Compact Body Compact body of Panasonic LX5 makes it much easier to carry it with you all day.
271g This camera is so light that you can comfortably carry it around all day.
RAW shooting capability RAW files contains much more color information compared to JPEGs, and gives you more room for post processing without significant quality loss. They provide wider dynamic range and option to recover shadow and highlight clipping to some degree.
Body Thickness 43mm With a thickness of 43mm,Panasonic LX5 is not a pocketable camera for sure.
3.8X Optical Zoom Having a camera with higher zoom ratio would be more practical.
Small 1/1.63" (8.07 x 5.56 mm) sensor Panasonic LX5's small sensor struggles in low light situations compared to larger sensor.