Panasonic Lumix Camera Review

With so many decently priced ageement cameras on the shop these days, it can be hard to know which camera to choose. But this year has seen the introduction of two new high end compacts into the market; the Panasonic Lumix Lx5 and the Canon Powershot s95. Both cameras highlight a 10 megapixel Ccd sensor, can shoot in raw and offer full hand-operated operate with exquisite lowlight shooting (Iso 80 - Iso 3,200). The war between Panasonic and Canon is hotting up, so which camera is the best?

Panasonic Lumix Lx5

The successor to the very prosperous Lx3, the Lx5 whilst on the surface would appear to have just a few minor upgrades, where improvements have been made, they beyond doubt count. Panasonic have kept their very popular 24mm ultra wide angle lens but extended the zoom range to 90mm (2.5x). The lens is also very quick at f2.0-f3.3 at the full telephoto lens, allowing marvelous creativity for most shooting conditions along with maximum shooting in low light conditions over the zoom range. The Lx5 offers long exposure options (up to 60 secs compared to 15 secs on the S95), and a very fast top shutter speed (1/4000). The Lumix also offers an elective external Lcd viewfinder and hotshoe and the potential to zoom while recording is a highlight not found on most compacts together with the s95.

Canon Powershot s95

The s95 is an advanced, very ageement digital camera for keen photographers looking for superior low light operation and hand-operated operate in a pocket-sized body. For such a small camera, it boast an thinkable, amount of photographic features together with 720p Hd video recording, canons own Hybrid-Is principles that compensates for handshake and other types of movement which makes the camera classic for macro photography. The lens has a solid zoom range 28-105mm (3.8x), with a fast F2.0-4.9 aperture. The s95 has a maximum shutter speed of 1/1600 and a very high minimum of 15 seconds, whilst not as high as the Lx5; it is more than sufficient for most.

Whilst both cameras are worthy of the top spot, it beyond doubt comes down to a what is foremost to you, the deal breaker for the s95 is its size (and weight of only 193g compared to 271g for the Lx5), it will fit beyond doubt in your jeans pocket, any way on list of its best handling, faster lens and crucially, wider zoom lens, the Lx5 probably offers a tiny more for the pro photographer. With both cameras being so strong, it would be easy to sit on the fence with this one.