raid
Dad Photographer
The only addition to what Nick has said: The file size may be important to some people. 2MP are cheap accordingly. The question is whether you need greater file sizes or not.
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GaryLH
Veteran
Raid
Not sure if you have seen the group test stuff from dpreview. Below are links to
Group test for high end and travel p&s. For other group test, just use their search tool and key word "group test".
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/q42010highendcompactgroup/
http://www.dpreview.com/news/1006/10061603travelzoomgrouptest.asp
I think a lot depends on what u intend to use the digital p&s for,,,*
Examples:
1. travel camera - backup or primary
2. Camera u can give to fellow tourist to take a picture of u and your family
3. Digital note taker - use it to scout a location
4. A everyday camera with the level of controls and zoom range u need
5. Does it need to be water proof
On top of that is sensor size versus compactness. Fwiw, pansonic lx3 and lx5 have a slight bigger sensor than the normal one used on most p&s, but still much smaller than what is on the mft cameras.
Personally, I think what u have already is good enough to cover the first three examples, The only reason I can think of for going different would be:
1. Do u need wider than 35 at expense of long end?
2. Do u want better control
3. Faster lens
4. Higher iso capability before noise issues become an issue.
5. Something that is waterproof like the panasonic ts2
Good luck
Gary
Not sure if you have seen the group test stuff from dpreview. Below are links to
Group test for high end and travel p&s. For other group test, just use their search tool and key word "group test".
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/q42010highendcompactgroup/
http://www.dpreview.com/news/1006/10061603travelzoomgrouptest.asp
I think a lot depends on what u intend to use the digital p&s for,,,*
Examples:
1. travel camera - backup or primary
2. Camera u can give to fellow tourist to take a picture of u and your family
3. Digital note taker - use it to scout a location
4. A everyday camera with the level of controls and zoom range u need
5. Does it need to be water proof
On top of that is sensor size versus compactness. Fwiw, pansonic lx3 and lx5 have a slight bigger sensor than the normal one used on most p&s, but still much smaller than what is on the mft cameras.
Personally, I think what u have already is good enough to cover the first three examples, The only reason I can think of for going different would be:
1. Do u need wider than 35 at expense of long end?
2. Do u want better control
3. Faster lens
4. Higher iso capability before noise issues become an issue.
5. Something that is waterproof like the panasonic ts2
Good luck
Gary
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Pablito
coco frío
Much more expensive. Great camera though. But not if you need a long-ish focal length for portraits.
LX3/ LX5 are great. I have GRD3 and the LX3 - they are for different things.
raid
Dad Photographer
Thanks for the tips, Gary.
I want a camera that can handle low light scenes very well.
I stopped ordering prints several years ago, so the goal is to post images online and to send relatives some snapshots which they can print out.
I want a camera that can handle low light scenes very well.
I stopped ordering prints several years ago, so the goal is to post images online and to send relatives some snapshots which they can print out.
raid
Dad Photographer
DNG
Film Friendly
TO OP:
If you don't need the Higher IQ stereo Video, the ZS-5 is a slightly less featured ZS-7, No Stereo, or 1280x Video, but 720x video. same great Leica licensed lens (25mm-300mm). And around $220.00 I got my wife a ZS-5 for her Birthday.
raid
Dad Photographer
The ZS5 has a 3.3-4.9 lens which works well for daylight scenes but is too slow for dark scenes. It is a 12MP camera though.
Frontman
Well-known
As I've said about the LX5, it handles low-light scenes quite well, and is capable of taking pics in complete darkness (though the results are somewhat noisy). For typical night scenery it works very well.
The price for the LX5 is already coming down. The cost here in Japan was more than 50k yen when it was introduced a few months ago, I got mine recently for 37k yen. Prices should continue to go down.
Once again, my favorite feature of the LX5 is it's ability to power up and take a pic nearly instantly, it is nearly as fast as my full-size Nikon DSLR cameras, and far faster than any other P&S camera I tried.
It's lens is adequately fast throughout it's range, and I love how closely it can focus.
The price for the LX5 is already coming down. The cost here in Japan was more than 50k yen when it was introduced a few months ago, I got mine recently for 37k yen. Prices should continue to go down.
Once again, my favorite feature of the LX5 is it's ability to power up and take a pic nearly instantly, it is nearly as fast as my full-size Nikon DSLR cameras, and far faster than any other P&S camera I tried.
It's lens is adequately fast throughout it's range, and I love how closely it can focus.
raid
Dad Photographer
That's not bad at all.