DPReviewTV tested the Panasonic LX100II and they kept a lot of the features people loved. The LX100II is still a very tactile camera. Excerpts below:
- New Grip isn’t as good as the original
- They wish the EVF was better
- The back screen has improved and has a touch screen interface
- Much easier to select the focal point
- The back dial is still cheap plastic and it should have been improved
- Still no weather sealing
- Same lens as the original, which had trouble with sensor/lens dust.
- Minimal change in resolution as you change the aspect ratio
- New 20MP sensor gives you about 17MP of useful resolution
- New venus processing engine
- New color science, but the original was more realistic
- New filters
- The image quality has improved since the original
- Good Macro capability
- No flip out screen
- 4k Photo mode with focus stacking, pre-burst, etc…
- There is a 1.3x crop
- Compares very well against Sony/Canon compacts
- Should get an external charger in the box
- Bluetooth capable
- Motorized zoom is very slow just like the original
- Great battery life
- Improved buffer for burst shooting
- Single AF is very fast
- Continuous AF doesn’t work well
- IBIS is very good
- Least video-centric camera in their lineup
- 4k is soft and oversharpened
- Doesn’t show crop until you start recording
- One of the best timelapse cameras on the market
- They kept all of the good stuff the same but should have fixed more problems since the original is 4 years old
- Very comparable IQ to 1-inch sensors
- Very close to APS-C performance too
