We found the LX2 to be a solid little point-and-shoot camera trapped inside a understated retro-style casing -- we felt the urge to become a shutterbug once we unwrapped it. (Some of us here at Engadget, particularly this writer, would appreciate the return of the viewfinder, rather than being forced to use the LCD.) We'd like to see it come with redesigned menu screens, and ideally would like to have the lens fully retract into the body, but we understand that probably would compromise the lens quality and focal length, which gave it the 4x zoom. The images that we took were clean, crisp and quite fast. Furthermore, the 16:9 ratio made us feel like something of a filmmaker at times, with so much extra width. In short, if Panasonic wanted to trade us for that Fuji FinePix S3100 that you saw earlier, we'd gladly accept.
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Hands-on with the Panasonic DMC-LX2


We found the LX2 to be a solid little point-and-shoot camera trapped inside a understated retro-style casing -- we felt the urge to become a shutterbug once we unwrapped it. (Some of us here at Engadget, particularly this writer, would appreciate the return of the viewfinder, rather than being forced to use the LCD.) We'd like to see it come with redesigned menu screens, and ideally would like to have the lens fully retract into the body, but we understand that probably would compromise the lens quality and focal length, which gave it the 4x zoom. The images that we took were clean, crisp and quite fast. Furthermore, the 16:9 ratio made us feel like something of a filmmaker at times, with so much extra width. In short, if Panasonic wanted to trade us for that Fuji FinePix S3100 that you saw earlier, we'd gladly accept.
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