I wish to ask, currently my lx3 firmware is 1.2, can direct update to 2.0? thanks

harrychoo,

mean u are using a 3rd party battery and no lock out happen.

Anyone interested?
My d80+18-55mm+50mm1.6+nissin di622+aipo drybox
for your
Lx3 + Cash top up

pm me for details

No, I didn't have any 3rd party batt but the firmware upgrade didn't mentioned anything about battery safety prevention.
I said this because Panasonic locked G1 and GH1 in their latest firmware upgrades from using 3rd party batt.

However, I can confirm from my colleague as he have a lot LX3 3rd party batt.

Just knew about the firmware update! Luckily I brought my LX3 to office!

Thanks for the heads up. Will update it when back @ home.

heres some test High Dynamic shot comparism. comparing with normal P mode, HD mode, and a real HDR shot merged in Photomatix in Merge Exposure mode, with the shots shot at +-2EV

first, the control. spot metering aimed at sky


and now the built in HD mode in Art mode


And finally a real HDR shot with +-2EV done with Photomatix


not bad i'd say. the HD mode is very close to the HDR's sky colour, the house and tree at the bottom left had been lightened up, but still not as much as a real HDR.

overall, it ain't bad for a fake HDR, in between a real HDR and a normal shot lol.

I think you must update from 1.2 to 1.3.....
Later only 2.0.

Cause 2.0 didn't consist of the 1.3 changes.....

guys, wan ask.. is the lx-3 still in the market? cos the few shops i go to, they say they don't stock the LX-3 anymore... wanna get one as a pns to complement my slr..

still in the market.. but pretty hard to get it now... i just bought one last thursday at BB plaza....

Quite hard to scout for cheap unit .... some store pile up the stock and "A" 9 9 the price :S

Btw, spotted immediate faster response time of AF and a ... much better AWB .... though still a bit weak in darkness
still loving my LX3 lol ~~~

My best shot this 2 week:






Can someone teach me how to catch the trail light at night?

@ahhann

set to shutter priority mode.
have at least a mini tripod with you.
mount your lx3 onto the tripod
set shutter to a few seconds, depending on your liking.
you can experiment the duration of shutter to obtain a result of your liking.

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Added on September 29, 2009, 11:08 pmDoes anyone know whether the LX3 has enable slave modes for speedlights such as nissin di622, or maybe others?


This post has been edited by Synthesia: Sep 29 2009, 11:08 PM

hm..

currently looking at

Lowepro Apex 110 AW Shoulder Bag (Black)

TLZ Mini

But still looking..

anyone can confirm this?

Announcement from Panasonic: "Please allow us to apologize for this inconvenience, as the firmware download is temporally suspended now.The download will be available soon." Let us wait and see. Hopefully no flaws or bugs in the current firmware. Thanks to Michael Maddox for letting us know.

I use full manual and set the aperture it to as small (higher number = smaller, so i can set a longer exposure time) as I can get the nicest trail. But if it is too bright, I'll use my ND filter (for long long trail). I thought The ND filter is fun too to reduce the DOF, but anyway result is not very good due to the limited zoom and small sensor size. But u need to get the lens adapter to use a filter.

anyway, heres a simple quick test shot on the AWB vs manual WB under flourescent

AWB


Manual WB with a white card


the manual WB is closer to reality and easier to the eyes

although, i did notice that the AWB is signicantly better than before. either way, i'll still be using MWB more often

and also tested out the WB with flash on, and the greenish hue when using the flash is pretty much non-existant already!

This post has been edited by Nightstalker1993: Sep 30 2009, 12:46 AM

Please allow us to apologize for this inconvenience, as the firmware download is temporally suspended now.
The download will be available soon.

cant update now...sad
reli wan test out the improved AF

someone from dpreview uploaded it for ppl who hadn't got it yet

http://www23.zippyshare.com/v/44030150/file.html

hey bro thx for the link
jz upgraded...took only 5 second lol
trying new features now hehe

new firmware download suspended.

is it got problem?

is it save to update?