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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ray Sachs" data-source="post: 17668" data-attributes="member: 365">Lots of fine street photography has been done with DSLRs (and SLRs before that). But, man, the LX5 is one sweet little street camera. Particularly in good light, I can't imagine wanting better IQ for street photography, but then I tend to shoot B&W and sometimes add grain if there isn't enough of it in the initial file, so I'm easy to please in that regard! But you can stick it in hyperfocal mode and even at f4 have almost unlimited DOF, you can shoot absolutely silently with it. Not many downsides until the light goes down. At which point its still a surprisingly good camera but not so much for quicker reaction type shooting and getting moving subjects, as is very often the case with street shooting. Then again, at night, fewer people will see you aiming that DSLR at them! So, give it a try and you'll find where your comfort level is.-Ray</blockquote>