Should I buy the LX7?

having owned an LX-7 for a month, everything people say is true. It is great.

However, I ended up with an RX100. The main reason is that the IQ is better, although the RAW is well,, raw.

I find the size of the RX100 great, plus there is no need to remember to take off the lens cap. I also find the lens sharp (in the centre, but a bit soft at the edges at A0 size.

I actually find the usr interface pretty good, it has upper and lower limits on the auto iso, and, the function button can toggle between some 7 functions. I have mine set to metering and iso in that order.

Hi iso (above 1600) is actually impressive, and more than compensates for the two stops one gains with the LX-7's f2.3 at max zoom.

But, DOF is much shallower, than the LX-7 and, IS is not really as good as the LX-7.

The LX-7 has better AF-C, but, I'm not sure how useful that really is on a P&S.

The flash can be used to bounce, also. And, the extra bit of zoom helps.

However, I think you won't be too sorry with either. My tests show the LX-7 at 400iso is almost as good as the D700 at 3200iso, which, I think is spectacular, since, f2.3 at 400iso and 1/50 is rather dark!

One last minor negtaive for the RX100, 20MP uncompressed RAW files take a while to open under LR4.3.

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karl reed