We are going to see both cameras this year, the LX4 and the compact MFT from Panasonic. And now it seems the LX4 is going to be announced first. There is a fair chance that Panasonic will announce the LX4 soon. How soon? Maybe in the next 1-2 weeks!
(FT2) Specs (sent us from a new source):
LX4 uses backside ilumination
LiveMOS 1/1.3 inch
and summicron lens (no interchangeable lens!)
Question: How big is a 1/1.3 inch sensor compares the 1/1.6 inch sensor?
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Wouldn’t that be a lovely move for Panasonic? A year after launching the LX3, for which they can’t keep up with demand, let alone supply the promised accessories for, they announce a successor. Maybe instead they should announce supporting the products they sell.
I thought 4 was an unlucky number in japan and china and it might be called the lx5?
The 1/1.3″ is almost 12% bigger than 1/1.6″
A straight-line extrapolation between a 2/3″ and a 1″ sensor would lead to the following dimensions for the 1/1.3″ sensor:
Width 10.4 mm
Height 9.6 mm
Area 81.12 mm^2
I wonder how close my approximation is to the real dimensions.
A straight-line extrapolation between a 2/3″ and a 1″ sensors would lead to the following dimensions for the 1/1.3″ sensor:
Width 10.4 mm
Height 7.8 mm
Area 81.12 mm^2
I wonder how close my approximation is to the real dimensions.
12% bigger, but with a likely greater pixel count. Should be interesting to see how much “real” improvement there is.
“4” is good number in Japan.
1.6/1.3 = 1.23.
1.6″ and 1.3″ are the diagonal of the format, for the area of the sensor the diference is 1.23 * 1.23 = 1.51.
The 1/1.3″ sensor is more than 50% bigger that the 1/1.6″ sensor !!!
And the 1/1.3″ is back illuminated : more gain of sensitive area :-).
Enjoy the progress 🙂