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Message: <blockquote data-quote="stillshunter" data-source="post: 32046" data-attributes="member: 468">Martin and I are very much aligned...I think our kits are almost identical. <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/old/thumbup.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumbsup:" title="thumbsup    :thumbsup:" data-shortname=":thumbsup:" /> I had an LX5 and didn't much bond with it (the controls are small and I found them all in the wrong place <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/old/blush.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":blush:" title="blush    :blush:" data-shortname=":blush:" />) also the IQ wasn't what I would have liked above ISO400. I'd sworn off zooms and then recently picked up the S95......and simply love it. Pocketable (although I note this is not on your criteria), great controls and very decent IQ for the sensor size - better high ISO performance for my eye and money. I also reckon the function ring is a revelation (well if you'd never seen a camera before 1970 <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/old/wink.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink:" title="wink    :wink:" data-shortname=":wink:" />)...so highly recommended. I got some nice shots from the little unit in low light, but concede that on the zoom end the f-stop tightens up sharply. I think you might get a vote for the XZ1 from Colette as soon as she stumbles on this thread....So on paper the XZ1 looks like it might fit your bill with the faster lens and function ring controls. From my subjective experience, I can help you with 2 out of 3 and would place the s95 above the LX5 on your list.</blockquote>

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