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>>66847 The camera you posted has a Leica badge, too, except they're not just badges. While not nearly the same in quality, the lenses are designed by the same people who design the Summicrons and Summiluxes and all those. From what I've seen, they are noticably better than other point and shoot lenses, even if they're not "OMG LEICA!"
The additional $100, I suspect, comes from the larger sensor and the novelty of being the only camera so equipped.
As far as ISO and image quality, you'll get that with any small-sensor digital camera. The LX2 will probably be better in that regard, with its larger sensor.
As far as the noise reduction, like I said, Lumix cameras have the shittiest JPEG processing around. I can't personally speak for the LX2, but the FZ8's RAW files are clean at ISO 100, usable at ISO 400, especially with a bit of NR, and messy at 800, like any camera with a small sensor. Noise Reduction can salvage some of them. ISO 200 is a very variable bag- some of them come out indistinguishable from ISO 100, some of them look like 400 or more. It's quite strange.
Keep in mind, though: ISO range is useful, but it isn't everything. David Alan Harvey shot every single frame for his book on Cuba with ISO 50 film, which is half the light you'll have if you stay at ISO 100.
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