The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX100 is the most capable compact camera that we've ever reviewed, offering a mouth-watering combination of cutting edge technology, excellent image quality, and intuitive handling.
http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/panasonic_lumix_dmc_lx100_review/
Real world sample images:
http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2014/10/13/panasonic-lx100-initial-gallery-posted
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/panasonic-lx100/panasonic-lx100GALLERY.HTM
The Techradar charts look really crazy when it comes to comparing JPEG dynamic range vs RAW dynamic range. LX7, Sony, Fuji RAW dynamic is much better than JPEG dynamic. How is possible?
Lab measurements available from Techradar now.
These charts actually look almost too good to be true to me. I haven't seen that much of a difference in the test shots by other reviewers.
A 100,- € price drop before the first units are shipped? One German dealer currently offers the LX100 for 799,- € instead of 899,- € like all the others. Might of course also be called a mistake once you order... haven't tried.
One spec that I'm not happy about: 1080p video recording bandwidth is limited to 28MBit/s, which as we all know is way too little. I wonder why Panasonic would support 100MBit/s recording for 4k, but only 28MBit/s for 1080p...
beautiful berlin. but where do the pixels in 2:25 come from?
The LX100 offers an impressive combination of lens and sensor, without the size that would be necessary for such a bright zoom lens if you were trying to get the same with an interchangeable lens camera, in fact the lens on offer here is brighter than the typical 24-70mm equivalent lens, such as the f/2.8 Panasonic 12-35mm Micro Four Thirds lens, and considerably smaller. The LX100 is one of very few digital cameras capable of recording 4K video and as one of the smallest currently available, this will be a big selling point of this camera.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5MdVoc-hQPU
ephotozine have posted their full review (after a preview and some sample, which were linked earlier in this thread).
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/panasonic-lumix-dmc-lx100-full-review-26173
Focus Numerique has now published detailed studio tests on the LX100's still image quality.
Ah, finally! Real test images!
Looking good to me - just as the GH4's, only with slightly lower resolution. I processed the ISO 25600 RAW sample shot using RawTherapee, just to see whether there's any trouble with it - worked without problems. And the result IMHO looks significantly better than the JPEG from the camera.
JPEG generated from the raw file using RawTherapee:
http://filebin.net/dd37rwlcz0/LX100hSLI25600NR1.jpg
JPEG from LX100, NR=6
http://216.18.212.226/PRODS/panasonic-lx100/FULLRES/LX100hSLI25600NR6D.JPG
Two (hopefully) new videos on the LX100 I hadn't seen yet:
And a lenghty hands-on:
Should we compare the Panasonic Lumix LX100 and the Lumix GX7 with an eye to finding a small good-quality camera, there seems at first not much to choose between them. The $899 we’d have to shell out for the Lumix LX100 would buy a Lumix DMC-GX7 with a standard zoom and we’d have a bit to spare towards another lens. But part of the attraction of the Lumix LX100 is its lens – the 24-75mm equiv. Leica F1.7-2.8 DC Vario-Summilux. The equivalent 12-35mm X Vario F2.8 for the Lumix DMC-GX7 costs as much as the Lumix LX100 on its own.
In addition, the Lumix LX100 has features that the Lumix DMC-GX7 can’t match: in-camera raw processing, depth-by-defocus focusing, 4K video, 11fps burst shooting, for example. It also has the features that make the Lumix DMC-GX7 an attractive camera to serious enthusiasts, such as Highlight Shadow curve adjustments, silent shooting mode, pinpoint AF, focus peaking and a level gauge.
Intentionally crippled.
Overheating could be one reason. If you run the sensor that long you will start to get excessive noise even at low ISO values. I do a lot of testing with this for Astrophotography. The cameras really start to overheat after minutes of exposure.
It also could just simply be that they don’t want people to buy a U.S. model to get around the European camcorder Tax. Probably the truth lies somewhere in-between both of these things.
@karl, agree
They should have shot the whole video on the LX100 for better quality, har har! :-)
It's refreshing to see a field test that is not just advertisement!
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