The competition
The obvious competition for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 is the Canon PowerShot G11.
With many of the same features, including a 10.1-million-pixel sensor, the differences come down to build, handling and image quality.
Here, the DMC-LX5 wins in terms of size. While the G11 is an extremely nice camera to handle, although it is a little on the large size.
There are two other cameras that offer some competition: the Samsung EX1 and the recently announced Nikon Coolpix P7000.
Both these cameras owe much of their design to the G11 and, as such, are larger than most current compact cameras.
Although the focal length of the EX1’s lens is the shortest of the four cameras at 24-74mm, the EX1 does have the major advantage of an f/1.8 aperture, which should help low-light performance.
