I owned couple Fuji X before and I loved the IQ and low night performance, but I don't like the handling and the menu design it was sick and tired to use, so I decided to give MFT a try. I read a lot of good things about the LX100 especially the video capacity but I am not a video shooter, nowadays new camera must have 4K video capacity that I never use but have to pay for the feature. I don't know why people willing to spend the extra to gear up the camera to make it handles better for video shooting instead of go for a true video camera, and video camera shoot stills as well ! for video shooter, the LX100 with excellent video capacity but without a mic jack is unthinkable. I don't see why a camera that size doesn't have on board flash, the included tiny flash draws power from internal battery anyway ! the Fuji XT1 is different coz it is not a fixed lens camera, not a camera built for convenience, but if I want EVF I've no better choice than the LX100 !

2017 roundup not much different than 2016's, there are many cameras that were released >2014! I'll never spend $500-$1000 on a 4-5 year old camera!! I wish the release date was prominently posted as a spec on DPR reviews. Would be more relevant to feature NEW contenders. Apple products are inherently different, but this is a great example: https://buyersguide.macrumors.com

Funny how these roundups never seem to include able contenders that are no longer made, like the Olympus XZ-2. That wouldn't be because you need to help your advertisers sell product, would it?

I have the Canon G9X ii. It takes good pics like any other one-inch-type sensor, although limited by focal range and shutter speed. It has the same basic sensor as the Sonys that cost significantly more.

The huge advantage of the G9X is how small it is. I have medium size hands and it's very small. It can fit in pretty much any pocket (except super tight jeans, which I don't wear anyway).

I had the original G9X (mark I) and it actually survived about twelve hours in a violent storm on my patio table. I thought it would be destroyed. But after pulling the battery and drying it out it roared back to life.

I bought the mark ii because it has a significantly faster frame rate. That's really the only difference I can tell.

It's very small but quite heavy (for its size). I like that.

This is my outdoors camera. I was sick of lugging the 6D and lenses on hikes.

Currently it's $429. Good price.

The optic is miserable, one of the worst ever produced with the label Leica. Then why a 16 MP sensor which delivers only 12MP? I think the LX 100 will never have a successor. Since 2 years people are waiting for a replacement (LX200) but nothing comes! This line is dead! Sony is the only one which managed to pack in a small body what is needed. But also there we have issues like overheating and very short batterylife. The LX 100 is only something for Vloggers.

I very much appreciate the time and effort that goes into the DPR reviews and camera roundups, and I have, indeed, used them many times as "decision support tools" in deciding which cameras to buy. So kudos to all at DPR for your hard work and professionalism. Put a Gold Star on your chart.

But don't you think it about time to start carping -- loud and long and insistently -- about the lack of an optical viewfinder or electronic viewfinder on some of these cameras? As you know, it's a fairly common occurrence to get into a situation where you can't see the backscreen to compose the shot . . . then you have to do a workaround, like shade it with your hand or a hat, etc.

So, how about it folks . . . let's take some points off -- and complain about it -- in those reviews where the camera has no OVF or EVF, especially when it can't be added even as an option. Whaddya say?

Love my LUMIX ZS100. Much sharper than reviewers would have you believe.

Wishing for a camera that doesn't exist is a sure fire way to get flack here, but here goes nothing:

Features and style of the LX100 + latest 1 inch sensor (or even the latest 20mp M43) = something I'd probably buy, since I've come to dislike lugging an ILC around when I'm not specifically on a photo trip. Sure the Sony has the EVF etc, but it's also an incredibly dull thing to use.

Can we have a 50-150 equivalent from sombody? I want a camera for taking pictures of people, my family, I never use the wide end of any of the zooms I currently own for this task. Must have touch screen, must face face recognition and focus tracking, preferably recognising and tracking eyes.... SIMPLE control interface! FEWER options are BETTER!!!

I'd like one of these cameras to have a 35-210 lens please. The ZS-100 stretches this out to 25-250 and it has to be the case that a 35-210 could be a bit faster and produce a bit better images.

