A sliding switch on top of the lens lets you change between 4:3, 3:2, and 16:9 aspect ratios. Another switch on the side of the lens flips from normal focus to macro or manual focus.
The LX1 has two--count 'em--four-way controllers.
Shooting speed in seconds (Shorter bars indicate better performance)
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Continuous-shooting speed in frames per second (Longer bars indicate better performance)
In our test photos, the Panasonic Lumix LX1 produced very good exposures and colors (top), but on close inspection, we spotted processing artifacts such as demosaicing errors, which appeared in a yellow-green diagonal stripe pattern on light colors (bottom).
