Thread: DMC-LX7 preview

Here is the link for the DMC-LX7 preview from DP Review.

enjoy!

And here is a decent page for the LX7 from Panasonic

DMC-LX7 | PRODUCTS | LUMIX | Digital Camera | Panasonic Global

http://www.photographyblog.com/revie...mc_lx7_review/

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX7 Review | Digital Camera Resource Page

I have been downloading and playing with some of the images.....yummy!!!!!! Some are super sharp and crisp with great detail. Can't wait to get one!

I'm on the fence regarding the LX7... will there be a wide angle adapter for it? Not listed on the Panny LX7 page. I'm quite happy with my LX5, and dropping $500 on the LX7 is

I think we really need to wait and see once the camera is released and once there's raw support for both the RX100 and the LX7. The jpegs that have been used in various review comparisons are not close - the RX100 jpegs are better across the board and at higher ISO its not even remotely close. There wasn't a lot of difference between the LX5 and LX7 jpegs really.

BUT....

I saw a post on DPR from a guy who'd figured out how to fool Lightroom into processing the LX7 raw files - I think by relabeling them as LX5, but given the difference in sensor type I can't see how that would work?. Legit or not, the results were pretty impressive. Still not quite as good as the RX100 jpegs, but pretty close. And with the notably faster lens as you move through the zoom range, very possibly close enough to more or less equal the results at most focal lengths. He showed a processed 3200 shot that looked quite good and a 6400 shot that wasn't particularly horrible. And the lens appears to be sharper across the whole image. Then again, who knows how good the RX100 raws will be? How much better than the jpegs CAN they be? As impressed as I am with the RX100, there's still an awful lot I'd prefer about the LX7 if the images are good enough. If the reports are encouraging enough, I'll probably buy an LX7 once there's raw support for both, shoot with both for a few days, and then either return the LX7 or sell the RX100. I'm skeptical but open to the possibilities...

Everything else about the LX7 makes me drool, from the wider zoom range to the multi-aspect sensor to the size to the controls to the ability to use an EVF when the situation calls for it.... But if the images don't measure up or NEARLY measure up....

-Ray

The only main differences that I can see is the f/stop improvement, an incrementally slightly larger sensor, and there is now a 3-step ND filter.

Originally Posted by TraamisVOS

The only main differences that I can see is the f/stop improvement, an incrementally slightly larger sensor, and there is now a 3-step ND filter.

I believe the sensor is actually smaller...?

ah c**p, is it?

ah c**p, you're right. What's the deal with that?? I recall there was talk of it going 2/3" at one point?