Panasonic GX8 vs Panasonic ZS25

Below is a extensive review of the Panasonic GX8 and Panasonic ZS25, former being a Advanced Mirrorless while the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom and both are offered by Panasonic. There exists a noticeable gap between the resolutions of the GX8 (20MP) and ZS25 (16MP) and the GX8 (Four Thirds) and ZS25 (1/2.3") enjoy different sensor measurements.

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The GX8 was unveiled 2 years later than the ZS25 and that is quite a sizable difference as far as technology is concerned. Both of the cameras offer different body type with the Panasonic GX8 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Panasonic ZS25 being a Compact camera.

Before going straight into a in-depth comparison, below is a quick view of how the GX8 scores vs the ZS25 for portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a preview of the gallery images for Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX8 & Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS25. The full galleries are available at Panasonic GX8 Gallery & Panasonic ZS25 Gallery.

For those who are going to lug around your camera, you will need to consider its weight and proportions. The Panasonic GX8 provides external dimensions of 133mm x 78mm x 63mm (5.2" x 3.1" x 2.5") accompanied by a weight of 487 grams (1.07 lbs) whilst the Panasonic ZS25 has measurements of 105mm x 59mm x 28mm (4.1" x 2.3" x 1.1") accompanied by a weight of 193 grams (0.43 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will vary depending on the lens you have attached at the time. Underneath is the front view over all size comparison of the GX8 versus the ZS25.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the GX8 and ZS25 is 74 and 93 respectively.

Quite often, its hard to imagine the contrast between sensor measurements only by going over technical specs. The photograph here might offer you a better sense of the sensor sizes in the GX8 and ZS25.

As you have seen, each of the cameras offer different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The GX8 having a bigger sensor is going to make achieving shallower DOF simpler and the Panasonic GX8 will offer extra detail having an extra 4 Megapixels. Higher resolution can also allow you to crop photographs a little more aggressively. The more modern GX8 should have a benefit in sensor innovation.