DPReview TV: Panasonic LX100II

• 6 years ago

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

Panasonic LX100II: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama