The Panasonic LX3 has been loved by many of us and was one of the first cameras that did not join the crazy Megapixel race. Bigger sensor and less Megapixels!

Now the price of the LX3 is falling more and more and I haven taken some time to make a price check-up.

USA:
- Adorama and BHphoto both do have it in Stock for $398.

Germany:
- Amazon has the LX3 in Stock. Interesting: in this case the black model (388,99 €
) is cheaper than the silver model (407,40 €).
- Pixmania has the black LX3 for 357,90 €

UK:
- Amazon UK has the black Panasonic LX3 for £319.63.
- Pixmania has the black Panasonic LX3 for £ 315

Spain:
- Pixmania has the black LX3 for 336,17 €

France:
- Amazon France has the LX3 in Stock for 349 €
- Pixmania France has the Panasonic LX3 for 363 €

The release of the and Canon’s S90IS are pushing down the price of the LX3. Now the Black Panasonic LX3 price dropped to $439.95!. That’s the destiny of digital stuff.

The Silver Panasonic LX3 gets a mega-discount on amazon and now costs you $427.00 (That’s -$72.95!). Ships from and sold by RitzCamera. Check it out: Panasonic DMC-LX3S 10.1MP Digital Camera with 2.5x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Silver). A perfect Christmas present for your wife?

For comparison only: The best Panasonic LX3 price you can find in Europe is around 370 Euros that’s $555!

The new Panasonic LX3 firmware adds many new features.

And today the black LX3 is finally in Stock at amazon.com! Click here:
Panasonic LX3 (Black). Ships from and sold by Big VALUE Inc. $523.95

UPDATE: There is also a Free 4 GB SD Card with Select Panasonic Point-and-Shoots offer.

The firmware update is back again in version 2.1. And there is also an official Panasonic apologizes text:

“We’d like to apologize for the inconvenience as the download had been suspended in order to make sure the reliability of the firmware, more specifically in case of the use of some newly added functions in Ver.2.0 on Custom shooting mode.
Please download the newly released firmware, which has now become available as Ver.2.1.

< For the users who have already updated LX3 to Ver.2.0 >
The camera which has been already updated to Ver.2.0, is also advised to update again to Ver.2.1, as which is now available on this page.”
Download the firmware here: http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/dsc/download/LX3/index.html