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LX3 Firmware Upgrade

About half a month ago, a lot of photography sites jumped the gun and announced the availability of a new firmware version for the popular LX3. They did say it was slated December 15, but honestly, that’s useless info.

Firmware upgrades are hardly the kind of things that people “anticipate” unless they’re finally released. There would’ve been no difference if they just informed users today.

It’s the 15th in most parts of the world by now (16th here in the Philippines); at least they kept their word. And you gotta love the Japs for their engrish!

The upgrade is available here. Enjoy 😉

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Noise profiles for Lumix LX3

I’ve taken the liberty of making NoiseNinja noise profiles for the Lumix LX3. Here are the setup details:

  • Tripod (anti-shake turned off)
  • f/4.0
  • Telephoto to minimize barrel distortion
  • In-camera Noise Reduction set to -2 (lowest)
  • Everything else was set to the defaults.
  • 7 ISO settings (80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200)
  • 4 MP variations – each with 3 individual aspect ratios.
    • RAW (approx 10MP)
      • 4:3 – 10MP
      • 3:2 – 9.5MP
      • 16:9 – 9MP
    • JPG – maximum resolution (same as RAW)
      • 4:3 – 10MP
      • 3:2 – 9.5MP
      • 16:9 – 9MP
    • JPG – next biggest resolution (approx 6MP)
      • 4:3 – 7MP
      • 3:2 – 6.5MP
      • 16:9 – 6MP
    • JPG – biggest possible resolution which allows maximum digital zoom (approx 3MP)
      • 4:3 – 3MP
      • 3:2 – 3MP
      • 16:9 – 2.5MP

So that’s 7 ISO increments available to each of the 3 aspect ratios; Which in turn, gives us 21 profiles for each of the 4 megapixel choices I’ve profiled. That’s a total of 84 profiles! Download links for the profiles are available at the end of the post.

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My New Toy: Panasonic Lumix LX3

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New Developments

Noise profiles for PictureCode’s Noise Ninja
are now available for download here



Classy Retro Feel!

I just got my Lumix LX3 a few days ago and I’m lovin’ it! Having just purchased a Sony W120 a few weeks before, I’m sure you can think of a bunch of questions; Why upgrade? Why Panasonic? etc. etc. I’ll be discussing that as well as talk about my experience with the LX3 thus far. Read More