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Panasonic LX7 topic
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  • LaurenceLaurence

    My first test shots with this camera, very impressed with it, like the manual f-stop ring, still trying to work out if the 'izoom' is lossless like the GH2s sensor zoom function? Would be great if the 120/100 fps 720 mode had manual control and avchd encoding instead of mp4. For this price I am really pleased.

  • markr041markr041

    Here is a full-blown video of a museum taken with the LX7, taking advantage of its low-light abilities:

    I was impressed with the color. Most everything shot at widest aperture (depending on zoom), 1/60th shutter, sometimes using 'natural' color mode when the contrast was very high. Most using 'standard'. NR -2.

    The original is downloadable. No post-processing.

  • mpgxsvcdmpgxsvcd

    The LX7 is one of my favorite cameras of all time. Here is a video that explains how I setup the LX7 I gave to my brother for Christmas. The auto closing and opening lens cap is absolutely essential.

  • trevmartrevmar

    @driftwood Can't really use my LX7 -- as much as I would like -- with the 30 mins 1080p recording limitation. Am using my GoPro Black (with external power supply) for B-roll at the moment... But I think you will enjoy the convenience of the LX7, and even the FZ200 (which has no 30min limitation). Let us know what you think of the bokeh, it looks good to my unskilled eyes :)

  • Gallo22Gallo22

    @drifwood . Just ordered the LX7 :-) Great news!!! I´ve already started dreamin...

  • driftwooddriftwood

    Just ordered the LX7 :-)

  • tinbeotinbeo

    "Vitaliy_Kiselev November 25

    Btw, we today purchased LX7 for hack."

    Did you start yet or wait till next year :-) ?

    Btw Happy New Year to all , looking to a new life for lx7. I really love 120 fps shooting of this camera.

  • mac006mac006

    My DIY timelapse gear.

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  • funboyfunboy

    Hi VK, I would like this camera very very much and all his features are perfect for me but one of this is very poor but very important I think.(and almost unique) The timelapse function is limited at only 60 shoot or 1 minute, this is crazy. Do you think that in your hack it's possible to remove this stupid limit?? Thanks very much.

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  • IliasGIliasG

    http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/comment/102534#Comment_102534

    "Interesting calculation (from Panasonic presentation)"

    But it's a terribly wrong calculation ... where every "error" gives advantage to LX-7 ... ARE THEY LIERS ???.

    • The area ratio at the displayed comparison (LX-7 at 4/3 RX-100 at 3/2) is 116.16/36.09=3.22 . Their 1.68 result is 1.68 stops (or else 1 2/3 in photographic terms).

    • 2.696x is 1.43 stops, not "about 1.6" as displayed ...

    more than this ..

    • At (LX-7 longest) 90mm RX-100's lens is f/4.5 not f/4.9 ...
    • At (RX-100's widest) 28mm LX-7's lens is f/1.6 not f/1.4 ...

    To make fair comparisons one should compare at the same FOV and the same frames.

    So for the common range of FOVs LX-7's aperture advantage (rounded to one decimal) is more like :

    28mm 1.3x (0.4 stops)

    90mm 3.8x (1.9 stops)

    The sensor area ratios (after full height 4/3 crop and full width 16/9 crop from RX-100's 3/2 frame) are ...

    Both at 4/3 = (11.738.80)/(6.905.23) = 2.86 (1.52 stops RX-100 advantage)

    Both at 3/2 = (13.208.80)/(7.144.82) = 3.38 (1.76 stops RX-100 advantage)

    Both at 16/9 = (13.207.43)/(7.514.27) = 3.06 (1.61 stops RX-100 advantage)

    The above combined give ..

    • more than 1 stop advantage for RX-100 at it's wide end (28mm)

    • about 1/3 stop advantage for LX-7 at it's long end (90mm)

    Look at this Graph from Dpreview.. http://4.static.img-dpreview.com/files/articles/2367736880/Graph.jpg?v=1881

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  • MountainKingMountainKing

    I got the LX7 now using amazon's 10% off on their WHD. Looking forward for Vitaly's hack this neat little cam.

    Cheers Jens

  • stoneystoney

    LX7 has shallower DOF than RX100 toward tele end.

  • oscillianoscillian

    @VK Allowing faster shutterspeeds for achieving exposure, right. But how about dynamic range?

  • jjayjjay

    Very interesting presentation/comparison ! Thanks !

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Interesting calculation (from Panasonic presentation)

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  • scipioscipio

    Hi to all, sorry but i am not very expert with video. I have a Panasonic Lx7 and i noticed that iMovie is not able to import the video made in AVCHD (.mts) 1920*1080 at 60P, but only at 60i or in .MP4 . Do you know any method to import directly in Imovie the video made in avchd at 60P ? I have tried to convert the .mts video in .mov and then to import them in iMovie, but the quality in horrible. Do you have any suggestion ? Thank you. Scipio

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Interesting comparison

    http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5366/gh2-gh3-and-lx7-resolution-charts#Item_3

  • mpgxsvcdmpgxsvcd

    @tinbeo

    I will do a comparison video for the video from the LX7, GH2, and GH3 if my GH3 gets here tomorrow.

  • tinbeotinbeo

    LX7 picture would match with GH2 as B cam? If yes then which setting is? Waiting for mine arrive and just wonder .

  • stoneystoney

    I'm an avid fan of Mr.Kwon, a well known photographer in South Korea. Here's his LX7 setting for photographers.

    http://tinyurl.com/c2wjlqd Crisp mode = Vivid mode.

    http://www.slrclub.com/bbs/vx2.php?id=panasonic_forum&page=1&divpage=23&select_arrange=headnum&desc=asc&no=124404

  • stoneystoney

    @VK hey not so fast. You brought 3D element to LX7 topic!!!

  • oscillianoscillian

    Sure looked as good as my recent viewing of Madagascar 3 at the cinema :)

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    @oscillian

    Thing is, it is not 3D :-) And never will be.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    LX7 video is better than smarphone video.

    Sorry? What is smarphone doing here?

  • oscillianoscillian

    I have already seen this on Samsung 3D TV. Really weird how they can make it work. One of my clients played back their wedding movie on it and I was stunned how good it looked: 24p GH2 material in 3D! The software seems to pick out foreground and background on the fly with no artifacts worth mentioning.

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