Something I’ve been meaning to post for a while, that I’ll probably follow up on in the future.
The LX-2 is a great camera (for what it is), but several people have been concerned about the noise. I thought I’d take a series of pictures at various ISO settings to compare noise levels and then post them here.
These shots are all posted from RAW images, no noise reduction, no exposure compensation. Clicking on the images will get you the full-sized image, and I’ve done it sans-lightbox so that you can actually download/pan/see the image. I suggest looking over near the right side of the keypad for a fairly representative sample of noise in the images.
ISO 100
ISO 200
ISO 400
ISO 800
ISO 1600
My goodness! The noise level in the iso 1600 is so bad. You can see it in the above thumbnail in the black molded plastic between the menu and speaker/keypad panel.