Panasonic LX-7 hands on review by Hosea

[MichaelLee]

how is video performance in terms of AF-C, zoom in and out, and the sound quality ? Can you upload a video and share with us ?
thanks..

 

[Hosea]

how is video performance in terms of AF-C, zoom in and out, and the sound quality ? Can you upload a video and share with us ?
thanks..

Video performance is very good with good sound quality. Video file is too big for uploading ..

 

[MichaelLee]

Video performance is very good with good sound quality. Video file is too big for uploading ..

upload to youtube, and provide a link here. need not too long, may be 1min would do that can show us how responsive zoom in zoom out, changing AF spot....

 

[Hosea]

upload to youtube, and provide a link here. need not too long, may be 1min would do that can show us how responsive zoom in zoom out, changing AF spot....

Done one at the Garden by the Bay ... i am impress by the AF & zooming. Let me try to see I can upload on my website; if not I would need to open an a/c with U-tube. Stay tune!!

 

[Hosea]

Any other Queries??
I have only few more hours of (tonight & tomorrow morning) to test...:what:

So far I have request on
1) Macro
2) Video

 

[MichaelLee]

Done one at the Garden by the Bay ... i am impress by the AF & zooming. Let me try to see I can upload on my website; if not I would need to open an a/c with U-tube. Stay tune!!

thanks, look forward...

 

[wonglp]

Mono-chrome looks good with high ISO at 1600 ; it has a film grain appearance.
LX7 is would be a great choice those Candid & Street photography.

F2.3, 1/25, ISO 1600, SHADE, Multi-Metering APERTURE PRIORITY, 108 MM FOCAL LENGTH OF LENS
Aspect ratio 1:1

Btw, how did you get 108mm? I see extra optical zoom in the specs so wondering what this is.

Any other Queries??
I have only few more hours of (tonight & tomorrow morning) to test...:what:

So far I have request on
1) Macro
2) Video

A couple more if you can find the time
- 11fps feature, what's buffer time to next shot after 11fps burst. With which speed of SD card?
- 250sec, this is impressive, don't even find in many pro level cameras. Possible to do a super long exposure > 1m (with ND feature) to test out some noise at lowest ISO 80?

Thanks for the effort!

 

[ed9119]

Any other Queries??
I have only few more hours of (tonight & tomorrow morning) to test...:what:

So far I have request on
1) Macro
2) Video

ok ok I spoke to Panasonic and you can use it until this weekend lolzzz !!! :bsmilie:


oh and .... need to let you know that this is a Pre-Production model of the LX-7 that is being reviewed .....one of only 2 pieces in Singapore currently

Your feedback will go back to Panny's firmware engineers

 

[ed9119]

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[Hosea]

Edd, that's great.. thanks.

 

[Hosea]

Hand held -Video recording on Garden by the Bay by LX7

I like the true color of this video and the sound is clear.
Select Motion Picture> Wind cut for a clear sound recording.
A tripod would be great for video recording.


Double-click the video (after enter into the website) to have a full screen view.
Take some time to download.. quite a long video.

Click below Video link
Zenfolio | Stanley Kay Photography | LX7 Review | Video 27

I selected AVCHD>SH and use Program AE.

Other setting selection are
Aperture Priority
Shuttle Speed priority
Manual Exposure and
High Speed Video

Types of Video selection are
Avchd -PSH, FSH, AVCHD
MP4-FHD, MP4-HD, MP4-VGA

 

[Hosea]

Btw, how did you get 108mm? I see extra optical zoom in the specs so wondering what this is.

The maximum zoom is 108mm; probably this is the max tolerance on top of the spec.max 90mm. On the LCD screen you can see X3.8 instead of X3 when using 90mm. This is not Optical zoom it was shown as turn off on the properties.



A couple more if you can find the time
- 11fps feature, what's buffer time to next shot after 11fps burst. With which speed of SD card?
- 250sec, this is impressive, don't even find in many pro level cameras. Possible to do a super long exposure > 1m (with ND feature) to test out some noise at lowest ISO 80?

Thanks for the effort!

The continuous fps is so fast. Set at 5fps and depress the shuttle ; it start snapping without you knowing how many frames you are shooting.
I thought I could hear the "click" sounds like the dslr ..LOL
Tested this on still life. I'm yet to test this on street moving subjects



Tested a 250sec shot. Singapore light pollution is bad for for long exposure. It still turns out quite ok. Will post the pix soon.
SD card : Ultra 20MB/s 16 GB SDHC SanDisk

 

[Hosea]

How bout the macro mode?

Look in forward is quite interested of all the feature with the monochrome output.

Thanks

Tested the macro; it looks good... will post some pix soon.

 

[Hosea]

ok ok I spoke to Panasonic and you can use it until this weekend lolzzz !!! :bsmilie:


oh and .... need to let you know that this is a Pre-Production model of the LX-7 that is being reviewed .....one of only 2 pieces in Singapore currently

Your feedback will go back to Panny's firmware engineers

Great news... Thanks Eddy & Panasonic .

 

[Daoyin]

Lx7 has an aperture ring; the screw cover can be unscrewed for lens accessories. Its design is different from LX5

Different between LX5 (Black) and LX7(White) lens ring .
The Auto lens cap for LX5 would not be suitable for LX7

I am still using the LX3 with the Pandabase tube enclosing the whole lens even when extended. With this I can use a UV or CPL filter. Looking at the pictures I cannot tell whether it is possible to do the same now that there is the aperture ring. Can you please check the possibility. Thanks.

 

[Hosea]

MACRO - Mini Orange
I like both the color and details .Simply Great

AF macro
Focal length4.7 mmFocal length (35mm)29 mm
Max lens aperture f/1.4

Exposure1/400 at f/1.4

Exposure bias0 EV

Exposure mode Auto

Exposure prog.Aperture priority

ISO speed ISO 640

Metering mode Pattern/Multi

Digital zoom0x

 

[Hosea]

I am still using the LX3 with the Pandabase tube enclosing the whole lens even when extended. With this I can use a UV or CPL filter. Looking at the pictures I cannot tell whether it is possible to do the same now that there is the aperture ring. Can you please check the possibility. Thanks.

Screw-thread adapter/tube cannot be used for LX7 due to the different design as shown below.
I believe the Adapter/tube manufacturer would need to produce something adaptable.

Reverse side of the Aperture Ring

 

[Hosea]

[FONT=&amp] Retouch [/FONT][FONT=&amp]function
Retouch is an interesting feature for simple & quick editing on the camera while preview the photos.
There are 14 options of Creative Retouch. I like Mono, Mini, STAR, Exps and Retr. [/FONT]

Wish list:cheers:
Include the Type of Creative Retouch instead of just "Retouch" in the EXIF( photo properties )
Adding a LOMO option in the Creative Retouch would be great



Original

Creative Retouch > Toy

Creative Retouch> IART

 

[Hosea]

Scene Mode Selection (SCN)> Panorama shot
Panorama shot with four options on the panning direction ( left<>Right and Down<>Up )

Creating a Panorama shot is simple by panning the camera on the selected scene. No editing/stitching editing process is required.:thumbsup:

 

[Hosea]

Tested a 250sec shot (with ND). Singapore light pollution is bad for long exposure. It still turns out fine and not grainy; but over exposed.
If time permit, I would try to locate a real dark location with interesting subject to test this again.
SD card: Ultra 20MB/s 16 GB SDHC SanDisk

Focal length17.7 mm Focal length (35mm)108 mm,Max lens aperture f/2.3,Auto Exposure,Manual
ISO speed ISO 80,Metering mode: Center-weighted average