Both Panasonic LX7 and Olympus XZ-1 have 10.0 MP resolution sensors but Panasonic LX7's sensor is 1/1.7-inch (7.44 x 5.58 mm ) and Olympus XZ-1's sensor is 1/1.63-inch (8.07 x 5.56 mm ).
Since Olympus XZ-1'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 LX7.
Below you can see the LX7 and XZ-1 sensor size comparison.
Panasonic LX7 and Olympus XZ-1 have almost the same sensor size, so neither of them has any significant advantage over the other in terms of providing control over depth of field when used with the same focal length and aperture.
DxOMark Sensor Scores
Both Panasonic LX7 and Olympus XZ-1 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, LX7 has scored 50, 16 points higher than XZ-1.
Model |
Overall |
Color Depth |
Dynamic Range |
Low-light ISO |
Panasonic LX7 |
50 |
20.7 bits |
11.7 Evs |
147 ISO |
Olympus XZ-1 |
34 |
18.8 bits |
10.4 Evs |
117 ISO |