Panasonic Lumix LX3 Review

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LX3 Manual - https://www.panasonic.com/au/support/...

Exhaustive Tutorials from LBGuides -    • Panasonic DMC-LX3  

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Stealth Quick Capture Settings for Street Photography:
1 Select S Mode / Shutter Speed Priority at 1/500 (for a sunny day) and Auto ISO up to 1600, or use P mode with Auto ISO to let the camera determine your values
2 Turn on External Viewfinder, this will turn off the LCD screen
3 Turn off the AF Assist Lamp, this turns off the bright red beam that projects from the front of the camera for focusing
4 From the Setup menu select Beep and turn off Beep Level and turn off Shutter Volume
5 From the Camera menu select AF Mode H (high) with center point if not using manual zone focus
6 Turn switch on the lens to Manual Focus and set your distance for 1.5 meters
7 From Setup menu select 'Custom Set Mem' and then choose C1 and say Yes to overwrite current settings.

Best Settings I Could Find for Color Jpegs:
COLORS OUTDOOR (mainly street photography)
Nostalgic Setting
Contrast+2
Color+1
Sharpness 0
NR-2
AWB 'b' two notches; 'm' one notch

COLORS INDOOR (mainly studio: portraits and books image reproductions)
Nostalgic Setting
Contrast+2
Color+2
Sharpness+2
NR-2
AWB: 'b' two notches; 'm-' one notch

BLACK & WHITE (mainly street photography)
Dynamic B&W Setting (or Smooth B+W in extremely high contrast lighting scenarios)
Contrast 0
Color 0
Sharpness 0
NR-1

Faux X-Pan Tools:
DMW LA4 tube + DMW LW46 wide angle conversion lens + Black Gaff Tape
In the Camera Menu, turn on Conversion Wide