I really like this digital camera - my first. Compact enough to carry around everywhere and great point-and-shoot photographs in lots of different conditions.
Strengths:
great Leica lens
very crisp images
image colors are very realistic and vibrant
excellent optical (3x) zoom
easy to use options
comprehensive functions
takes SD memory
Weaknesses:
chassis is shoddily constructed
seams of camera body dont fit perfectly
lens is off-centered in camera body, not aligned properly
poor digital zoom
no aperature/shutter priority
access doors seem flimsy
zoom control not in best spot
Beside my Nikon F5 and F80, I always had an analog shapshot-camera Olympus µ[mju:] in my pocket for years. When it finally broke, I decided to buy a digital camera instead. After a year of use, I never did reget to choose the Panasonic Lumix camera.
The camera was built in cooperation with Leica (the lens comes from Leica). It is also available as Leica D-Lux (for EUR 900 vs. EUR 270 for the LC-33) with a different body design.
Strengths:
great lens,
small size,
accepts fast SanDisk Ultra II SD-Card (tested with 512MB),
fast reaction of shutter button (perfect for snapshots),
macro mode,
shutter max. 8 sec.,
manual ISO settind allowed,
good playback mode with 4x zoom to check the result on built-in lcd monitor,
video (quicktime) with sound.
Weaknesses:
On-Off-Button feels not very stable (it feels fragile after approx. 10000 pictures taken now),
battery-level with rechargable batteries is shown incorrect sometimes,
no manual shutter speed/aperture setting,
digital zoom is disgusting (optical zoom is ok),
6 instead of 3 mega pixel was ideal, :-)
no bluetooth available
Similar Products Used:
No digital camera used before
Nikon F80
Nikon F5
Rollei 6006
In fact, I think it's THE camera to buy to get good quality and ease of use.
I'm goind to put my Holydays on this little beauty.
The only annoyance is that there are no option to remove any compression. The best you can get is JPEG at 7:1, despite the camera's good job with the quality, you when you're looking for it on the computer, you find the compression trail, but when you print on a full page (8x10) , it's still invisible.
Strengths:
Compact
Batteries last a long time
ISO 50 gives you very good quality
Easy of use
Very good LCD sreeen
Weaknesses:
No manual settings
Manual dont explain anything about photography.. it gives you the settings but it never say what they're good for...
Only 16meg of memory with it...
Similar Products Used:
Fuji A303
Kodak 6330, 6340
Minolta S414
Customer Service:
No need, and with RadioShack, the warranty is in store so i dont care...
I have an Olympus E-10, but it's too big to carry around all the time. I bought this camera to carry with me at work. I've found that the quality of the images are so good, that I'm using it all the time.
Strengths:
Lens quality, batteries seem to last forever, easy to use with one hand, 50 ISO, simple menu.
Weaknesses:
weak flash, limited manual settings, and when in simple mode, flash always fires for red-eye correction.
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