Aurora, what did you mean by "taken at 4.5EZ"?

Popular Photography magazine i think is reliable.. their test very professional

EZ = Extra Optical Zoom. It is the same as taking full res picture and then crop it. 4.5 stands for crop size of 4.5MP. Marketing gimick, only advantage is it reduce the hassle of cropping image in PC and smaller file size, works fine though if we rarely take full res. photo. For 4.5EZ (or 4.5MP setting), the effective zoom is about 3.6x

Sounds interesting. 10mp is not really necessary if you're not going to print out in large sizes or pixel-peeping. The extra optical zoom can come in handy!

Btw what are the mega-pixel options that's available?

Im just curious here.
Why buy a camera with [insert megapixels here] if you're not going to shoot at full resolution?

hehe I know la.... in 10 mp case its fine to shoot in that resolution, I had just mention that if it allows to increase the optical zoom, it can be considered to reduce the megapixel count.

Anyways if you have something like a 24-megapixel cam, doubt you wana shoot in that format all the while, considering the file size. But I wouldn't know really, my last cam was only 5.1mp.

At 4:3 Aspect
10 MP
7 MP
5 MP
3 MP
2 MP
0.3 MP

At 3:2 Aspect
9.5 MP
6.5 MP
4.5 MP
3 MP
2.5 MP

At 16:9 Aspect
9 MP
6 MP
4.5 MP
2.5 MP
2 MP

Yeah, handy when you really need it. Anyway, it should not be part of of consideration factor when purchasing the camera Most camera has the crop function (including LX-3)

If I had the monies to buy a 24MP camera, memory cards shouldnt be a problem.
And then again, I woudn't buy a 24MP cam if I didn't want the MP

Aiyah bro... if got money, even if you dont need something also you will still buy one

Depends on scenario, I normally use between 4.5 MP to full MP. Full MP when there are a lot of details, nice scenery, group photos, mostly wide angle. 6.5MP at casual hangout, friends and family, discrete macro, clean and simple composition, random shot. 4.5MP (sometimes 3MP) is usually use during work, i.e. site visit, inspection etc.

As MP count goes higher, the details between MP less significant. For e.g.,

From 3MP to 6MP, 41.4% more pixel count per horizontal/vertical line
From 6MP to 9MP, 22.5%
From 9MP to 12MP, 15.5%
From 12MP to 15MP, 11.8%
From 15MP to 18MP, 9.54%

To get double quality (or twice magnification) of a 6MP, we need 36MP camera.

Well that's you then I guess.
For me the resolution setting never changes, even for a random shot

my largeformat scan is average at 240 to 500 mp
can rival?

what's the big fuss about megapixels?

What we're talking about here is having a camera of a certain megapixel but not fully utilizing the full resolution, which I find a bit "wasteful", so to say.
Who in the world talked about rivalling you in the first place.

Anyone uses SILKYPIX to edit your RAW images??
I tried using SILKYPIX, however when loading the .RW2 file, the software hangs. Anyone faced similar problems before??

just come back from SenQ here in my place,i look at the display countet tot it was LX3,lol its a LX2 RM16++

Didn't face any problems with XP.
Not sure about Vista.
Hven't tried yet.

ladies and gentlemen... i am now a proud owner of a black LX3

Too bad my pictures are all shit so far

Maybe should stick to iA for now

Congratzz to u..hope u enjoy ur new babe...
shoot more and share it..

Just go straight for the Aperture mode. It's the mode most people use, DSLR people

Where and how much did you get it?