rm157 actually. just buy ori, then no need to worry

^ yeap! good for portraits, or taking a picture with a particular subject. but bad for scenery

let's say someone is posing at a beautiful location n u want to take a photo. make sure u're not using F 2.0 because this might make the person sharp but background blur. rugi la right

i made that mistake quite a lot myself heheh

if u want to include the scenery... use 24mm, use A mode set at maybe F6. see what shutter speed the camera chose...if slower than, say, 1/30, maybe better to prop ur camera on something (or use tripod) n use the timer. also good cuz u can join in the photo heheh

if dun wan scenery... use 60mm to minimize distortion, frame in everyone but dun care abt background, use A mode set at F2

juz my ideas lah. others might be different

seems plausible. normally the maximum n minimum aperture, the quality degrade a bit. but i dun see how it degrades, so i dun care haha

yes F2.0. event pictures...depends lah what u're shooting

but the bokeh wont be as nice as DSLR even at the same aperture cuz DSLR sensor is bigger. kinda the main reason i bought my dslr and f1.8 lens

same here. mostly because in good lighting, shutter speed doesnt really matter. i mostly use A mode cuz i know whter i want bokeh or not..that's all to avoid blur in low light i juz use A mode at F2.0, ISO 400 n hope that my shutter speed is fast enough haha. if too slow juz underexpose a bit, later can PP. M mode mostly i just use for experimental shots.

u're talking about the sticker right? i think u got the wrong person haha

about conversion lens maybe the wide angle one is pretty neat. image quality degrade a bit la, but worth it if can take good wide angle photos i think rm900 with adaptor

the 'power' of lx3 is two things... 1st is the bigger sensor. that's y other camera can have 12mp but cannot beat the quality from lx3's 10mp. 2nd is the f2.0 leica summicron lens. high quality stuff

dats y lx3 never become popular for ppl who only read the spec sheet hehe

LX3 is 1/1.63 inch while most cameras is like less than 1/2 inch. this is normally stated in longer spec sheets.

sensor is a digital camera's film. higher megapixels mean more pixel stuffed into the sensor. so sometimes higher megapixels help a bit, particularly when u want to print really2 big photos, but bigger sensor is always better. that's kind of the main reason why DSLR is better...then sensor is bigger. even among DSLR, the top-of-the-line ones have even bigger sensor

for example, LX3 is 10mp with 1/1.63 sensor right. my nikon d40 DSLR is only 6megapixels but the sensor is more than 6 times larger than lx3's. so its takes better pictures. high-end dslrs have even bigger sensors, n can fit until 24mp

so it's the size of the pixels rather than the amount. dats y 12mp cameraphones cannot beat even 2mp camera...because cameraphone sensor is too small

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Mar 17 2010, 07:53 PM

1.5k is standard ok la with 4gb memory

since u ask here, ofcoz we say LX3 bttr than S90 hehe. u go ask in S90 thread they will say S90 better yeah S90 design quite boring, but good thing is can easily fit in pocket

yep these are the factors ppl shud compare btwn lx3 n s90... + looks also lah.. haha. specs n image quality very similar dy...

good card reader like the sandisk one the transfer rate is faster. if u wanna buy cheap card reader, at least get one from a well known brand la. apacer, sony got memory card reader under rm50

no no no... no way on par to a normal dslr . not even on par with cheap dslr haha. very huge difference. it's a good compact, but still a compact. for the same price, u can get 2nd hand nikon D60 which can take much bttr pictures. probably half the price can get 2nd hand D40.

juz that for under 2k, lx3 wins cuz it's small n can record video

got adaptors, but the image quality degrade lah, cuz the adaptor glass is cheap one. juz shoot at 60mm then crop lo

i think juz get atleast class 4. class 2 shud b okay for taking pictures but MIGHT be too slow for HD videos. i admit i never tested it myself lah.

as for brands, juz avoid kingston hoho i prefer sandisk lah, but then both my camera never came with sandisk

thanks to familiarize the menu is ok...quite easy to understand. but u need to shoot a lot so u know which situation need wut setting n so on. upcoming successor rumour all the time got ma heheh

oh i see, that's good to know

let me juz reply ur post in another thread here, can?

1st of all u can get a 2nd hand DSLR for the price of new LX3. rm1500 can get you Nikon D60. LX3 dun have interchangeable lens though...got conversion lens la but not really good quality. apart from the lumix wide angle conversion lens, i wont recommend u to get others since they give u pretty bad pics

even as a hobby, diff ppl want diff stuff hehe. this photography thing is just a hobby to me but i already feel LX3 not enough. depends on what u want to shoot lah...for landscapes, black n white, interior design, almost-macro, LX3 is pretty good already.

cuz i see lots of forumers stay away from kingston. i myself never used one if it works for u, good!

yeap, if u know how to use the flash lah hehe. if can bounce, yes. if u aim the flash straight to a person's face, u still get bad flash photos

probably best u can do is diffuse the pop-up flash. if not, pump ISO to 800, stick to A mode F2.0, burst shots n hope for the best

anything white n translucent. tissue paper also can

about burst... in shooting mode, press the Burst button. it's the same Delete button in playback mode. pick normal or unlimited, then press n hold down the shutter

mmm i've read ppl recommend ping pong ball, film canister, pringles top cover, etc im using drawer liner i got from my gf hehe

for panaromic better take one by one slowly. best way is to use tripod lah~

built-in flash actually not good for indoors. better used as fill flash to take pictures outdoors. use the flash to eliminate shadows. if u want to use flash indoors, flashgun is the way to go~ or diffuser lah, but flashgun much better

if u want to use F2.0 then no need flash dy...

can buy here http://direct.panasonic.com.my/

haha better noisy pics instead of blurry pics right?? or juz underexpose n later increase exposure in PP

can, but not like the pics at the website u linked la. the blurred background thing is called bokeh. lx3 can do this better than other compacts, but the bokeh wont be as blur as DSLR. even among DSLR, the more expensive full frame ones can make the bokeh even more blur

set to A mode, and F2.0. have ur subject near to the camera, maybe like less than 1 meter, but ur background is far away. further ur background, the better. focus on the subject n shoot!

use S mode, set to 2 seconds or more n shoot. u need a tripod for this, or atleast something to rest the camera on.