Panasonic GH3 vs Panasonic LX7

Its time to look a bit more closely at the Panasonic GH3 vs Panasonic LX7, former is a Advanced Mirrorless while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact and both of them are designed by Panasonic. There is a noticeable difference between the sensor resolutions of the GH3 (16MP) and LX7 (10MP) and the GH3 (Four Thirds) and LX7 (1/1.7") have different sensor sizes.

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The GH3 was launched very close to the LX7 so they are of a similar age. Both cameras have different body design with the Panasonic GH3 being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Panasonic LX7 being a Compact camera.

Before diving straight to a complete comparison, here is a simple summation of how the GH3 matches up against the LX7 with regard to portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

Following is a preview of the gallery images for Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 & Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX7. The complete galleries are viewable at Panasonic GH3 Gallery & Panasonic LX7 Gallery.

For those who are going to carry around your camera frequently, you'll need to factor in its weight and dimensions. The Panasonic GH3 comes with outer measurements of 133mm x 93mm x 82mm (5.2" x 3.7" x 3.2") with a weight of 550 grams (1.21 lbs) whilst the Panasonic LX7 has dimensions of 111mm x 68mm x 46mm (4.4" x 2.7" x 1.8") with a weight of 298 grams (0.66 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you have at that moment. Here is a front view sizing comparison of the GH3 vs the LX7.

Looking at size and weight, the portability grade of the GH3 and LX7 is 66 and 86 respectively.

Usually, it is very hard to visualize the contrast between sensor sizes just by reading through technical specs. The picture here may give you a greater sense of the sensor measurements in the GH3 and LX7.

As you can tell, the two cameras have different resolutions and different sensor sizes. The GH3 featuring a bigger sensor is going to make getting shallower DOF simpler and the Panasonic GH3 will give you more detail utilizing its extra 6MP. Higher resolution can also allow you to crop photographs a bit more aggressively.