Image courtesy: Quesabesde
The Spanish magazine Quesabesde (google translation here) tested the Panasonic LX100. The LX100 convinces “in terms of performance, design, management and philosophy”. But Quesabesde also feels the JPG quality is the weak point of the package because RAW images are so much better. You can download the original RAW files on their site!
ThePhoBlographer tested the Olympus 40-150mm lens and wirtes:
Among any of the Olympus zoom lens offerings that we’ve tested, the 40-150mm f2.8 PRO is the one that I loved the absolute most and almost didn’t want to send back. It’s lightweight, fairly small for what it is, fast to focus, offers crisp image quality, is weather sealed, and won’t fail you when working. For the wedding, sports, portrait, or journalism photographer that needs to work with zooms, you should know that Olympus now has the best zoom lens lineup of any manufacturer in the mirrorless camera world.
And here are more LX100 and Olympus 40-150mm news:
Hands-on with the Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 Pro (Imaging Resource).
Canon PowerShot G7 X and Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX100 added to studio comparison (Dpreview).
LX100 gallery at CameraLabs.
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Panasonic preorders:
LX100 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto. Europe at WexUK.
GM5 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto. Europe at WexUK.
GM5 in red at Adorama.
35-100mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Olympus preorders:
Silver E-M1 body at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus. In Europe at Wex UK.
40-150mm f/2.8 PRO lens at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus. In Europe at Wex UK, Technikdirekt and Amazon.
LH-76 lens hood at Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus.
MC-14 1.4x teleconverter at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus.
PRF-ZD62 Z protection filter at Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus.
PRF-ZD72 Z protection filter at Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus.
General links to all new Olympus stuff at Adorama.
ALL new stuff announced at Photokina at Amazon.
22 Responses
I’ve asked Panasonic to tweak their JPEG engine, while a lot of us are RAW shooters, JPEGs is often what people see first so it’s best to get it right.
After using Fujifilm JPEGs, there is no excuse really.
From what I understand, the quality of live view, in body images reviews, EVF and jpegs are all linked together to a certain degree. Even if you don’t shoot jpegs, you should want a good jpeg engine.
But isn’t Panasonic’s bad rep a bit over done by relying too much on out of the box default set up? I mean, if anyone is going to shoot jpegs, that’s his or her freedom right there, but no matter which brand, the very least is to configure the damn thing before complaining…
Agree with you on principal of configuration.
That said, quality of Olympus JPEG on auto settings is very high.
And [even] Sony RX 100 auto JPEGs are quite decent.
So, Panasonic has a room for JPEG improvement…
The most common critique I read of Olympus’s jpegs is that the color saturation borderlines err on the over-saturated side. Whether there is truth to it or not is up for debate. I don’t really care actually. All I can say is should I start shooting jpegs and buy an Olympus, I would not stick to default.
My personal view on all this is that we should not critique a brand for their default decisions, but rather for how much, how well and how easily the jpegs can be configured.
…but hey, I’m a RAW shooter. I adjust my images all the time 😉
Wish I can do that as well…
But between work and family I barely have time to organize jpegs 🙂
I really don’t want to make it a ad hominem, just say it if you think I cross the line… …but configuring your in body jpegs -besides getting you to know your camera better and getting you to observe your own photographies better- really doesn’t take that much more time than replying back and forth on this forum…
Right, Oly has a good selection of color presets. If you don’t like vivid as default then simply change to natural.
But as far as I know, dpreview does not use default settings.
You would want better logic engine as your engine fails you.
There is no such thing as “JPEG Engine”. Period.
The JPEG algorithm is decades old now and all data is compressed with similar algorithms. It is just a file format for digital images. Nothing special on it.
The “magic” happens in camera CPU and its digital imagine algorithms and has NOTHING to do with JPEG.
You would want better logic engine as your engine fails you.
There is no such thing as “JPEG Engine”. Period.
The JPEG algorithm is decades old now and all data is compressed with similar algorithms. It is just a file format for digital images. Nothing special on it.
The “magic” happens in camera CPU and its digital imagine algorithms and has NOTHING to do with JPEG.
People who talk about “JPEG engine” is talking pure bullshit who have ZERO knowledge of the digital photography or computer science. It just makes them feel ‘superior’ to others when they know phrases like “JPEG Engine” that they can throw around.
In camera JPG has always been the weak point of Panasonic as compared to Olympus, so no surprise to hear that from the reviewer.
Wow, in the comparison tool LX100 looks the softest of all four on JPEG side…
The weak point indeed :(.
(And a5100 probably shouldn’t be in the same group in a first place: it’s way ahead of others.)
Agreed, the A5100 with kitlens is smaller than de LX100 but the image quality is so much better than the LX100. On top of that the A5100 is so much cheaper and you can change the lens.
The image quality of the A5100 with kitlens is certainly *not* better than LX100 etc. In the DPR comparison the A5100 was used with the big, expensive FE 55 mm prime!
So you should say “it might not be so bad”, not “is certainly not better”, fanboy.
LOL, you are comparing resolution, not IQ,
lx100 13mp, a5100 24mp,
why are people so ignorant
Boy am I excited about the call coming in for this lens. Seriously, a superb offering.
don’t get too excited, it could get wet…
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I’ll help you: do you still wet the blanket? Do you know what a blanket is?
I do still wet the blanket. And there are so many your mum jokes that would go down well here. If this is how you engage in the real world I can believe you may have been bullied.
These tests are crap, but one thing is clear by now: nobody needs m43 anymore, buy the compact cams instead and save a bunch of dosh.
SLR Gear test of 40-150
http://slrgear.com/reviews/showproduct.php/product/1741/cat/15