lumix lx1 vs canon 750/550

[cmlaws]

Please can someone give me advise on which is the better camera to buy, the panasonic lumix lx1 0r the canon ixus 750/550? really cant decide.

thanks

cmlaws

[BonjiB]

The lx1 is the best point and shoot camera money can buy.... except for the noise. The noise makes it pretty much unusable but it does have a feature set that rocks. Up to iso 160 it's not bad, looks a lot like film grain which i can deal with but iso 200 and up is pretty bad.

Iso 400: http://img2.dpreview.com/gallery/pan...s/p1000536.jpg

Iso 200: http://img2.dpreview.com/gallery/pan...s/p1000185.jpg

Iso 160: http://img2.dpreview.com/gallery/pan...s/p1000513.jpg

Iso 80: http://img2.dpreview.com/gallery/pan...s/p1000216.jpg

Those are ALL for the lx1. That iso 200 is not bad enough that a little neat image (noise reduction) wouldn't fix it nicely but wow is 400 really bad.