Panasonic LX3 vs Panasonic ZS30

Its time to take a more detailed look at the Panasonic LX3 vs Panasonic ZS30, one being a Small Sensor Compact and the latter is a Small Sensor Superzoom and both of them are designed by Panasonic. There is a sizeable difference between the sensor resolutions of the LX3 (10MP) and ZS30 (18MP) and the LX3 (1/1.63") and ZS30 (1/2.3") use different sensor measurements.

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The LX3 was launched 5 years before the ZS30 and that is quite a large gap as far as tech is concerned. Each of the cameras offer the identical body type (Compact).

Before getting through a more detailed comparison, below is a simple highlight of how the LX3 scores versus the ZS30 when it comes to portability, imaging, features and an overall rating.

Here is a preview of the gallery images for Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 and Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS30. The complete galleries are provided at Panasonic LX3 Gallery and Panasonic ZS30 Gallery.

For anybody who is intending to carry your camera, you need to factor in its weight and dimensions. The Panasonic LX3 provides outer measurements of 109mm x 60mm x 27mm (4.3" x 2.4" x 1.1") with a weight of 265 grams (0.58 lbs) whilst the Panasonic ZS30 has dimensions of 105mm x 59mm x 28mm (4.1" x 2.3" x 1.1") having a weight of 198 grams (0.44 lbs).

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Remember, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ based on the lens you have at the time. Following is the front view dimension comparison of the LX3 versus the ZS30.

Taking into consideration size and weight, the portability score of the LX3 and ZS30 is 91 and 92 respectively.

Generally, its difficult to imagine the gap between sensor sizing simply by checking technical specs. The graphic here will give you a clearer sense of the sensor measurements in the LX3 and ZS30.

As you have seen, both the cameras enjoy different megapixel count and different sensor sizing. The LX3 due to its bigger sensor is going to make shooting bokeh simpler and the Panasonic ZS30 will give you more detail utilizing its extra 8 Megapixels. Higher resolution will also enable you to crop photographs far more aggressively. The older LX3 is going to be disadvantaged in sensor innovation.