Panasonic Lumix DMC-LC1: Compare prices

By Eamon Hickey, CNET.com on 01/04/2005

More Panasonic reviews , RRP: AU$2499.00

The good:

  • Beautiful mechanical focus, zoom, aperture, and shutter-speed controls
  • High-quality magnesium body
  • Fast lens with sensible zoom range
  • Ingenious tiltable flash
  • Excellent manual focus system

The bad:

  • Relatively low resolution for an enthusiast model
  • Big and heavy
  • Long raw-format shot-to-shot time
  • Electronic viewfinder isn't the best available
  • High-res continuous shooting limited to three frames

The bottomline:

This well-made advanced-shooter's camera features several unique and very efficient analog controls, but it may have trouble luring buyers away from cheaper digital SLR systems.

Users' rating:

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