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Photography Panasonic LX7 vs Sony RX100 - In Depth Comparison!

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post Aug 18 2012, 07:30 AM

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QUOTE(samsungfreak @ Aug 17 2012, 10:14 PM)
Thanks for the reply. I thought no one interested in LX7.  laugh.gif

Hong Kong already have stock and selling at eBay, the price keep dropping and now reach USD$510. US retail price is $499. A bit hard to guess Malaysia price because Panasonic camera stuff can be more expensive here. sad.gif

Japan believe to get stock 23 Aug. Other places on September.

I have been able to "hack" the LX7 raw file and load it into LightRoom 4 and ISO400 of LX7 is very slightly better than GX1 ISO 1,600! This is a GREAT NEWS because let say you use GX1 with kit lens at f3.5 to f5.6. You will get better low light performance with LX7 than the GX1 because of the bright f1.4 lens and better CMOS sensor!!! If you shoot with GX1 at ISO1,600 at f3.5, you can shoot at f1.8 on LX7 ISO400 and still get very slightly better noise performance! And you still have room to stop down to f1.4. The same applies to the entire focal length. And the kit lens cannot go as wide as 24mm.

The Depth of Field of LX7 is almost the same as any m43 cameras using the kit lens! LX7 crop factor is 5.1x. m43 is 2x.
LX7 f1.4-2.3 becomes f7.1-11.7
m43 f3.5-5.6 becomes f7-11.2

Instead of thinking that it has a zoom lens, I prefer to think it as compact camera with 6 primes build in!

24mm F1.4
28mm F1.6
35mm F1.7
50mm F1.9
70mm F2.1
90mm F2.3

Just turn on the Step Zoom feature and you can move around this 6 focal length easily.

I have never been so excited about a small camera.
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That is if the person does not have a gx1 with a fast lens. But then the price will not justify the comparison already.

The only thing that bother much about lx7 is the size is just not good for pocketing. It is almost same as the gx1 with the power zoom kit lens.

This post has been edited by 300078: Aug 18 2012, 07:31 AM

 

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