The supplied software bundle contains Silkypix Developer Studio 3. Both are limited in their capabilities so serious enthusiasts will be likely to favour third-party applications.
Performance Two features stood out when we were using the camera: the improved autofocusing speed and the greater efficiency of the image stabilisation. The Power O. Shots taken with the test camera appeared detailed and colourful.
The wide dynamic range in outdoor shots was retained in the new model and colours appeared natural and saturation was well-controlled in JPEG images. Both were below the resolutions we obtained when RW2. Imatest showed resolution to be slightly below expectations for a megapixel camera for JPEG files but above expectations when raw files were measured. Our tests also revealed differences in centre and edge resolution at wider apertures.
Shots taken at ISO were visibly noise-affected — although not nearly as much as the two higher ISO settings which have been substantially reduced in size. The graph below shows the results of our Imatest tests.
Lateral chromatic aberration was low at most apertures as shown in the graph below and focal length settings and coloured fringing was negligible.
Lens flare was quite common with even modest back or side lighting. Digital zoom shots were a cut above average but still showed some processing artefacts. Low light performance was excellent with little noise visible up to ISO and only a slight progressive increase thereafter.
Flash performance was similar to the results we obtained with the LX3. The built-in flash was just capable of illuminating an average sized room at ISO but provided a good balance of flash and ambient lighting right up to the highest sensitivity settings. Shots taken at the highest ISO settings included compression artefacts as well.
Auto white balance performance was typical of most digital cameras. Test shots taken under incandescent light retained a noticeable orange cast. However shots taken under fluorescent lighting showed only a tinge of residual blue. The LX5 provides a Kelvin temperature option for matching light source colours exactly.
The monaural soundtracks were fairly clear but not overly impressive. It took 2. Although the specifications claim the LX5 can record bursts of up to five frames, in fact this is only true for standard JPEGs. The review camera recorded three high-resolution JPEGs in 0. It took 6. Digit caters to the largest community of tech buyers, users and enthusiasts in India. The all new Digit. Digit is also one of the most trusted names when it comes to technology reviews and buying advice and is home to the Digit Test Lab, India's most proficient center for testing and reviewing technology products.
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As indicated the zoom glides fairly leisurely through its range, taking just over three seconds to get from maximum wideangle to extreme telephoto. Tabbing back and forth it's possible to be reasonably accurate with your framing. Just right of this we have the recessed 'one touch' video record button that very usefully allows the user to be up and shooting video in a thrice no matter what other non video mode they might have selected on the adjacent dial. If the front and top resemble one of Panasonic's hybrid Four Thirds models, the LX5's backplate is an altogether humbler, or as we've indicated more approachable affair.
The top key of the quartet is marked 'focus'. Press this and, in tandem with the command dial, users can adjust the expansiveness of AF area, or alter its default position of dead centre of the frame to off-centre instead, with a subsequent press of the surrounding cross keys. To the right, at three o'clock, the next key is given over as a shortcut to accessing ISO settings on the fly. At six o'clock we get a 'Func' function button as another short cut - providing instant access for example to the film simulation modes instead of having to wade through the menu to get at them.
The fourth and final key is for the LX5's self-timer options: here either the standard two or ten seconds.
Beneath this again we get the final two buttons on the camera back, for self explanatory display - a press of which turns of the operational icons or brings up a nine-zone compositional grid - and, secondly the Q.
Menu or 'Quick Menu' button bringing up the toolbar of key shooting settings. There are also vacant lugs on the left and right hand flanks of the camera for attaching the provided shoulder strap. The LX5 comes across as slightly more than the average well-built fully featured snapshot camera, but, again, we're not sure there's enough here to justify a price similar to, and in some cases more expensive than, an entry level DSLR and standard mm lens set up.
If you're into your photography then you're more likely then to be interested in the LX5 if you've already got a DSLR. But how does the LX5 perform 'in the field' and measure up as regards image quality?
Read on for more…. Our first encounter with the LX5 was under bright blue skies when it unsurprisingly did very well, delivering even exposures and maintaining both highlight and shadow detail extremely effectively.
For a more prolonged period of testing we were faced with dull conditions back in the UK that had us switching to 'Expressive' colour mode and trying to drag something usably enticing from the murk. In any event the camera still managed to deliver bright and clear images and sharp with it - picking out the well-disguised pimples on a model's made-up face for example - a testament to both lens and sensor working harmoniously. Neither pixel fringing nor barrel distortion are particularly problematic, and, colour-wise, on default settings images settle on the vivid side of naturalistic.
Skin looks altogether healthier, the natural world looks more verdant; what could anyone have to complain about? And then we come to the LX5's low light performance. Up to ISO images are clean and relatively noise free. Indeed we'd suggest that performance at ISO is the equivalent of ISO on lesser compacts, including Lumix models lower down the manufacturer's own range. Stray above this and, perhaps inevitably, we start to run into problems, noise noticeably intruding at ISO and, as mentioned in the main body of the review, resolution falling off at higher ISO or setting.
Though results at these options begin to look distinctly painterly despite that, better that slightly abstract look than appear as if viewed through a sandstorm. The right-hand image has had some sharpening applied in Photoshop.
The out-of-the camera images are a little soft at the default sharpening setting. You can change the in-camera sharpening level if you don't like the default look. It takes great quality photos and is very easy to use.
It's a point and shoot, but the photo quality is excellent and the manual setting options are extensive. If you know what you're doing you can take nice nighttime shots. Most of the time the "intelligent auto" setting really is intelligent and takes an excellent photo on the fly without tooling around with manual changes. A lens cap is an essential add to have with this camera.
Without it, the lens will get scratched up pretty quick. I have had 3 of these cameras. And partially I feel like this camera isn't as durable, considering its heft. I also wish it had a panorama setting. It does have panorama assist, but who really wants to try to line up and stitch together fake panoramas? It's a great camera if you can get it used. Read full review. Verified purchase: Yes Condition: Pre-owned. This is an absolutely fantastic camera in all ways. Compact, lightweight, but with an embarrassingly broad range of features and capabilities.
It takes excellent photos, the camera controls and software are easy to use, and the battery lasts so long it's downright supernatural. If you care about the quality of your pictures and the control you need to take them, but you want a camera you can take everywhere and not notice its weight, this is your camera. The only gripes I have are that the audio pickup for shooting movies isn't great quality, and I always forget to put the macro mode switch back to normal auto-focus.
But those are minor compared to this excellent camera. Well, I've searched tremendously a lot before purchasing a camera. I was looking for a quality camera that would take very clear pictures in house as well and even when it's a bit dark.
I am NOT an experienced camera user, I am a simply man who looks for the best sharp image camera out there in all daily situation without using the features, simply using the auto version.
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