Canon powershot S95 or Panasonic LX5?

[craigxcraig]

Theres some great advice here.

Thanks weltweit for postings above - I'm using the manual setting on my lx3 though not really understanding why if that makes sense so your comments above are a great help.

Also, @ anortherner - I've been using you tube as a resource, theres some great 'talk-through' videos, showing you how to set up your camera, shooting at night, using manual etc - well worth a look.

Also, heres a picture I took at night whilst in Greece. I had an iso of 80 on a 10 second shutter speed (probably much too long) and f2.8. The camera was sat on our balcony and I used the timer to fire the shutter. I was quite impressed, in fact very impressed and chuffed!

 

[craigxcraig]

The shots look ok to me. Well the first is not well exposed, too little light but the second is quite nice. Low light does challenge sensors the most, you will get used to the effects of your camera in low light and should come to love them. Photography is all about the light.

Here is one of my alltime favourite photographs, taken by the light of the moon, ISO1600 and about a second probably of shutter time. It is noisy and blurred .. but I like it!!

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great picture.

 

[anortherner]

Nice picture When I take pictures in that environment with an ISO that low it would be too dark, are you using exposure compensation there? Yes I've got the book it's called :

Photographer's Guide to the Panasonic Lumix LX5: Getting the Most from Panasonic's Advanced Digital Camera



for anyone who has an LX5 and is just starting out I would fully recommend it! I'm definitely happier with the noise levels now, there's obviously nothing wrong with the camera, just the user!

The other thing I cant seem to get right is blurriness of subjects in my pictures, mainly moving objects, is it possible to correct this?

Regards

Dan

 

[weltweit]

... The other thing I cant seem to get right is blurriness of subjects in my pictures, mainly moving objects, is it possible to correct this?
Regards
Dan

Hi Dan, glad your book came through. If you want objects which are moving to appear stationary in your photo, you need higher shutterspeeds to freeze the motion.

 

[MBV]

Is it worth moving from an LX3 to the LX5? Going on a big holiday and I'm wondering weather to upgrade?

 

[editor]

Is it worth moving from an LX3 to the LX5? Going on a big holiday and I'm wondering weather to upgrade?

I really appreciated the extra zoom and higher quality images, especially in low light.

Comparison here: http://asia.cnet.com/panasonic-lumix-dmc-lx5-vs-dmc-lx3-hands-on-62201687.htm

 

[MBV]

Good link - cheers Ed.