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Forget about Silkypix, they are so bad at developing RAW files nowadays that it shouldn't even be mentioned anymore. Try to develop your RAW files with latest Adobe Lightroom. It is like a...

You can either download Silkypix for Panasonic yourself ("SILKYPIX Developer Studio SE") or download the latest RC of Adobe Lightroom 4.2.I would go with Lightroom as Silkypix does a horrible job...

It is less bright but this is probably the smallest level of brightness you can get with LX7. I guess most of LCDs are LED back-lighted nowadays so you don't have much freedom in changing it and it...

There is brightness adjustment (second page in "Setup" section, "LCD Display" and "LCD Mode") and there is "sound off" for different events as well (first page in "Setup" section, "Beep" and...

I don't like jpegs from LX7. Blown highlight, no details in shadows. RX100 jpegs are much better. But if you choose to use RAW, LX7 is much better with RAWs than jpegs where as there is no...

I use my 7-14mm 80% of the time when shooting in cities. BUT you will have to do a heavy perspective correction to get astonishing results in most cases but it really worth it. I usually carry some...

It is pretty good at night too. At least not much worse than RX100, NEX-5N, or Nikon J1 I tried before. I did not even notice at first that shutter speed was 1/8s @4.7mm and 1/4s @ 13.7mm.

I used to have DSLRs then I bought GH2 when I compared the picture in its viewfinder to my Canon 5D (they were of the same size). Then I noticed that I never used its viewfinder so I bought LX5 and...

LX7 works pretty well for me. Its RAW files have better dynamic range than LX5 and easier to fix in Adobe Lightroom. The catch is that you really have to shoot RAW with LX7 to get decent results.I...

I also bought DMW-FA1 from Japan, getting it next week. 37mm is a pretty standard size so you can get a replacement cap with a hole for holding strip for less than $5 a pair.

You came with solution yourself. Permanent UV or protector or any other filter can be attached to the lens.The only thing you need is DMW-FA1 adapter and any 37mm filter you like (i.e. nice B+W MRC...

Old adapter won't work. Panasonic did not announce any adapter tubes or wide adapters so probably there won't be any for now. But I would't be so sure about the possibility to create an adapter...

18mm is not wide enough for me and it is not a zoom. I have Panasonic 7-14mm and planning to purchase a smallest Olympus body that will be introduced at Photokina soon to use it as an ultrawide...

Same trick with modifying RAW files works for FZ200 too, I just tried it.Just open a RAW file in some hex editor (for example "hexedit" which is a freeware: http://www.hexedit.com/ ) and replace...

LX7's built in filter is a ND8 filter (3 stops). More than enough considering its minimum shutter speed is 1/4000s (compared to 1/2000s on RX100).

This is exactly what I observed. The problem with RX100 is that it's picture quality is inconsistent. It is in most cases better than LX7 but there is something that made me return my RX100 and...

I tried a couple of times and there were visible streaking on the sky. Maybe later I will do a more consistent test. That's why wide and super wide angle lens is still better. Or even better to...

Thank you ipribadi,I am inclined to keep my LX7 for now, I really like its super fast autofocus and picture quality seems to be good. Comparing to LX5 it has at least 1 stop of a benefit because of...

In my previous daylight ISO test set color noise reduction was set to a default value (around 25) in Lightroom. Sharpening was set to a default value (about 25) for ISO80-ISO800 but with masking...

This is aylight ISO set (ISO80-ISO6400) from LX7 with links to original files. Once again, EXIF is showing LX5 but they are LX7 RAW modified files.I am actually trying to convince myself to keep...