From LX3 King of the King Version 1 : http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/753496

From LX3 King of the King Version 2 : http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/915980

From LX3 King of the King Version 3 : http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1154419

Thank you to all Lx3 poster in Version 1 especially 1st batch of Lx3 Users and posters.


REAL CROWNED CHAMPION KING OF THE KING : LX3

read link below :
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/Q408enthusiastgroup/


Market price : Rm 1480(no memory card) to Rm 1600(with 4 gig pana card) for black and silver .Please do ask for Panasonic SDHC 4 gig as it has the highest output speed among all standard SDHC brand



Superb DSLR replacement camera with full manual function for user that want a small size camera.

Loaded with main features : 24mm, LEICA F2.0 lense,1/1.63 sensor,burst flash,hot shoe,HD video,Venus engine 4 and much more.



LX3 accesories :









Spec:




Review and camera hotlinks:
Panasonic Main LX3 site, must click

http://dcuser.net/panasonic/panasonic-lumix-dmc-lx3.html

http://www.panasonic.net/pavc/lumix/lx3/high_image.html#no02

http://www.steves-digicams.com/pr/panasoni...008_lx3_pr.html

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0807/08072102panasoniclx3.asp


See the picture when LX3 falls on the HAND OF A PRO!

http://panasonic.net/avc/lumix/popup/lx3_b...lery/index.html


Compilation of picture from new user,newbie,guru,dslr user of LX3 :

Walking ant,Hard to take non static pictures with no tripod


100% crop shot to see ant details


new owner of kevin7ae


new owner of kevin7ae


new owner of kevin7ae


LX3 pictures link..click to see for image




LX3 LYN OWNER GALLERY

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/869571

This post has been edited by RoxyGal: May 1 2010, 09:31 AM

From Lyn user: Daruma




The below is ricoh Gx200 Vs lx3 in ISO test side by side by our own forum member ChuanChuan90





http://www.lawrenceripsher.com/blog/2008/0...lx3-review.html

http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews_pan...mix_dmc_lx3.php

http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/digitalcamera...3812104p,00.htm


The below is LX3 vs Sony DSLR A200 iso test



LX3 , f/2.8 , 60mm , iso400 (photoshop reduce noise, still retain more details than a200)A200, f/5.6 , 60mm , iso1600
LX3 , f/2.8 , 60mm , iso400

LX3 can perform just as good A200 in low light, @ lower ISO and bigger apperture.

Lx3 Important Notice :

Latest 2.1 firmware link : http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/dsc/.../LX3/index.html



2009/10/21
Ver 2.1 Correction of custom mode.

2009/9/28
Ver 2.0 Improved auto white balance performance.
Auto Focus speed-up.
Recording function with an aspect ratio of 1:1 has been added.
A white balance (WB) bracket function has been added.
[HIGH DYNAMIC] has been added to scene mode.
[LENS RESUME] has been added to the [SETUP] menu.
[MENU RESUME] has been added to the [SETUP] menu.
The exposure compensation and the auto bracket compensation can now be set up to ±3EV.
Position of the guide line can now be set.
It is now possible to display the highlights in playback mode.
It is now possible to record the user’s name in the picture.
Digital red-eye removal has been modified.
Items saved in the custom set have changed.

2009/6/1
Ver 1.3 Improved auto white balance performance.
Improved auto white balance performance in sunset mode.
Improved recovery operation from unremoved lens cap.
Improved operation of MF ASSIST/AF area selection.
Improved display of Manual Exposure Assistance.

2009/1/15
Ver 1.2 Improved white balance flash mode setting when DMW-FL220 is connected.
Proper setting of shutter speed on iA mode and Scene mode when OIS is turned ON.
Proper Exif information in the JPEG picture file.

2008/12/15
Ver 1.1 Compatibility update for the DMW-FL220 flash unit.
Improved auto white balance performance.
Improved auto focus performance.




