Question on Digicams:

I'm contemplating buying the Panasonic Lumix LX3 as a present for my girlfriend's birthday. Do you think it will be suitable?

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Answer:

To fully utilize all the features on the Lumix DMC-LX3, your friend has to be quite well-versed with photography, meaning that she needs to know her shutter speed, aperture and the likes.

But if she doesn't have those skills and still likes that camera, Panasonic has incorporated its intelligent Auto (iA) mode into the shooter as well, so your girlfriend can leave the thinking to the camera and let the point-and-shoot do all the thinking.