Alfonso Salgueiro | Photography
Lumix LX100 indoor lighting test
Since I got my new compact camera, the Panasonic LX100, I've been trying to know what are its strengths and weaknesses. This is a test I did while at work. I naturally use my full frame DSLR cameras for this type of assignment but I also put the little LX100 to test to see how it performed under such difficult lighting.
-This is a JPEG straight from the camera and apart from some minor adjustments in LR I didn't process the file.
-WB was pretty good I thought, it was set to Auto.
-Detail and sharpness aren't bad at all but the difference with a FF camera is pretty big.
-Auto focus was quick and accurate enough, so no complaints here.
-DR is quite good but again it can't compete with a FF sensor. Highlights specially I find suffer from a loss of detail.
-No noise reduction applied but some noise is visible in the highlight and shadow areas even at ISO 800. Not terrible but again this camera could not be used for professional work under these conditions.
-The one thing I love about this camera is the dedicated dial for aspect ratios. This photo was taken using the 16:9 ratio, which I am liking a lot. It is nice to previsualize these different ratios and not have to wait until one is at the computer processing the images.
-Handling is pretty good even for somebody with big hands like me.
All in all, I think for a compact camera the Lumix LX100 is pretty decent and a very enjoyable piece of equipment. I feel confident enough to take this camera everywhere with me knowing that for most situations I will be able to produce some decent quality images. However, for these lighting conditions the LX100 has its limitations. For other better lit scenes there is a noticeable improvement. I will do more tests one I find a decent software that can handle its RAW files.
Edit: I just found out Adobe Lightroom 5.7 and DNG Converter 8.7 have been released and include the codec for the Lumis LX100 RW2 raw files!!!! yeeeeeepiiii
www.the-digital-picture.com/News/News-Post.aspx?News=13918
Lumix LX100 indoor lighting test
Since I got my new compact camera, the Panasonic LX100, I've been trying to know what are its strengths and weaknesses. This is a test I did while at work. I naturally use my full frame DSLR cameras for this type of assignment but I also put the little LX100 to test to see how it performed under such difficult lighting.
-This is a JPEG straight from the camera and apart from some minor adjustments in LR I didn't process the file.
-WB was pretty good I thought, it was set to Auto.
-Detail and sharpness aren't bad at all but the difference with a FF camera is pretty big.
-Auto focus was quick and accurate enough, so no complaints here.
-DR is quite good but again it can't compete with a FF sensor. Highlights specially I find suffer from a loss of detail.
-No noise reduction applied but some noise is visible in the highlight and shadow areas even at ISO 800. Not terrible but again this camera could not be used for professional work under these conditions.
-The one thing I love about this camera is the dedicated dial for aspect ratios. This photo was taken using the 16:9 ratio, which I am liking a lot. It is nice to previsualize these different ratios and not have to wait until one is at the computer processing the images.
-Handling is pretty good even for somebody with big hands like me.
All in all, I think for a compact camera the Lumix LX100 is pretty decent and a very enjoyable piece of equipment. I feel confident enough to take this camera everywhere with me knowing that for most situations I will be able to produce some decent quality images. However, for these lighting conditions the LX100 has its limitations. For other better lit scenes there is a noticeable improvement. I will do more tests one I find a decent software that can handle its RAW files.
Edit: I just found out Adobe Lightroom 5.7 and DNG Converter 8.7 have been released and include the codec for the Lumis LX100 RW2 raw files!!!! yeeeeeepiiii
www.the-digital-picture.com/News/News-Post.aspx?News=13918