Compare Prices : Panasonic Lumix DMC-LC5

Review summary: The Panasonic LC5 is the same camera as the Leica Digilux 1, but at $799, it costs about $100 less and has a more modern exterior. Smaller capacity media and a thinner software bundle may in part account for the LC5's lower price--it comes with a 32MB ...

Verdict: Panasonic provides a much better user's manual for its camera than Leica does for the Digilux 1. Friendlier and easier to follow, the LC5's documentation includes labeled photographs and an index, albeit an anemic one

Review summary: The LC5 has a modern feel and an extralarge LCD screen, but image quality could be better.

Pros: Well designed body, nice fast lens ; Lots of manuals controls ; Robust performance ; Good movie, playback modes ; Included LCD hood a nice touch ; Interesting focus bracketing feature ; Supports for lens, flash accessories

Cons: Hideous photo quality (this is the deal breaker for me) ; Scrolling" in playback zoom & ; scroll feature is too slow

Verdict: The LC5 includes a battery pack that looks an awful lot like the one included with the Canon PowerShot G1/G2. I don't think it's the same one, though. The battery has a ton of power -- it's 7.2V, 1400 mAh, which works out to 10.1 Watt/hours. Panasonic ...

Review summary: Panasonic has developed a relationship with world-renowned Leica Camera of Germany, to incorporate Leica lenses in its entire 2002 Lumix digital still camera line. The top-of-the-line DMC-LC5 features a 4.0 Megapixel (3.9 megapixel effective) CCD ...

Verdict: Consumers shopping in this price range (above $700) and resolution class are those who want to capture large, high-quality images and world class memories of their family. If the camera fails to focus on the intended subject or the image processing ...