs about £499 which is a lot more expensive than the current price of the LX3.

Meanwhile Sony have announced the DSC-WX1 for £294. This is intriguingly fitted with a new ‘Exmor R’ sensor which is capable of resolving very low light images using a ‘Hand held twilight mode’. It is also capable of of multi-exposure shooting whereby it captures up to 6 copies of an image in less than one second to build up a better image. The lens has a maximum aperture of f2.4 and a zoom of 5 times. It also has a panorama feature covering an angle of 250 degrees. For people who want a low light capable camera this looks promising. It does not take RAW images, but it is in a lot cheaper than those cameras that do.

Does the advent of the new firmware for the Panason LX3 and the launch of the GF1 mean that the long time rumoured LX4 is not going to happen? If so this leaves room for the new Canon and Sony cameras in this market sector.

By: mike s

mike s — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:34:35 +0000

Ricoh are also very good for supporting their prosumer cameras with updates long after they’d been released.

Panasonic’s update certainly makes me continue to consider their GF1 as a possible replacement for my Nikon D300. It looks a fabulous dSLR!

http://www.dpreview.com/previews/PanasonicGF1/

By: Piers Gibbon

Piers Gibbon — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:30:53 +0000

Good on them! I wonder if the Leica equivalent is getting a similar schedule of updates..?

I’m very impressed with this camera.