Rumours of LX3

Lx3 to be discontinue on april 2009 due to economy down.Panasonic aint making money with the lx3 coz producing the best camera out from the company.

http://www.1001noisycameras.com/2009/02/wh...s-in-april.html


LX3 Secret Menu to check camera info and error

To show the logged error codes and also the internal history of counts of camera actions, follow this procedure....

1. Get the camera into an initial state where it can be made to get to those other information displays by turning the camera on in Record mode with the dial at P while holding down Focus and Up (cursor button) buttons. The camera will turn on like normal and tell you to remove the lens cap if you haven't already.

2. Now to get to the interesting bits, press Focus, Menu/Set, and Left (cursor button) all three together. The camera now cycles though three different displays each time you press the three buttons together. Normal > Error Code Log > Operation History Counts > Normal > etc

Power camera off to reset to normal operation from then on.

The Error Codes really are the work of a service person to make sense of, the explanation is in the Service Manual but without spare parts or adjustment procedures then it is a "back to service" job to fix errors that do appear if your camera is misbehaving. Mine shows all zeros at the moment.

The Operation History Count is much more interesting and so far the only one that I know is the SHTCNT: figure, that is the actual shot count of the camera from birth or from last mainboard replacement I guess.

The Operation History Count display on mine shows:

Camera Info
Ver 1.20 : 0000 : 0108 (obviously firmware level followed by ??)
No: xxx (long number displayed, maybe the main board serial number?)
PWRCNT: 1341 (I guess the number of times camera turned on, seems about right and does increment after each turn on/off)
SHTCNT: 4575 (the true camera total shot count, only reset by some internal service operation like replacing parts)
STBCNT: 111 (the flash count, number of shots with flash)
PSVCNT: 1 (number of times the auto power off has actuated)

LX3 Lyn Owner and their quotes for Lx3:

1)Roxygal Lx3 Black : The best pocketable F2.0 digicam and only G10 is the rival

Slot number 5 :

Members of LX3 is free to pm me for important message of LX3 so that i can pin up your message in 1st page

Senior members, gurus and frequent poster of LX3 has the privileges to post their message in here by pming me



This post has been edited by RoxyGal: May 1 2010, 09:23 AM

Miscellaneous of LX3 thread

- TT session will be organize of LX3 member in near future

user bar for LX3




LYN LX3 Photo gallery

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/869571

This post has been edited by RoxyGal: May 1 2010, 09:27 AM

Previous questions and answers from LX3 Version 3


This post has been edited by RoxyGal: May 1 2010, 09:35 AM

Reserve for lx3 member for important notices.........

PM from -kytz-

LX3 Owners MAY Gathering 2010

Venue : Mid Valley - in conjunction with DCIM 2010
Date: 16 May 2010 (Sunday)
Time: 2pm onwards.
Activities: see wats new in DCIM, Chit-Chat, photo shotting, shot models, sharing knowledge and ideas, impress with others photos, see cool gadgets, poke people, messing around, tengok lenglui, tengok lengchai. [/b]

1. philippecr
2. -kytz-
3. =Hanxz= (can't confirm but definitely will try to arrange!)
4.
5.
6.

p.s. Don't hav LX3? fear not, we won't fine u RM300 for not having a LX3. But be ready to handle our poisons...
- Feel free to bring ur father, mother, sister, brother, friends, cousins, ur dog, ur cat, ur hamsters, ur toys...p.s. Don't hav LX3? fear not, we won't fine u RM300 for not having a LX3. But be ready to handle our poisons...

This post has been edited by RoxyGal: May 9 2010, 01:11 AM

V4? Are you sure?

WOW V4. Reporting here. Been following this treat since V2. Cheer LX3 user.

wow...V4 already...

woots, v4 ady... LX3 rox!

wah v4! congrats!

yay V4 hooray for all lx3 kaki~~

my shot of the day~~



This post has been edited by Hwoarang45: May 1 2010, 12:05 PM

really LX3 Lover never get bored of it!!!! still the chilli padi!!!

V4 looking good

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Added on May 1, 2010, 1:56 pmIMHO, i think they lack focus Are you using spot or area?

