DigitalCameraInfo recently posted a review for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1. This digital camera sports a 8.4 megapixel snesor, 4x Leica optical zoom lens, 2.5″ LCD screen and an optical image stabilizer. It also has a 16:9 movie mode, durable aluminum body, decent burst mode, and a user friendly exposure controls. The price is around $499.

Excerpt from the review:

The big distinguishing mark of the LX1 is, of course, the native 16:9 aspect ratio; the Panasonic Lumix LX1 is marketed as the first consumer digital camera with a 16:9 mode optimized for widescreen televisions. This does make the LX1 unique, though admittedly users can resize pictures to that format anyway – but not without a loss of quality. This is where the LX1 would shine, except it is not anything special in terms of image quality. In fact, this is one of its weaker points. It comes back to noise; like many other Lumix models before it, the LX1, with shutter speeds of up to 60 seconds cannot be used in anything other than bright daylight if optimal image quality is to be preserved. Users who do not mind chroma noise (colored grain and speckles) throughout the image will not object to the LX1, however, if clarity is an issue (as one might expect for users looking for a camera compatible with their HD television), the LX1 is surely not the answer.

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