Comments on: Canon G10 vs Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3

By: WKSOH

WKSOH — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:30:25 +0000

Found a site comparing the G10 and LX3

http://www.flickr.com/photos/p.....983787437/

The G10 kicks serious ass in daylight… :) IMG_xxxx are G10 pictures….

By: Anthonyx2

Anthonyx2 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:38:17 +0000

Now with the G-11 out, the noise advantage the LX3 had will probably be less or equal. (Not sure I like the swivel screen on the G-11… I wish it could be “locked” in place. Canon cut back on the pixels to get better low light results. Seems to have helped them go in a more helpful direction. I picked up an LX3 just the same, since I got a deal on it I couldn’t pass up. I do like the solid aspect of the Canons though. Really tough call to pick one over the other.

By: riddly

riddly — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:27:42 +0000

I’d like to thank eveyone who posts about the lx3 and the g10……I am now completely confused, and might just stick with my old 5400 nikon- although it’s still putting images away one pixel at a time when I’m on my way home….oh and it cant see anything in low light…

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:36:35 +0000

Luminous Landscape are nothing more than Canon fanboys. The G10, good as it is, is just too heavy and bulky. Better off comparing the LX3 with the S90…

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:38:22 +0000

I’ve been looking for a lx3 for some time but it seems to be sold out. Anyone know where I can get one?

By: bcheng

bcheng — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:52:47 +0000

I purchased an LX3 about three weeks ago and I am loving using it. So small and easy to carry about. The final deciding factor for me was downloading some sample files from the web. There were side-by-side shots of the G10 and Lx3 of the same scene. The G10 shots were darker so I thought I’d experiment with the unadulterated jpeg files that were posted. I was unable to bring any quality detail out the of the dark G10 photos to match the shadow detail of the LX3. Its not just low-light situation where the LX3 seemed to excell, but also capturing shadow detail in daylight shots – something very important much of the time — in less that perfect world shooting conditions. That really sealed the deal for me and i’m happy I bought the LX3.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:12:14 +0000

The LX3 high ISO noise performance seems to be only a very little better than the G10’s… per pixel. When you resize pictures from the two cameras to match, the G10 noise artefacts are much smaller and are less noticeable than the LX3’s. The only LX3 advantage I’ve experienced is the fast lens enabling use of one stop lower ISO – not that this advantage should be under-rated, mind you!

By: KeithT

KeithT — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:22:23 +0000

All very well, but the LX3 kicks ass with the G10 on noise in low light situations. As a compliment to a DSLR outfit, the size and weight of the LX3 easily wins over the Canon G10 hands down. I would comfortably take the LX3 along with or without my 5d gear, I wouldn’t want to do that with the G10 – and I can get it via staff sales if I wanted to get it I hasten to add.

By: bcheng

bcheng — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:37:00 +0000

Oh, here is the Web site with the measurements of the G10s and LX3 relative dynamic range. I hope it helps someone

http://www.dxomark.com/index.p.....reil1)/240|0/(appareil2)/247|0/(onglet)/0/(brand)/Panasonic/(brand2)/Canon

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:50:59 +0000

So after several months of use, any further comments on these two serious compact cameras? I'm in the market for a compact camera now and I've done extensive research on both these cameras. I'm currently using a 450D as my main, but switching to a 50D dSLR by the end of the month and will need something more pocketable to compliment my photography gear =D

I have to say, most reviews I've read appears to have the LX3 on top with its 24mm wide and f/2 fast lens. Just held the G10 today and it feels really good, the layout for the manual settings is pretty nice and its a nice solid build with a slight nostalgic feeling of the rangefinder cameras. I guess I would still settle for the LX3 though, after using fast primes on my SLR, you can really learn to appreciate fast lens and bokeh =D

Keep on the lookout for the new Olympus m4/3 compact camera with SLR equivalent sensors being announced later this month though, could be pretty interesting. Olympus E-P1...