I'd also like to suggest a specialist camera, with maybe an 80-300 lens. Again, this ought to allow a better lens, if you're comfortable with the range.

I have the lx10 and love it.. first bought and returned the Sony rx100 v and didn't think the hi price justified the small cramped body although IQ and performance was top notch.. picked up the lx10 used for half the price and love the larger build, 4K photo modes, amazing macro, a bit sharper lens and touch me screen... well worth the $500..

I have a G7X II since half a year as always-carry-on camera and don't regret it. I tried Lumixs and Sonys at last year's Photokina and didn't like their handling. Canon has a easy to use interface, I like that. Focusing via touch screen works great and it even tracks the subject. Picture quality is much closer to APS-C cameras than smartphones. Really impressive.

The lens is not 100% sharp and battery life is poor, but I don't care. As I said, it's my always-carry-on camera. For situations where I care, I take my APS-C camera.

I stll prefer my pana GM5 that stacks up superior

I purchased a Sony RX100 V at christmas, hoping to replace/upgrade an aging Canon S100 as my pocketable, carry-at-all-times camera; displeased with, but willing to accept, the added bulk, in exchange for much superior iq.
While I need the S100's 120mm eq reach-- I thought, with much superior iq, I could crop Sony's 70mm, 20mp image for equivalent tele results; & reap amazing benefits at shorter fl. But what I found was the RX100-V's lens was so soft at 70mm eq that I could get superior daylight tele, even w overcast/dusk, with my S100.
Subsequently, I spotted the 3/31/17 DPR lens critique wrt 'Roger's Law of Wide Zoom Relativity'
Clearly, tele performance becomes more consequential w "enthusiast" fixed-lens cams than with interchangeable lenses. And cam comparisons would benefit by addition of evaluation at the tele long end. Esp for models with limited zoom range, over which one would think "optimum" perf could be maintained.

Oh ricoh where art thou snap focus small camera solution's will there never be a gx200 type camera ever again????

Five iterations of Sony and they still haven't put a touch screen in to allow moving the focus point readily.
Well you can always hope sixth time is the charm.

Two and a half years after its release, the Pany LX100 still remains competitive.
However, it is disappointing that Panasonic has not issued a firmware upgrade to fix the unnecessary lens extensions/retractions cycles that are the reason why many are getting dust inside the lens.
I wont buy another Pany fixed lens camera unless they fix this simple but important issue.

I recently picked the G7X II over the LX10. The LX10 has a headline grabbing f1.4 aperture, but it drops to f1.8 after 1mm of zoom! And then it is nearly a stop slower at 34mm equivalent vs the G7X II lens. I think most people shoot 28-50mm more than they do 24mm, so I feel like the G7X has the faster lens in the real world.

On the long end, the bg blur potention for portraits at 100mm f2.8 is about 1.4x greater than 70mm f2.8. So it's almost like having a stop faster aperture there as well.

The G7X also has an nice built in grip on the front and thumbrest on the rear.

LX10 really only has 4K going for it. Too bad Canon can't seem to figure out that people want that in their cameras, because I think it has many dismissing an otherwise nearly perfect compact.

As a long-time user of Canon and Nikon (D)SLR cameras, I recently bought a Panasonic LX10 which totally impresses me. Not surprised to see it gets the "Best Overall" recommendation as I've been telling my friends about it.

I certainly can't disgree with the recommendations, i've been hovering over them as to purchase as well as the G9X II.

IMO, the G9XII should get honorable mention as being the most compact and go-to capable of the bunch.

the difference in size between all these cameras (and weight) is completely understated in this comparison and is one of the more important factors.

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the chosen cameras esp the panasonics totally punch above their price class, amazing cameras, but lack the one thing that a compact camera should be .. compact.

they are in the difficult size as being big enough not to carry everywhere with you.

Question... if "Nikon abandoned the DL-series before they were ever launched" as you just said, then why still show on your database?

