yeap! its pretty much a rebadged falcon eyes lol.

simple test shot with the flash

lol...soundmagic PL30!
it's been awhile since i used mine ><..

its the PL50



anyway, done this out of NBTDness

Nice stuff Nightwalker

Anyway, I also just bought external flash too at pcfair

Good purchase ler. Coz it's more in line with the purpose of the LX3 which is to point n shoot since it has full auto capability. How much was it BTW?

the fl36 is on full auto only on direct. you tilt or swivel, there goes your TTL

I'm not sure I'll even use it frequently, cos defeat the purpose of a compact camera dy.
I bought it at 750. Good or bad price? Panasonic rebadged FL36 costs Rm1000
The size is a bit big and only use 2AA batt. Freaking slow recharging time if i blast full power, but i dont need to use full power often.
Build quality is good.


Yeah, after tilt or swivel then no TTL dy.
Use as optical slave flash

F 8.0
Shutter Speed 6 sec
ISO 800
Vibrant

I take this 2 days ago

Maybe should set to manual (M) mode? Whatever position the flash head is, it'll compensate. If not bright enough can still play with the flash compensation. Bounce light better right?

thats why i didn't bother getting the fl-36 or waiting for the oly/pana version in the first place. originally was planning to get that

shud've used ISO80 and lengthen the shutter to 30s or smthg. can see noise reduction smears and the image is generally unsharp from all the noise reduction

This post has been edited by Nightstalker1993: Dec 5 2009, 09:01 PM

already try....but the blue lamp become round like sun....
and too bright...this is near midnite...

Hi all, I know LX3 has good image quality for a compact PnS. But among Canon S90, Panasonic ZR1 and Fuji F70EXR, which can produce image quality that is closest or comparable to LX3's IQ?

Do you think its stupid to switch from LX3 to one of these PnS?

It's up to your choice, each camera have pros and cons. You can't have it all right?
Choose the one that might suit your usage better.

LX3 only have 2.5x zoom, sometimes wan to snap further than that also cannot.

Probably you can consider canon G11 as well. Well controlled noise at ISO800. I heard the built quality is superb.

This post has been edited by crayzee: Dec 6 2009, 12:41 AM

Thanks, 2.5x zoom is fine for me. Just that Lx3's size kinda big for me. Its not so "pocketable" if you know what i mean

Canon G11 is bigger than Lx3, out of my consideration... haha

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Added on December 6, 2009, 12:44 amFor me LX3 is a very good cam. Just the size not so pocket friendly... haha

This post has been edited by Shinichi: Dec 6 2009, 12:44 AM

it all depends on what you are looking for...
i'm not sure about the image qualities of the mentioned cameras (other than S90)...
but if ur looking for smth compact, where you can just slip the cam into your pocket, then LX3 won't be that much of a convenience for you..
if u always carry a bag around, or that you dun mind hanging the camera on your shoulder or neck, then just stick to LX3

from my memory, the G10 feels better than the G11. tested out a G11 recently and it feels like PLASTIC! the shutter is plastic, the body is plastic, everything is plastic. even the S90 feels more solid than the G11. Coming from an LX3 with all-metal housing, the G11 really feels hollow...

isnt the g10 plastic as well? the knobs are pretty hard to my liking

not too sure. the G10 only tried once a couple months back with no reference, so its totally from memory. the G11 i tested when i had my LX3 last month along with the S90, so i had the LX3 for comparism.

Thanks for feedback nTHtoSEy & Nightstalker1993. Maybe I'll check out Canon S90 in shop first see if its okay.
I'm not the type that like to bring bag around. So a pocket-able cam would be good for me. But I still like my LX3 very much...

my sister has a G10 while i have a LX3...
but onli played with G10 a few times... i somehow prefer the feel of my LX3...haha..though on G10, u can actually set the ISO and some other things on the go as there are 2 dials...

welcome