Originally posted by UncleVanya I own an LX-7 and love Panasonic menus and controls. The LX-7 was my only camera in 2016 in London and Paris. It was well worth its weigh in gold. So the LX100 was my thought for a future travel camera. But my dad ended up with a Sony RX100IV that he fell out of using. I tried it reluctantly. Wow. It was fantastic. Looking at test data it equals the LX100 but is small enough to pocket. So I highly recommend looking at the nicer modern 1” sensor cameras over the LX100. The mk II version of the LX100 might be worth the size difference but I’m not sure. Of course I haven’t used the LX100. I did however own quite a few m43 bodies and lenses (recently sold a bunch) but the RX100 made my m43 kit less relevant to me.
Thanks, that's all helpful info. I've already decided that I'll be upgrading the little TZ70 to a larger sensor compact at some point over the next few months, so first person real world experience is always useful. I'll hit Flickr to look at some RX100 samples.
The thing that's keeping the LX100's nose ahead of the field for me at the moment is the direct shutter speed dial and aperture ring for fully manual exposure. Of course all the other large sensor compacts also give you easy manual control in one way or another, but to my mind you just can't beat an old-fashioned shutter speed dial and aperture ring.