This post has been edited by -kytz-: May 1 2010, 02:08 PM

my setting for the bokeh shots was manual mode,spot-on,awb, it was sharp in ori size, after resize and imageshack post process, become no focus liao on spot..

This post has been edited by Hwoarang45: May 1 2010, 02:27 PM

by the way, it is still a nice picture for me!

Some of the pics i took after having my LX 3 for 3 Months! kindly share the comments pls


This post has been edited by maui303q: May 1 2010, 03:46 PM

congrats.....V4.......

Guess not many ppl's into Sports photog.

Sports photography is tough,at least for me.

You,my friend, have skill

This post has been edited by -kytz-: May 1 2010, 04:35 PM

neh, i just... have a wireless flash unit

wow! v4 already. huhu. anyways, anyone can suggest me a decent and very cheap external flash for lx3?? preferably small in size. (:

V4 already!!! Love this camera.

how small 1st?? cause the built in flash is quite good some time... depend on the output setting and DIY diffuser u use...
if wan a good flash i think it would be big for sure...

i got an old vivitar auto thyristor 2800-d flash, working with lx3, can anyone recommend me any external wireless hotshoe trigger? cheap cheap sudah la hahaha thanks

as small as possible
i know the flash good already. but i attached a wide angle lens from laichong and it seems the lens hood is blocking the light from the flash. so i need an external flash now.

External flash gun looks yummy

Hi guys, finally got myself one LX3 to toy with. Can't wait to try it out on my next trip.

Welcome~~

I think you should *poison* other staffs/moderators/admins as well

This post has been edited by -kytz-: May 2 2010, 06:24 PM

should try it out during next kl pc fair..

bro, wher do u get it from? many outlets no longer sell this unit le...

I got mine in BB plaza.Yes ,they still have stock when i bought it last week

anyone using diy diffuser?

Like this ah... u need go search in market 1st.. i also not sure.. but for sure if u try external good flash u may get poison...

My dad also kena poison by it and brought it just now

y shud we get a diffuser ah? btw, all the parts r so hard to find even in lowyat... cant get any adapter or ricoh caps.

First post in V4, gratz

The moon is very hard to capture, too high aperture cause the flare...

My DIY diffuser.

Nice Idea!! i still finding for the this ting and need ask from cam shop...
In the end i use my external flash diffuser... hehehe

@philippecr- thanks mate! will try later myself!

hi all,

i just buy LX3 last Saturday at Sg. Wang for RM1750 free 8GB and Black Leather Case. Now thinking of buying filter. Can anyone recommend me any accessories that suitable for beginner like me.

Wishlist:
1. Ricoh LC-1 Lens Cap
2. Filter -what brand?price?

Congrats on V4

RM1750??

free panasonic 8GB or cheapo 8GB?

panasonic 8gb

Why so expensive Basic package with 4GB memory card is only RM1480

Went to Fotokem Kepong yesterday..he said no fotokem got stock for now...hmmm

yeah..got want shop offer 1480 but only with the pvc case. i'm aiming for the leather case like the leica one

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Added on May 3, 2010, 2:06 pmfotokem sg. wang got stock.rm1600+4gb+pvc case

This post has been edited by caineoff: May 3 2010, 02:06 PM

Haiz, you should have asked around here mah...

There's a shop selling LX3+ leather pouch for RM1530 IN LYP

i ask already, and when i get that price they only can offer me the pvc case..

anyone selling that pouch tak? been searchin for a while for it..

hard to find nowadays, even most shop only have the pvc one. try shasinki it cost around 400++ if not mistaken

There you go

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...&hl=LX3+leather

thanks pm seller already.. by the way, are conversion lens hard to use? thinkin of getting it..

nowadays the fake LX3 "genuine" leather pouch happen to appear in the market.

since it is a fake one, it looks like the genuine leather case and people take it as a real one.

Guys,

My manual controls still kinda suck.

When do i use a wide aperture or a small one?

