LX3 v CX1 v F200EXR

(Macro image from Ricoh CX1) Prompted to post this, following several recent e-mails from readers of my (various!) blogs …. hope this answers some questions for you :  The LX3 is acknowledged as one of the very best compacts out there, and enjoys a huge fan base, which has perhaps grown further lately as some [...]

LX3 LAKE DISTRICT, ENGLAND

Another image from our recent trip, taken from an Ullswater steamer that took us around the lake for a couple of hours (doesn’t move very quickly !) …the Lake District is well worth another visit soon, hopefully in drier weather, although the ever-changing light in this part of England makes it always a pleasure for [...]

LX3 YORKSHIRE DALES, ENGLAND

Took a few compact cameras with us on a recent trip to Yorkshire & the lakes …LX3 (of course), Ricoh CX1, Panasonic TZ-3 and Fuji F100fd. Needless to say, it was the LX3 that gave the smoothest, sharpest & most detailed images of the lot, although I used it less than I would have liked as [...]

LX3 PEACE PAGODA

Capture at dusk with the LX3 …..The first Peace Pagoda in the western world … this was completed in 1980, at the northern edge of Willen Lake, Milton Keynes. There is a Nipponzan-Myōhōji Order temple and monastery nearby. What’s a  Peace Pagoda ? A Peace Pagoda is a Buddhist stupa designed to provide a focus for [...]

LX3 LONDON DOCKLANDS

A comp of three images here from the Docklands/Canary Wharf collection. It’s an area of London that, like so many others in the City, is so full of photographic promise. There are two great likelihoods in photographing parts of London in 2009 : 1/ You’ll get some fantastic images 2/ Completely unexpectedly – or maybe [...]

LX3 ONE OF THE FIRST

One of my first images with the LX3, taken on the day I got it. I remember not having had it for long – maybe an hour or two – and this is image number 290 ! And there were very many more shots taken that day … and ever since. Maybe that’s a good [...]

LX3 JOBY GORILLAPOD

I’d been planning to get a mini tripod for some time, as my full-size D3-handling Manfrotto – which I don’t use very often anyway – lives in my car, and is way bigger than necessary for use with the LX3. Don’t really feel inclined to cart it around, either. Having searched long & hard for the (I eventually [...]

LX3 USA/CAMBRIDGE

Another one from my collection of Cambridge images.  The American Cemetery in Cambridge, with it’s memorial pillar stating  ‘Erected By The United States Of America  1954′,   is on 30 acres of land donated by the University of Cambridge, situated three miles outside the city. A high proportion of these 3,812 American servicemen & women were crew members of British-based American [...]

LX3 DYNAMIC BLACK & WHITE

Dynamic Black & White – from a digital camera, it doesn’t get any better than this ! Some say that monochrome represents the absolute purity of an image – no colour to get in the way, to divert attention from the photographer’s intended portrayal of the subject. One of the most interesting aspects of the LX3, and [...]

LX3 : OFF-CAMERA FLASH

A great feature of the LX3, and one which certainly differentiates it from a ‘normal’ compact camera, is the provision of a flash ‘hotshoe’. This connection is the portal to truly exciting and dramatic lighting effects, the likes of which have often been reserved for DSLRs …to the extent that so little of its use is ever discussed [...]