LX3 Versions

Panasonic LX3 Versions

There appears to be eight different versions of the LX3 designed for the peculiarities of various world markets. I'll start a table and try to fill it in as I receive information. The version number does not appear on the camera, it only appears on the side of the cardboard box. The model difference is caused by the initial settings that are stored in memory on the mainboard. The eight basic versions have sub-groups. It is all determined by the way the mainboard is set up at installation or repair.
Various markets only get the black version (K). The "market" column is being slowly filled in as I get responses from various buyers in various countries.
Due to supply shortages many models may appear in different markets because of retailers getting supplies from whatever source they can.
In general the European models have a time limit on the video file while the other models have only the usual file size limit.

Model	Market	Colour	Default Language	Video Default	Default Date Style
LX3, LX3SG	Japan	-K -S	Japanese (only?)	NTSC	Year Month Day
LX3P LX3PC LX3PL	USA Canada Latin America	-K -S -K -S -K only	English	NTSC only ? ?	Month Day Year
LX3E LX3EB LX3EF LX3EG	Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Finland UK France, Latvia Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Finland	-K -S	English	PAL 15 minute video limit	Day Month Year
LX3GN	Australia	-K only	English	PAL	Day Month Year
LX3EE	Russia	-K -S	Russian	PAL	Day Month Year
LX3GD	Korea	-K only	Korean	NTSC	Year Month Day
LX3GT LX3GK	China	-K only -K -S	Chinese (Traditional) Chinese (Simplified)	NTSC PAL	Year Month Day
LX3PL LX3GC LX3GJ	? Hong Kong, Malaysia Thailand	-K -S -K -S -K only	English English Thai	NTSC PAL PAL	Month Day Year Day Month Year Day Month Year

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