Both Panasonic GF2 and Ricoh GXR GR Lens A12 28mm have 12.0 MP resolution sensors but Panasonic GF2's sensor is Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm ) and Ricoh GXR GR Lens A12 28mm's sensor is APS-C (23.6 x 15.7 mm ).
Since Ricoh GXR GR Lens A12 28mm'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 GF2.
Below you can see the GF2 and GXR GR Lens A12 28mm F2.5 sensor size comparison.
Sensor Size and Resolution Comparison image of Panasonic GF2 and Ricoh GXR GR Lens A12 28mm Cameras
As seen above, Ricoh GXR GR Lens A12 28mm has a 1.6x Larger sensor area than Panasonic GF2. 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.
Sensor size sets the circle of confusion, so it drives how much depth of field each
of these bodies gives you at a given aperture. You can calculate it exactly for the
Panasonic GF2
or the
Ricoh GXR GR Lens A12 28mm ,
including hyperfocal distance.
One thing to watch when comparing these two: they have different sensor sizes
(Four Thirds versus APS-C),
so compare them at the same framing rather than the same focal length.
Put the same focal length on the smaller sensor and it will show less depth of
field, not more, because it also crops tighter. The calculator shows the
full frame equivalent focal length for each body so you can match the framing.
