Two weeks after I got back from Hong Kong and made a post here, I fly back to finish some business as well as to remedy the fact that last time, I came back empty handed.
This time, I bought a new camera and broke from my self imposed tradition and didn't buy a Pentax so without further ado, my new toy;
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX-2
Now why would I need another camera I hear you ask? Well, mostly because I wanted one and as many reasons there can be thought of for why I didn't need one, not many can stand against the simple need for fulfilling a desire. On a more rational level, it's to do with useability. Unlike most point and click cameras, this one has pretty much as miuch control over exposure settings as an SLR does. Of course it doesn't have the same range of aperture or shutter speeds as an SLR does but it's pretty close.
Other nice features is a wider than most 28mm (at its widest) lens. Also nice is that it has settings for 4:3 (telly) 3:2 (most photo medium) and 16:9 (widescreen) images.
On a more practical level, there's this not secret bit of info.
Panasonic manufacture lens for Leica and even make two digital camera's for them. In case you haven't guessed, this is one of them. The Leica version has a slightly different body but other than that, they are the same where it counts. One of the places where they differ is in the pricing of the two. The Leica one weighs in at around £350-400.
What did I pay for mine?
£210.
That is including an extra battery (not factory though) and a very nice Toshiba 4GB SDHC card and a proper Panasonic camera case for the camera.
Been playing around and it is taking some very tasty looking pics even on the default point and click mode. It'll take me some time to get back into the swing of chaning f-stops and whatnots but it will come.... In the mean time, I'm trying to think of reasons not to buy that SLR after all....
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