Both Panasonic LX10 and Samsung NX2000 have 20.0 MP resolution sensors but Panasonic LX10's sensor is 1″ (13.2 x 8.8 mm ) and Samsung NX2000's sensor is APS-C (23.5 x 15.7 mm ).
Since Samsung NX2000'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 NX2000 sensor size comparison.
Sensor Size and Resolution Comparison image of Panasonic LX10 and Samsung NX2000 Cameras
As seen above, Samsung NX2000 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
DxOMark is a benchmark that scientifically assesses image quality of camera sensors. It 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. Panasonic LX10 and Samsung NX2000 sensors have been tested by DxO and the results show that NX2000 has a better overall score of 75, 5 points higher compared to LX10's score of 70.
Model
Overall
Color Depth
Dynamic Range
Low-light ISO
Panasonic LX10
70
22.8 bits
12.5 Evs
581 ISO
Samsung NX2000
75
23.4 bits
12.3 Evs
908 ISO
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 LX10
or the
Samsung NX2000 ,
including hyperfocal distance.
One thing to watch when comparing these two: they have different sensor sizes
(1″ 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.
