Panasonic LX2 Photos

Here are the sample photos from our upcoming review of the Panasonic LX2, which offers 10 megapixels, 16:9 format LCD and shooting mode, 300 shot battery life and 4x optical zoom lens.

Website: Panasonic LX2 Photos

Published: Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Reader Comments

1. Ugh.
   
   Look at the spottiness of the noise reduction - how can you describe that? Smudgy, spotty, grainy - just yuk.

   AA at 09:06pm on Wednesday, October 04, 2006

2. AA, I would describe it as "LX1-like".
   
   I only looked at a few images, but purple fringing seems well controlled.

   GARY POGODA at 09:25pm on Wednesday, October 04, 2006

3. No, not really - if you look at some of the texture and/or edging detail, it's much worse than the LX1.
   
   Given, the LX1 has less resolution than the LX2.
   
   But it's the manner in which the noise is handled in the LX2 - it seems to overcompensate the spottiness of the noise, and ends up smudging the detail. By detail, I mean clean edges and clearer textures.
   
   And that's just from any of these middle-of-the-road sort of shots that were primarily shot on Auto.
   
   Of course, I am looking at JPEGs, so it's worse, but the sharpness is definitely less on the LX2 shots.

   AA at 10:51pm on Wednesday, October 04, 2006

4. So, I can assume that Mark used the picture quality settings set at the default (Std) setting?
   There is a difference in quality by using different settings on the available modes.

   nick in japan at 03:01am on Thursday, October 05, 2006

5. AA, to be honest, I really did not look that closely, but I believe what
   you're saying. I just hope we don't taint Mark's review too much, like
   on Millionaire when the contestant says, "I think the answer is 'A' but
   I would like to ask the audience."
   
   Nick, you probably don't get Millionaire in Japan.

   GARY POGODA at 03:18am on Thursday, October 05, 2006

6. Sounds like that stupid show "Deal or No Deal" which we get!
   The LX-2 works for me, for what I do, is it better than a LX-1, yes, in some ways, hopefully a firmware download will let us play, more precisely , with noise.

   nick in japan at 03:24am on Thursday, October 05, 2006

7. Gary, go to myafn.net to see what we are getting on the Armed Foces Network, a free satellite connect for active duty and retirees, even old ones! We get all the channels!

   nick in japan at 03:27am on Thursday, October 05, 2006

8. Thankfully it's nothing like Deal Or No Deal. It's more like an exciting
   version of Jeopardy. If you get all the channels, you should definitely
   get it.

   GARY POGODA at 03:36am on Thursday, October 05, 2006

9. Actually, Gary, I think they do get Millionaire in Japan - they have franchised it over there too.

   AA at 03:36am on Thursday, October 05, 2006

10. Gary, sorry, I get all the AFN Channels, all 9 of them!
    Satellite programing in Japan has eliminated FOX news, so there is no reason to watch it. Japanese programing is so childish and moronic that the weather is about all I watch daily there.
    "The Unit", "The Closer" and "America's Next Top Model" for Miho, is about all we watch, without Sean Hannity I get real depressed!

    nick in japan at 03:48am on Thursday, October 05, 2006

11. "Japanese programing is so childish and moronic that the weather is about all I watch daily there."
    
    That's funny - that's what the Brits say about American TV. All about who's got the bigger guns - i.e. dick or tits.
    
    Funny!

    AA at 06:02am on Thursday, October 05, 2006

12. AA, give me an e-mail address that I can send some Japanese stuff to, I can prove my point.. It's horrible!
    I told my wife that if I'm ever hospitalized and have to stare at Japanese TV all day, then she has permission to terminate me!

    nick in japan at 07:23am on Thursday, October 05, 2006

13. thanks for this review

    Bill at 09:23am on Thursday, October 05, 2006

14. A truly heroic job making the fashionable idiocy of a permanent panorama format work beyond the buzz of a five-minute novelty. Really. In just a simple camera review, too. They don't deserve the effort. It doesn't even fit all theatrical movies, let alone all still photographs. Full marks Mark: England's answer to Jeff Bridges!

    Required (how did you know?) at 05:29pm on Wednesday, October 11, 2006