Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 & Leica D-Lux 4 Shots

endustry · 10-09-2008

Pics from the LX3 are being posted in a number of different threads so I thought I'd create a thread for them here. Pics taken with a Leica D-Lux 4 can also go here as it is essentially the same camera.

endustry · 10-10-2008

Every Leicasonic camera since the Digilux 2 has come with some vague promise that the Leica version is NOT just a re-branded Panasonic but a *different* camera on the *inside*

I use an LX3 perhaps not so much because I am a wise consumer but rather because it is, at the moment, the only version of the camera available. Still, I suppose that identifying which camera was used--the LX3 or D-Lux 4--is substantive and useful for fellow RFFers.

Here's another I took tonight...

RicardoD · 10-10-2008

Endustry,

Thanks for sharing. I keep seeing these great LX3 shots all over the web now. I just sold my Canon DSLR (300D) & my Fuji point-n-shoot and do not have a digital camera at the moment. I am still deciding whether to go with the LX3 or DLUX4. Seems like I can't lose with either one. This is the first point-n-shoot that starts to get close to what I could get out of my 1st generation Canon Digital Rebel and that has me excited.

photomoof · 10-11-2008

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Originally Posted by endustry

Every Leicasonic camera since the Digilux 2 has come with some vague promise that the Leica version is NOT just a re-branded Panasonic but a *different* camera on the *inside*

I use an LX3 perhaps not so much because I am a wise consumer but rather because it is, at the moment, the only version of the camera available. Still, I suppose that identifying which camera was used--the LX3 or D-Lux 4--is substantive and useful for fellow RFFers.

Here's another I took tonight...

I have never seen it in print from Leica, in fact they never even mention the Lumix models at all. The finish is always different.

steamer · 10-10-2008

Gasp!! The black and white shots don't have that plastic, modeled look. It's beginning to appear that resistance is futile. The Panasonic lx3 will be fine for me, can't imagine how the geniuses at Leica have added anything to the camera that jacks the price by 400 dollars, beyond a red dot.

jky · 10-10-2008

cjm · 10-10-2008

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Originally Posted by jky

This picture is great in so many ways. I especially like the placement of the two persons leaning against the pillar in relation to the people in the advertisement in the background.

Good work!

mabelsound · 10-12-2008

From a local Halloween-themed attraction:

endustry · 10-13-2008

The LX3 in a more social setting

mabelsound · 10-19-2008

Nice one! Was he talking to you?

I assume this was "dynamic B&W" mode?

endustry · 10-19-2008

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Originally Posted by mabelsound

Nice one! Was he talking to you?

I assume this was "dynamic B&W" mode?

He's a Subway Preacher. You encounter guys like this more when you go up into Washington Heights and other Latino neighborhoods. He is in the middle of saying "Jesus" ("Hey-Seuss")

Yeah, I use Dynamic B&W and use PixelGenius PhotoKit Color 2 to correct the under exposure issue with the LX3 and play with the contrast a little.

steveohan · 10-19-2008

gorgeous photos! im looking to sell my g9 and pick up an lx3. this thread makes me want to do it faster! haha

.ken · 10-19-2008

So you prefer the LX over your Ricoh?

endustry · 10-19-2008

kuvvy · 10-20-2008

Just got my LX3 a couple of days ago. Only took a few shots so far, still learnning all the modes / settings. Tried the Dynamic B&W and think it's very good indeed, very film like. Endustry, if you have any recommendations as to settings to achieve the best from the camera, I'd like to hear. Hope to have some pix worthy of putting here soon.

nightfly · 10-20-2008

Endindustry, your photos with this camera are beautiful and are convincing me to give digital another look. I've bought 3 or 4 digitals so far and have never really liked the photos I've gotten out of any of them but your black and whites look as good as any I've seen.

Can you just write a quick summary of how you use this camera to achieve them? Any special settings? Do you shoot RAW or Jpegs? Etc.

Fred Burton · 10-20-2008

Methinks the camera is getting a lot of credit that should go to the photographer. Great for inducing GAS, but takes away from the real source of the images. Good stuff, endustry.

mabelsound · 10-20-2008

Agreed, endustry is really cooking with the little thing.

kevin m · 10-20-2008

endustry, nice shots! Why bother with Tri-X when you can get this look with a mere digicam?

How's the responsiveness of the camera, and the controls?

nightfly · 10-20-2008

Well I certainly think endustry is getting great shots and give him all the credit for the composition and the creative work. It's hard to shoot wide and close in New York or wide and far and fill the frame with interesting elements and he is hitting it.

However as it is sort of a gear head forum, if you like it or not, and since I shoot a lot of similar subject matter in a similar style and have yet to see many digital black and whites with this look to them except for perhaps from the 5D, I'm really curious. I've spent a good deal of money on "prosumer" digicams trying to achieve the look than I get from my M4P, 35mm summicron, Tri-X and Rodinal and haven't gotten half as close as Endustry so for me it's an important question.

I find that asking people who are very good photographers how they are getting their results is much more informative than reading tests written by people who take pictures of walls, cats and whatever happens to be in the room and out the door and care more about pixel peeping than the overall look and tonality. So someone like Endustry who has talent and chooses to share his results here is gold to me.

mabelsound · 10-20-2008

nightfly, check out the Luminous Landscape review of this camera. Pixel peepers will never be satisfied with a small sensor, but when you step back and look at the pictures holistically, the LX3 is doing an amazing job. So far, when my own pictures with it have been poor, it's been my fault, not the camera's.

lars · 10-20-2008

I'm really loving my LX3 as a street shooter. The only downside is the need to half press the shutter release every 5-10 min. to keep it awake so it doesn't default back to a manual focus default of infinity.

larsbc

jky · 10-24-2008

mabelsound · 10-25-2008

lars and jky, great work!

gumanow · 10-29-2008

These are all great shots. I love looking at them. I've got the D-Lux 4 and having a hard time using it to shoot street photography. I can't wait for it to focus. Should I use it on MF and set the focus at something like six feet? I usually get frustrated with it and pull out my M6!