And how to set exposure manually,what is the "auto bracket"?I tried increasing/decreasing but it doesn't increase/decrease the exposure at all

Sorry for my noobie questions

@autobracket

+1 = 3 step extra, -1 = 3 step lower, +0 = normal
Usually I do it when I am uncertain of the exposure, or intend to do HDR

@aperture
big = higher depth of field
small = lower depth of field

exposure = change ISO, apperture, shuttle speed, basically everything in photography is related to it

yea, the auto bracket, notice its good for HDR, but i dunno how to..

IINM when setting to auto bracket, u get to choose to use 1/3 and -1/3, 2/3 and -2/3, 1 and -1 and so on until 3 and -3. then the camera will let u take 3 pics.

so lets say u set to 1 and -1, the 1st pic u shoot is normal exposure at 0 EV. after u snap, the settings will automatically change to 1 EV. after u snap again, it'll change to -1 EV. so snap again. all in all u'll snap 3 times, but only have to set the exposure bracket once

im not sure with the order but that's how i remember it. my gf borrow my LX3 for a while so i cant check hehe. IINM after the 3rd snap, it will merge the 3 pics

auto merge in lx3? how to do that/

haha i might be wrong here. i'll check again when i get it back

Bracket doesnt auto merge, only takes 3 pics..
Still have to merge in photoshop etc..
Correct me if im wrong ^^

yap. LX3 help u take 3 different exposure photo thought Auto-bracketing. But u hav to stitch them together in other softwares.

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Added on May 4, 2010, 12:38 amglad u guys love the DIY flash diffuser.

This post has been edited by philippecr: May 4 2010, 12:38 AM

oh ya ya i remember now, it doesnt merge the photo. i was thinking of the multiple exposure mode, sorry

some works here.

Nature shots. http://www.philippe-creations.com/blog/?p=970

sifu phillippecr, wanna ask can u share the exif info for the few shots of the river u taken using slow shutter, wat time of day was it , u got use ND filter? thanks in advance~~ onegaishimas~~

obviously it's impossible to get such a shot in day time without ND filter

lol... no sifu lar, we all learning only.

all photos in my website still have their EXIF data intact. Grab'em and view it urself.


The river shots when the sky turns a bit cloudy(bright sunny day tat day), around 3pm on ND filter.

This post has been edited by philippecr: May 4 2010, 09:48 AM

i see, thanks for the tip i order myself a nd8 filter liao, gonna try it...
thanks for the tips bro~~ ur ballon fest shots are awesome too... i went there during miday darn, miss out the balloon shots. and had to return to ipoh at nite liao haiz... next year only it seems...

haha. enjoy shotting then. Always choose a correct time to shot, if not, u'll miss the opportunity.

later going to The Curve,see what i can shoot there

im going there tonite as well

Just came back @@ dead tired

Just took pictures of food only...haiseh,most of the time shoppping hehe

show ur works here lar. XD

yea.. show la.. want to see whether ur pics can make me hungry.. hehe..

My noob shot confirm lose to vkeong

i'm hungry now...

1st self edit HDR with photoshop cs5 trial, much more user friendly now

This post has been edited by Sky.Live: May 4 2010, 09:56 PM

my shots of today...
after the rain..

Both awesome awesome shots...still need to learn from you guys

HDR attempt on my genting trip ><
C&C appreciated

Saw this cat when I walk to lunch. Surprisingly this cat do knows how to pose.

Fierce look.... (pls don't bite me.....)

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Added on May 5, 2010, 4:06 pmWhere's the LX3 gathering?

which place u guys preferred?

This post has been edited by philippecr: May 5 2010, 04:06 PM

GOT GATHERING?? me wanna join kat KL ahh? aww im in ipoh now, bila gathering???

+1 for gathering in KL

60sec exposure...but i had forgotten to set the iso ,resulting iso400..
when i wanted to take the second snap, the cloud covered the sky...

Hard to take starry skies in a neighborhood, best if you can go to a quiet forest

can either wait for a power failure, or go sabotage the neighbourhood power station hehee..

will go to the forest unless someone accompany me...

oh ya you also need a forest which is far from city too xD

Plain darkness forest would be BEST.



This post has been edited by philippecr: May 6 2010, 09:44 AM