Panasonic G95 vs Panasonic LX5

Its time to look a bit more closely at the Panasonic G95 and Panasonic LX5, former is a Advanced Mirrorless while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact and both of them are produced by Panasonic. There is a large difference between the image resolutions of the G95 (20.3MP) and LX5 (10MP) and the G95 (Four Thirds) and LX5 (1/1.63") posses different sensor measurements.

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The G95 was introduced 7 years after the LX5 which is quite a serious difference as far as tech is concerned. Each of these cameras feature different body design with the Panasonic G95 being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Panasonic LX5 being a Compact camera.

Before delving straight to a complete comparison, here is a concise view of how the G95 matches up against the LX5 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall mark.

This is a preview of the gallery images for Panasonic Lumix DMC-G95 & Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5. The whole galleries are viewable at Panasonic G95 Gallery & Panasonic LX5 Gallery.

If you're intending to travel with your camera often, you will need to factor its weight and volume. The Panasonic G95 offers outer measurements of 130mm x 94mm x 77mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 3.0") along with a weight of 536 grams (1.18 lbs) and the Panasonic LX5 has sizing of 110mm x 65mm x 43mm (4.3" x 2.6" x 1.7") and a weight of 271 grams (0.60 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will vary depending on the lens you choose at that moment. Here is a front view proportions comparison of the G95 versus the LX5.

Taking into consideration size and weight, the portability rating of the G95 and LX5 is 67 and 88 respectively.

Usually, it can be difficult to visualize the gap between sensor dimensions only by checking specs. The image underneath will help give you a far better sense of the sensor sizing in the G95 and LX5.

All in all, both cameras feature different resolutions and different sensor dimensions. The G95 with its bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallower depth of field easier and the Panasonic G95 will give greater detail using its extra 10.3 Megapixels. Higher resolution will make it easier to crop photographs way more aggressively. The more modern G95 should have a benefit in sensor technology.