Amazon has some interesting pricing.

They will sell you a Sony RX100V for $998, or you can buy one for $1,098 and get a "free $100 gift card."

Does Amazon imagine their customers cannot do math?

First one to incorporate a mic jack and a fully articulating screen gets my heart ;)

RX100M5 battery life is not bad at all. I use it since 5 months now and i shoot usually 300-400 picture with one battery. Before i had the G5X who made MUCH less. I've tried the LX10 who is also much worser (but i only tried it 3 days so i can't really talk about the LX10) ;o)

Also i can't understand how the featureset can overhelm the interface...
Once you've setup the camera and adapted the functions Quick acess menu to your needs where is there any problem ?

Right for the lens. It's a bit short. But it's so much better than the G5X that i prefer the shorter one.

Right also for the price. But the RX100M5 has a few unique features that you can't find on other cameras. So i think the price can be justified. I sale pictures and for me the feature set (Burst rate and camera overall speed, exceptionnal AF, really small) was more important than the price.

Nice Panasonic sponsored article.

RX100V kills LX10 in every aspect but LX10 is recommended ... not to mention EVF, Phase AF and stabilization in 4K mode (which are all absent in LX10).

Could have added Fuji X70 to this comparison

Congratulations to Panasonic for their clean sweep. I suppose this should lay to rest all speculation that Dprevieww is biased towards Sony or Canon.

All of these cameras seem pretty nice. I could be happy with any of them as a travel camera.

The really interesting thing here is that DPReview has grouped together cameras released over a five year period (2012-2017) while previously these roundups were mostly for a two year batch of cameras.

This really says a lot about product maturity, and could help explain why camera sales are down so much. Every new model is essentially competing with the ones made during the last few years on the used market whenever the new improvements are slight and the new price keeps climbing higher.

If you would give the quality of the JPEG engine a decent weight in the consideration, the Panasonic would never have deserved a top recommendation. De RX100 mark V seems to do well, the Canons probably too. Another note: the article complains about lens softness of the Canons, but the Pana output is at least as soft. For me the Pana is therefore a strange top pick.

Soooo boring! All these cameras are already so old - most were already in last year's roundup. Geez things have stagnated in this market!

“The RX100 V takes the previous iteration and cranks it up to 11.” :D

Regarding the G7XII: "An additional bonus is above-average battery life for cameras of this size and class[...]." At 0:55 in the video, it is critized for "short battery life" ?

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX100 is absolutely great. IMHO the best choice. IQ is stunning for such compact camera.

Huh, interesting sweep for Pana... Being invested into M4/3 (and having a GM1), the G9x is still the only one I find somewhat attractive... Largely because it's pocketable and the rest aren't. The price makes it tempting too, would like to see Pana/Sony take a stab at an ultra compact 1" tho...

Hi Dpreview, how could you not include the DL?

I noticed that the Canon G3X isnt even on this list, I guess due to it not being pocketable. I may have not seen it yet, and will look in "advanced zooms". I really decided on it because of its resistance to dust, etc. I have a Sony compact 20x zoom, but after 3 yrs. it has a black blotch which ruins any photo. My Canon xti is still going strong, but due to neck and back issues, tend to not GRAB and go. Ive always loved the IQ because my 1st slr was Canon ae-1, in 1976. UNFORTUNATELY, even against my better judgement, ordered G3x from 42nd St. SCAMMERS of the internet, and got 1058.00 charged after the 699.00 add price. My bank is working on this one. My Sony phone takes great shots, for small sensor, so I won't be buying anymore compacts without weather sealing of any kind. They're expensive disposables. WHY, alllllll these cameras, technology, but sealing like the G3x nowhere to be found?? Thank you DPr for having the scam on 42nd st. I just saw it too late.

...but beware: non of these cameras mentioned on these round up has weather sealing that protect itself from dust and moisture overtime. My canon s100 was wasted due to stuck lense due to dust and canon refused to fix it.