Lovely camera isn't it? I went looking at compacts yesterday with a friend who was in the market for one. She bought a Lumix TZ7, but while I was looking at everything I was very impressed by the LX3, the Canon G10/11 and the Nikon P6000. I suspect if I was in the market for that sort of thing I'd get the LX3.
Bob > > Sooo bad Pentax doesn't produce such "pro" small cameras.. :( > > Well, I'm very very happy with this little camera, taking > into account it is a P&S. > Sensor is small (although bigger than conventional P&Ses) so > noise is definitely quite more present than on a DSLR. > Size is just the max I'd agree for a P&S, it slides into my > jacket pocket fine (a G10/G11 wouldn't have). > > It tends to overexpose (or is it Pentax DSLRs which are supposed to > underexpose?) a tad but -2/3 or -1 EV is easy to set (and > remains active even after power off). > I shoot everything in RAW as I always do. I didn't find the > write speed to be slow so I'm happy with speed in general. > > The joystick used to change aperture and shutter speed is > easier to use than I thought it would. I still prefer Ricoh > way of doing (a nice wheel like DSLRs but Ricoh prices were > insane). Most useful settings are very quickly changed if > they need to. > The layout change possibility (2:3, 3:2, 16:9) keeps the > equivalent focal length (special sensor) so choosing 16:9 you > still have useful wide angle. > > The lens (for a P&S) is bright: 24-60/2-2.8 and stabilized so > it minimizes noise a bit. I don't care about tele. > AF speed is OK for a P&S (yes, faster than K-7 Cd-AF ;) Video > 720p is good to have although I don't care much but about it. > > Built quality is very very good (nice metal retro look) but > the mode ring which is "plastic fantastic". > > The bad: Size. It is acceptable but really limit for my use. > No zoom/af when video. No viewfinder of any sorts. External > ones are available but pricey as heel. > > Really bad: Panasonic really should have given a pouch of some sorts! > I recycled another one from my old MiniDisc player but > still... for that price a pouch should have been free. > > Images to follow when I have some minutes to me. > > > -- > Thibault Massart aka Thibouille > ---------------------- > Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... > Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB > Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
