Panasonic LX100 vs Pentax E70

Its time to take a more detailed look at the Panasonic LX100 and Pentax E70, one being a Large Sensor Compact and the other is a Small Sensor Compact by companies Panasonic and Pentax. There is a significant difference among the sensor resolutions of the LX100 (13MP) and E70 (10MP) and the LX100 (Four Thirds) and E70 (1/2.3") come with different sensor sizes.

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The LX100 was launched 5 years later than the E70 and that is a fairly sizable gap as far as camera tech is concerned. Both of these cameras come with different body type with the Panasonic LX100 being a Large Sensor Compact camera and the Pentax E70 being a Compact camera.

Before diving in to a comprehensive comparison, below is a brief view of how the LX100 scores versus the E70 when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

This is a sample of the gallery pics for Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX100 and Pentax Optio E70. The complete galleries are provided at Panasonic LX100 Gallery and Pentax E70 Gallery.

For anyone who is planning to lug around your camera often, you're going to have to take into account its weight and size. The Panasonic LX100 comes with exterior dimensions of 115mm x 66mm x 55mm (4.5" x 2.6" x 2.2") with a weight of 393 grams (0.87 lbs) whilst the Pentax E70 has specifications of 94mm x 61mm x 26mm (3.7" x 2.4" x 1.0") having a weight of 175 grams (0.39 lbs).

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Remember, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change dependant on the lens you select at the time. Below is the front view dimensions comparison of the LX100 vs the E70.

Taking into account size and weight, the portability grade of the LX100 and E70 is 83 and 94 respectively.

Often, it is hard to visualize the gap in sensor measurements purely by seeing a spec sheet. The photograph underneath will help give you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the LX100 and E70.

As you can see, both of those cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor measurements. The LX100 because of its larger sensor is going to make getting bokeh less difficult and the Panasonic LX100 will show extra detail utilizing its extra 3 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also enable you to crop pics somewhat more aggressively. The younger LX100 should have an edge in sensor technology.