Update: Compact camera selection

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Having spent some time playing around with the Nikon P5100 in shop, it is very hard to find a good enough compact camera when you are used to using DSLR. The autofocus on compact cameras is just lacking the speed. But, now I have my mind set on another compact camera – Panasonic DMC-LX3. This is pretty much the best compact camera there is.

Price and performance wise are similar to the Canon G10, but alot more compact in size


Why Panasonic DMC-LX3?

First it has a 3-inch 3:2 LCD with 460,000-dot high resolution. It offers a real 16:9, 4:3 and 3:2 ratio aspect (maintaining angel of view and not by cropping). There aren’t many truly pocket-sized digicams that offer raw mode. There aren’t very many that currently offer decent HD video capability as well. There are even less that feature a truly wide angle lens (24mm), and pocket-sized camera’s with fast f/2 optics are even fewer and farther between.

Did I mention it has an amazing wide angle lens @ 24mm-60mm f/2-f/2.8? Compare to a typical f/2.8-f/5.6 lens, this provides 1 stop better at wide angle and 2 stops better when zoomed. So effectively, allows a lower ISO for the same shot.

 


Other addons….

 

 

Watch this space to see which camera I end up with.
 

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Kent is a professional wedding and portrait photographer based in Queenstown and Wellington, New Zealand. He creates beautiful, natural and story telling wedding photos. Kent has his work published in international magazines and is a regular author to a number of photographic publication. He is fascinated by photographic equipment and enjoys showcasing the gear used in creating his images. You can find him on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter

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