maybe the battery not lithium ion but label as lithum ion..

thats why lx3 sell so cheap in malaysia

u bought urs jor ar?

i dunno which to buy already

lx3...tz28 or sony A200

3 cam also in my range

G10 wont come out with 24 mm lens lar...

i ask u lar

if G10 comes out with 18 or 20 mm lens with 100 mm lens
will u sell ur lx3?

LOVELY!
Same as mine!


And welcome Daruma to the LX3 family 

at OU ke? nothing special with the fair. same old price, f42am for 1150?

hmmm I'm not about it being the king, coz the LX1 and LX2 suffered from high noise and NR even at low ISO

Personal opinions:

1) Camera features:
Basically from what i see, if u r really interested in knowing (or getting seriously into) photography, I suggest you get the LX3 (or something similar with aperture, shutter and manual focus controls). These makes a lot of difference in terms of camera performance and helps bring out the creativity in you (by manually determining how a photo should look).

2) Size:
The LX3 is thick (even if u considered the lens, u still have a lens cap). So trousers pockets are out of the question. But it can still fit into a jacket pocket. But personally, I never put my camera into my pants (even my old FX01). I always handhold my cams, so the extra size makse not much of a difference to me.

3) Price:
If budget is a really big constraint for you, then go for the FX520. But for me, If I have that little extra to spend, I'll spend it to get something better. I am not thinking of changing my cam within 1 or 2 years so, if that little extra spent can give me something that lasts, why not? 

4) Zoom:
Handheld, anything more than 3x zoom for me is pointless. Your handshake will make it virtually impossible to take a clear picture. So unless u r planning on using a tripod very often, the 5x in the FX520 is not something very useful. Some advice from our fellow Lowyat forumers: Take the LX3 if u wanna take photos of babes, take the FZ28 (18x zoom) if you wanna take photos of monkeys and birds.  After using the LX3 for 2 weeks, I believe that the 2.5x zoom is enough for most applications.

5) ISO:
Don't expect the ISO performance of the LX3 to be anywhere close to DSLR quality. It is STILL a compact. Anything more than ISO-400 is still bad. But since the LX3 comes with a faster lens, you basically are able to get brighter, clearer pics at lower settings (e.g. With the same shutter speed and aperture, you can get a clear shot with the LX3 at ISO-400 whereas you might need to use ISO-800 on the FX520, which is very noisy).
Hope my noobie comments can help you 
It all comes down to your personal preference really.
But of course, I hope to see another LX3 member soon though.
hahahah....

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Added on August 31, 2008, 1:51 amok, King of King owners....
I need to find a suitable pouch for my LX3.
Right now I am using a really really big kahuna of a pouch (free gift during purchase).
Although the pouch is Panasonic, it doesn't quite fit the cam.
And the pouch is hard cover, making it look much much bigger than it should be.
Personally, I prefer soft pouches.

One of my frens had a Panasonic soft pouch (for the FX01), but I can't seem to find that kind of pouch anymore.

Any recommendations or suggestions? 
Thanks! 

PORN saloon??

wat is tis???牛肉粉？？

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Added on September 3, 2008, 11:40 amjust bought a FZ28 original case for my LX3...

*cough* where is that porn saloon situated?

i told u ..u need to use high speed class 6 card....

class 6 sandisk EXTREME 3..highest spec...

Adata class6 looks like class 2 speed only

i rather buy normal sandisk class 6

where got so expensive lar
sandisk sd extreme 3 20 mb/s version for 4 gig RM 150 only....

consider cheap already

if the 30mb/s version rm 200 for 4 gig also cheap mah

last time i buy MSPD 1 gig already rm 150++ d lar...

somemore now got  new MSPD mark 2
i think if u buy kingston brand..more faster than Adata lar..

cheaps things dont come good

good things dont come cheap

dunno why u buy 8 gig lar

the bigger the memory..more slow the speed lar

u want to take video is it?