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Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 Black Digital Camera
Strengths: Excellent pictures, easy to use. Surprisingly good video and sound. In the "Auto" mode it is difficult to mess up a shot.
Weakness: Built in flash does have limits. Too close and the flash over powers the subject. Too far and the flash is not strong enough. Shadow caused by the filter extender when flash is used.
Highly recommend. Have owned my LX5 for about 10 months now. I have been very pleased with the quality of pictures and movies as well as the ease to use. Captures great pictures, even in low light. The sound on the movies is excellent. Made a training video show how to perform a process under a Class 8 truck. The aperture was enough that the focus and light was great. Video turned out great, especially for an amateur like me. The home movies I've created of vacations and a recent wedding have turned our great. These movies are of good quality on a high definition TV. Battery life is very good. Obtain a good quality memory card, rated 6 or higher, and the pictures and movies turn out well. Filter requires an extention, that produces a shadow when using the flash indoors. This is the only rear negative of using a lens filter.
By wolfman2011 - Sep 7, 2011
Excellent Camera Choice, High Quality Photos in a small package
Strengths: Large sensor for a camera this size. Super quality photos in RAW format. Leica Lens Quality. Pop up flash, Great exposure times up to 8 seconds long and dynamite HD video .
Weakness: This is not a cheap camera and you will know why once you have it in your hand. It's very strong material and feels like a Leica
Leica sells this same camera under a different name and model number, but includes Adobe Lightroom and you pay extra for that. I shoot in RAW format and my Photoshop Elements 8 has a plugin that allows full support editing this format. It comes with a RAW processing software called SilkyPix. I haven't tried this RAW processor, but I really like theway PSE 8 handles this format. So far, my photos have been so good that I've had to do very little editing of the photos as taken by this great little camera. This camera is like having a DSLR, but is much smaller in size, but takes excellent photos. It has all kinds of capabilities I haven't even go to yet. It takes great photos of subjects and allows you to have the subject in sharp focus, but the background blurred. I compared it to Cannon's offering and much preferred this Panasonic Lumix.
By anonymous; - Apr 13, 2011
Best Camera for Video
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By bestcovery.com - Apr 18, 2012
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5
Testseek.com has collected 73 expert reviews for Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 and the average expert rating is 85 of 100. The average score reflects the expert community’s view on this product. Click below and use Testseek.com to see all ratings, product awards and conclusions.
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By testseek.com - Jul 8, 2011
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 | Black
The Lumix DMC-LX5 is a high-end point-and-shoot camera, set to be released sometime in late 2010. As the successor to Panasonic’s DMC-LX3 from 2008, this model offers incremental optical zoom and sensor upgrades over its predecessor. The DMC-LX5 features a 10 megapixel CCD sensor, a 3.8x optical zoom and a 3-inch LCD display. While the image sensor and screen size are comparable to...
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By productwiki.com - Nov 25, 2010
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 Review
In the battle for supremacy raging between high-quality pocket digital cameras and high quality mirrorless digital cameras, only two cameras are already considered legendary, and only one of those still has an f/2.0 lens: the Panasonic LX5. Its small Leica-like body actually includes a Leica-branded lens, now with a longer zoom, and both its f/2 lens and its 10-megapixel sensor are tuned for...
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By Imaging Resource - Sep 27, 2010
DCRP Review: Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5
With their new Lumix DMC-LX5, Panasonic has improved the image quality, zoom power, image stabilizer, movie mode, and battery life of the LX3, while enhancing both the automatic and manual controls. The LX5's price tag is a bit high, but it's arguably one of those most capable compact cameras on the market. The DMC-LX5 isn't a perfect camera, by any means. Viewing its RAW images tells me that the...
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By DCResource - Sep 19, 2010