Both Panasonic LX10 and Samsung NX200 have 20.0 MP resolution sensors but Panasonic LX10's sensor is 1″ (13.2 x 8.8 mm ) and Samsung NX200's sensor is APS-C (23.5 x 15.7 mm ).
Since Samsung NX200'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 LX10.
Below you can see the LX10 and NX200 sensor size comparison.
As seen above, Samsung NX200 has a 3.2x Larger sensor area than Panasonic LX10. 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 LX10 and Samsung NX200 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, LX10 has scored 70, 1 points higher than NX200.
Model |
Overall |
Color Depth |
Dynamic Range |
Low-light ISO |
Panasonic LX10 |
70 |
22.8 bits |
12.5 Evs |
581 ISO |
Samsung NX200 |
69 |
22.6 bits |
12.6 Evs |
618 ISO |