Panasonic LX10 vs Sony A6400

Lets look a bit more closely at the Panasonic LX10 vs Sony A6400, former being a Large Sensor Compact while the latter is a Advanced Mirrorless by brands Panasonic and Sony. The image resolution of the LX10 (20MP) and the A6400 (24MP) is pretty well matched but the LX10 (1") and A6400 (APS-C) come with totally different sensor sizing.

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The LX10 was manufactured 3 years prior to the A6400 and that is quite a sizable difference as far as tech is concerned. Both cameras come with different body type with the Panasonic LX10 being a Large Sensor Compact camera and the Sony A6400 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before going straight into a thorough comparison, below is a concise summary of how the LX10 scores against the A6400 in regards to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a preview of the gallery images for Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX10 & Sony Alpha a6400. The entire galleries are provided at Panasonic LX10 Gallery & Sony A6400 Gallery.

For those who are looking to lug around your camera regularly, you're going to have to factor its weight and measurements. The Panasonic LX10 has got outer measurements of 106mm x 60mm x 42mm (4.2" x 2.4" x 1.7") along with a weight of 310 grams (0.68 lbs) and the Sony A6400 has proportions of 120mm x 67mm x 50mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 2.0") along with a weight of 403 grams (0.89 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you use during that time. Below is the front view over all size comparison of the LX10 and the A6400.

Looking at size and weight, the portability rating of the LX10 and A6400 is 88 and 83 respectively.

Often, its hard to envision the gap between sensor measurements simply by checking a spec sheet. The graphic underneath will help provide you a far better sense of the sensor measurements in the LX10 and A6400.

As you can see, each of these cameras have got different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The LX10 featuring a tinier sensor will make achieving shallow depth of field more challenging and the Sony A6400 will give extra detail due to its extra 4MP. Higher resolution will help you crop photographs much more aggressively. The older LX10 is going to be behind when it comes to sensor innovation.