Both Panasonic LX100 and Canon G1 X II have 13.0 MP resolution sensors but Panasonic LX100's sensor is Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm ) and Canon G1 X II's sensor is 1.5-inch (18.7 x 14 mm ).
Since Canon G1 X II's has a larger sensor area with the same resolution, this means that it also has a larger pixel area hence better light collecting capacity for a given aperture compared to Panasonic LX100.
Below you can see the LX100 and G1 X MII sensor size comparison.
As seen above, Canon G1 X II has a 1.2x Larger sensor area than Panasonic LX100. Larger sensors give photographer more control on the depth of field and blurry background compared to smaller sensor when shot in same focal length and aperture.
DxOMark Sensor Scores
Both Panasonic LX100 and Canon G1 X II sensors have been tested by DxoMark. DxoMark scores camera sensors for color depth (DXO Portrait), dynamic range (DXO Landscape) and low-light sensitivity (DXO Sports), and also gives them an overall score. Of the two cameras that we are comparing, LX100 has scored 67, 9 points higher than G1 X MII.
Model |
Overall |
Color Depth |
Dynamic Range |
Low-light ISO |
Panasonic LX100 |
67 |
22.3 bits |
12.5 Evs |
553 ISO |
Canon G1 X II |
58 |
21.5 bits |
10.8 Evs |
581 ISO |