The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 has a 3 inch polycrystalline TFT LCD display screen with 460k dots, approximately 100% field view and auto power LCD mode. The sensor of the Panasonic camera includes 1/1.63″ sensor, 11.3 million total pixels CCD, 10.1 million effective pixels and primary colour filter. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 has a picture resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels and 16:9 aspect ratios. The output formats of the SLR camera includes the JPEG (Exif 2.21 standard) and RAW format.

The lens of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 camera comprises of the following features - 2.5 xs zoom, f=5.1-12.8mm (35mm Equiv.: 24-60mm, F2.0 - F2.8, LEICA DC VARIO-SUMMICRON, 8 elements in 6 groups and 4 Aspherical Lenses / 4 Aspherical surfaces.

The focus mode of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 includes normal, macro, quick AF, continuous AF, manual focus, one shot AF, AF area select and AF tracking. The shooting modes of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 includes Intelligent AUTO, P (Program) mode, A (Aperture Priority) mode, S (Shutter Priority) mode, M (Manual) mode, motion picture, custom1, custom2 and scene mode. The scene mode of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 includes portrait, self-portrait, scenery, night portrait, candle light, starry sky, high sensitivity, fireworks, sports, beach and many more.

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 has two drive modes, single and continuous. The sensitivity of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 stretches from auto, 100, 200, 400, etc and moves on to high sensitivity modes of 6400. The camera uses the following connectivity features - DC input, AV output, HD AV output and USB2.0 high speed. The pictures clicked can be stored in SD memory card, SDHC memory card, multimedia card and internal memory. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 uses a Li-ion battery which helps in taking almost 380 pictures. The dimensions of the camera are 108.7 x 59.5 x 27.1 mm and it weighs 265 g.