Hi Greg,
The Panasonic LX-2 has quite a short lens (at 4 x optical zoom - equivalent
to about 112mm on a 35mm SLR, according to the Panasonic specs).
Additionally the camera takes photos with a wide aspect ratio - clearly
designed for landscape photography. I do a lot of bird photography using a
Nikon D200 SLR with a 400mm lens - and I must say that I find that lens a
little short in many situations. From what I've read, the Leica cameras have
almost identical specs to the Panasonics - at a Leica price - in other words
much more expensive. I must also say that the one magazine review that I've
read on the Panasonic LX-2 (Photo Review magazine) was not that flattering.
A friend of mine shoots with a Panasonic DMC-FZ50 - he takes bird photos too
- and he finds that camera excellent. I think that if you are after an
alternative to a digital SLR, with a reasonable length lens then this camera
is a good choice - it has a 12 x optical zoom - equivalent to about 420mm on
a 35mm SLR according to Panasonic.
I have read reviews of the Olympus SP550 UZ and it appears to be an
excellent camera. I was recently in Hong Kong (not long after the camera had
been released) and every shop I went into had sold out - I had intended to
purchase one for a friend of mine. At 18 x optical zoom (about 500mm
equivalent) it's a pretty good length for birds.
Most of the non-SLR digital cameras suffer to one degree or another either
with shooting in low light conditions, or when using higher ISO ratings -
the images tend to be noisy. The Olympus and the Panasonics are no
exception.
If you're interested, I found reviews of the Panasonics and the Olympus
here:
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/panasonic/dmc_lx2-review/
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/panasonic/dmc_fz50-review/
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/olympus/sp550uz-review/index.shtml
All the best,
Paul Dodd
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Gregory Little
Sent: Friday, 18 May 2007 7:38 PM
To: 'Chris Sanderson'; 'kev'; 'Birding-aus'
Subject: camera
Gooday birders
Does anyone know much about the Panasonic LX-2 or its Leica D-LUX 3
copy. Are they any good for bird stuff or just for general photography.
Any personal experiences would be appreciated.
Greg Little
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Chris Sanderson
Sent: Friday, 18 May 2007 7:14 PM
To: kev; Birding-aus
Subject: camera
Hi Kev,
Another camera to look into is the new Olympus SP550 UZ - with an
optical
zoom of 18x that gives 28-504mm range, macro to 1cm, image
stabilisation,
7.1 megapixel raw files (or jpeg if you choose) it actually presents as
a
serious alternative to getting an SLR camera. Big downsides are those
shared by all other compact digitals - inability to improve your range
without huge loss of quality, and inability to manually focus on
difficult
subjects. The only downside I can see specific to this camera is that
you
have to use the Olympus brand memory card (xD). Worth checking out, on
the
internet it can be found for between $600 and $800.
For the record, I have no commercial ties to Olympus (I use Nikon stuff)
-
I've just been looking at this camera as an alternative travel camera to
lugging around my SLR for work.
Regards,
Chris
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