Ray Sachs
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- Location
- Not too far from Philly
- Name
- you should be able to figure it out...
For those who didn't see this elsewhere, Amazon is selling the LX-5 for $339 but also including a $75 Amazon gift card, so the effective price of the camera is $264. I guess if you never spend any money with Amazon, the gift card business is not such a screaming deal, but if you tend to buy from them and would spend the $75 there anyway, its quite a deal. Jeez, the cheapest used ones selling on Amazon are only $20 or so less...
Having tried many compact now, I can't say that on balance I've liked any of them as much as I liked the LX5, which I sold a while back. Having been through a few others, and having sold the LX5 for a good deal more than the current price, I may just pick this up. Only the much more specialized GRD3 (or 4) matches it for usability and consistently great results, within limits of course. The X10 was better on some levels, but the orbs make shooting in certain conditions really problematic - the LX5 isn't nearly as good at high ISO but is highly useable with full confidence in pretty much any situation. And its got that 24mm wide lens and multi-aspect sensor so I can shoot in my favored 3:2 at full resolution. Other than the X10, the others I've tried haven't come close to the LX5's all around goodness on a number of levels. I don't know if I'm gonna jump on this deal or not (runs through April, so time to consider), but anyone who's ever though about this camera should think a little harder now! And, Don, if you're lurking, they've even updated the firmware which I understand allows the camera to remember the size and location of the AF box - your pet peeve resolved!
-Ray
Having tried many compact now, I can't say that on balance I've liked any of them as much as I liked the LX5, which I sold a while back. Having been through a few others, and having sold the LX5 for a good deal more than the current price, I may just pick this up. Only the much more specialized GRD3 (or 4) matches it for usability and consistently great results, within limits of course. The X10 was better on some levels, but the orbs make shooting in certain conditions really problematic - the LX5 isn't nearly as good at high ISO but is highly useable with full confidence in pretty much any situation. And its got that 24mm wide lens and multi-aspect sensor so I can shoot in my favored 3:2 at full resolution. Other than the X10, the others I've tried haven't come close to the LX5's all around goodness on a number of levels. I don't know if I'm gonna jump on this deal or not (runs through April, so time to consider), but anyone who's ever though about this camera should think a little harder now! And, Don, if you're lurking, they've even updated the firmware which I understand allows the camera to remember the size and location of the AF box - your pet peeve resolved!
-Ray