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No LX3 for Me

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No Panasonic Lumix LX3 for Me :-(

No Panasonic Lumix LX3 for Me 🙁

So, after months of waiting, turns out I will not be getting that Panasonic Lumix LX3, the one I wrote about a while back.  The Bookstore, which I wrote about earlier today, worked as hard as they could to get this order processed but in the end, it just didn’t work out.  Their distributor apparently isn’t sure that he’ll ever be able to get my camera order fulfilled, they’ve had it on back order for months now.

Many online forums say the camera has been discontinued, some argue it hasn’t it’s just in such demand that no one can keep them in stock.  Sadly, I am thinking it’s the prior.  Nothing in mass production should be on back order for this many months.  Some sites still sell them, while others say out of stock, who knows if the sites REALLY have them in stock.  The price has gone up significantly in the last few months on Amazon, which often means, hard to find or out of production.

I went to the Bookstore earlier today, talked to the TigerTech guy who has been helping me out and we decided it was probably time for us to just shut down the order.  While that makes me quite sad, it does open up some other opportunities for me.  There are of course rumors of a Panasonic Lumix LX4 and the recently leaked Panasonic Lumix GF1…

Panasonic Lumix GF1

Panasonic Lumix GF1

Panasonic Lumix GF1 Breakdown

Panasonic Lumix GF1 Breakdown

This new camera adds a few bells and whistles, such as interchangeable lenses, a larger sensor and more manual features.  The larger sensor means even greater image quality, better low-light performance and maybe even better video, say 1080 instead of 720 and 30fps instead of 24fps.

It’s all just speculation right now, come September 1, when Panasonic has their big “event”, perhaps we’ll know more.  It’ll likely cost around $800-900, which is a lot for a point and shoot but around the same price of the more compact but less powerful Lumix LX3, when it came out.

So here’s hoping it’s still affordable, that lenses are too expensive, that maybe I can even connect my Nikon lenses with an adapter… That would be amazing.

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Damn You Olympus

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It wasn’t really news per say that Olympus was going to release a new camera this summer.  Not newsworthy at all.  In fact, I wouldn’t even be writing this paper if Olympus has released any other camera.  They could have released a 1080p camcorder for $400 and I wouldn’t have been excited.  They could have released a 16mp ultra compact and I’d say, bleh.  They even could have gone as far as to release a 28mp full frame DSLR for $1200 and I’d continue to proudly shoot with my Nikon D700.

So what did they do?

A little over a week and a half after I order my new Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3, they have the gall to not only release a competing camera, but to do so in the nearly non-existent digital range finder form factor and with a motherfucking pancake lens.

(I have a bizarre love of pancake lenses…)

That is to say, it’s got a much larger sensor and it’s got interchangeable lenses.

Olympus PEN E-P1

Olympus PEN E-P1

And to make things worse?  My favorite camera site asks the question

So is this the camera we’ve been waiting for? After years of hectoring all the manufacturers to give us what we had in the days of film (a small camera that takes pictures as well as an SLR) is the E-P1 a camera we’d actually reach into our own pockets for?

Followed by a picture of the Olympus next to the camera I just ordered!  Salt in the wound.

Olympus PEN E-P1 vs Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3

Olympus PEN E-P1 vs Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3

Finally, the last straw in this whole debacle?  Olympus and Panasonic are the two companies that (re)started this whole 4/3 camera style, the Olympus PEN E-P1 is a “micro” four-thirds camera.  Chances are, Panasonic is working, and possibly soon will release, it’s own micro four-thirds camera.

So what do I do?

  1. Cancel my order for the LX3 and wait for Panasonic to come out with competition for the Olympus
  2. Get the LX3 and be happy, I still have two Nikon DSLRs that would best either of these cameras
  3. Cancel my order for the LX3 and get the Olympus PEN E-P1

Honestly, I’m probably going to go with option number two.  Panasonic has said that they will not replace the LX3 until some time in 2010, probably around July.  So I could potentially have 13 months of e-joy (the period of time before what I buy has become obsolete).

Still… kinda mad about the whole deal haha.  And… really, it’s that damn pancake lens that got me started.  I have wanted a 35mm equivalent pancake lens for a long time now and here it is, not on a Nikon.

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