Comments on: Battle For Wide-Angle Lens: Panasonic’s LX3 Meets Nemesis, Samsung’s HZ10W

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 01 May 2010 20:05:19 +0000

I spent my money on the LX3 after an in depth ‘shoot out’ between it & the Leica D-Lux 4, Although they both use the same lens there is a slight difference in the coating, as to whether there is a difference in the programming, I doubt it. The resulting pics are so close it’s not worth talking about, we are talking about a gnat’s whisker here! Go & spend almost twice the price on the Leica if you wish, if the red dot badge is so important to you.

By: evan

evan — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:35:57 +0000

Compared the Samsung wB550 with the LX3 and the wB550 is awful! If the HZ10W is like the WB550 it’s junk. Terrible noise and picture quality. The LX3 is in another league of quality altogether… there is no comparison.

By: evan

evan — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:57:28 +0000

By: Downes

Downes — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:21:27 +0000

I have beaten you all!
I took a broken digital camera, put in a kelloggs box with a pinhole and for less then a dime I have the world’s first digital box camera.
and you people thought you were the thrift kings of 5th Avenue!

By: toon

toon — Sun, 31 May 2009 07:59:17 +0000

my samsung hz10w is nice camera, i like

By: Jaxon S

Jaxon S — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:37:35 +0000

Well said… $400 extra is indeed a lot for what essentially is the same camera.

By: blork

blork — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:10:16 +0000

The Panasonic LX3 and the Leica D-LUX 4 are not just similar, they *are* the same camera (Panasonic and Leica have a co-branding/co-manufuacturing arrangement).

They come from the same factory and use the same parts. The only difference in build is that the LX3 has a grip and the D-LUX 4 does not (for aesthetic reasons). There are also supposed to be minor differences in the image processing engine, which Leica says give images from the D-LUX 4 a classic “Leica” look.

There’s one other difference: the D-LUX 4 costs almost twice as much, which is entirely a “branding” thing. *THAT* is why the LX3 is more popular. It has nothing to do with perception; it’s the REALITY that most people won’t spend $400 extra for a red sticker. (Although a few will, which is why some D-LUX 4s are being sold.)