#1 AA

Ugh.

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

10:06 pm - Wednesday, October 4, 2006

#2 GARY POGODA

AA, I would describe it as "LX1-like". :)

I only looked at a few images, but purple fringing seems well controlled.

10:25 pm - Wednesday, October 4, 2006

#3 AA

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.

11:51 pm - Wednesday, October 4, 2006

#4 nick in japan

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.

4:01 am - Thursday, October 5, 2006

#5 GARY POGODA

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.

4:18 am - Thursday, October 5, 2006

#6 nick in japan

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.

4:24 am - Thursday, October 5, 2006

#7 nick in japan

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!

4:27 am - Thursday, October 5, 2006

#8 GARY POGODA

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.

4:36 am - Thursday, October 5, 2006

#9 AA

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

4:36 am - Thursday, October 5, 2006

#10 nick in japan

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!

4:48 am - Thursday, October 5, 2006

#11 AA

"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!

7:02 am - Thursday, October 5, 2006

#12 nick in japan

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!

8:23 am - Thursday, October 5, 2006

#13 Bill

thanks for this review

10:23 am - Thursday, October 5, 2006

#14 Required (how did you know?)

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!

6:29 pm - Wednesday, October 11, 2006