...........those who already have the LX3 and simply can't stand to know an improved version is about to be released so they will attempt to reduce its worth without knowing it's real capabilities.
This sounds nice and simple, but you have a pretty low opinion of LX3 owners if you believe that. It could just as easily be pointed out how naive it is to believe manufacturers' press releases and specs for a new model...how many "miracle" cameras have we seen announced, that weren't?
If you've watched the forum for a while, you know that if you ask for suggestions for the "LX4", you'll get a host of widely different demands...more zoom, no zoom, bigger aperture, full HD movie, optical viewfinder, electronic viewfinder, no viewfinder, smaller, larger, 4/3 sensor, Fuji sensor, leafy lens cap, real lens cap, AA batteries, a host of personal favorite settings like timer mode that sticks...just about every possible option but floppy disk storage.
I thnk many of the really disappointed ones just didn't get their personal wish item. The really excited ones, on the other hand, either got their personal item, or else put off buying an LX3 for 2 years on the speculation that the next model was coming, and have wasted 2 years waiting, so they have to justify it by being thrilled it's finally arrived (after all, they've missed all that time they could have owned and used a great camera).
The 'neutral' ones probably mostly already own an LX3, and see this as a minor upgrade and no big deal. That may seem like a complaint to someone who's really excited about the LX5, but it's not. Most of us who bought the LX3 didn't buy it so we'd have the latest and greatest, we bought it because it was (and remains) a great camera.
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