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Jman13 wrote:
The RX100 is more compact and is a very nice camera, but I prefer the Lx100 in almost any way. It's more comfortable to hold and shoot, has a bigger sensor and slightly better image quality, a better lens, better EVF (vs the RX100III), better video (by a big margin, native 4K). It's lower resolution but the other things make it a much more enjoyable camera to me.
LX100 is a pretty good camera overall, no disagreement there,but main thing that struck me with it is was its size.
It simply isn't gong to fit into a pocket the way the RX100 can, and as such, offered no unique carrying advantage over a ton of other smaller camera options to me.
To me, its a pretty black and white divide, either its true pocketable, or its not. There are no points for being pretty small, or almost pocketable, or ski parka pocketable etc.
Either I can slip a camera into my pants pocket and essentially forgot its there, or I'm carrying a camera by other means, such as around my neck/shoulder or in a small bag.
Now, nothing wrong with straps or shoulder bags, I happily use them quite often, but when I'm prepared to do that, well....then the options are vast in APC-S and ICLC m4/3 land, and in that field, I don't think the LX100 holds up as well, at least personally.
RX100 isn't perfect, but its the only camera I've owned that fits into the gap between either not wanting to even take a camera, and as such, use my Iphone, but also not wanting to commit to carrying an "actual" camera.
My iPhone has gotten some pretty good pics, and with stitching apps etc, it can actually do a lot. I have found no real benefit/need in carrying a typical P&S anymore. Just extra stuff in the pocket with no real IQ benefit. RX100 is enough of a camera it can present a pretty clear leap over the iPhone IQ though, as a "real" camera should.
To me, carrying the LX100 though didn't really make me feel I was gaining anything over carrying, say a Sony A6000. Camera like the A6000 has a better EVF, much faster AF, better IQ with its larger 24meg sensor, and a range of focal length options.
Main thing I liked about the LX100 was the video, but I simply don't do enough video to really need a $899 video camera, even if its pretty amazing we can now get a 4k camera under $1000
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