Panasonic LF1 review

Premium compact camera with EVF and Wi-Fi

Panasonic LF1 review
Despite its small size the LF1 houses a lens with focal length range equivalent to 28-200mm

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Images are generally well exposed when shooting with automatic metering, even with areas of reasonably high contrast.

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You can set the focusing method to macro focusing if you want to get detailed close-up shots.

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Colours are bright and well saturated, without being overly vibrant.

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At mid-range ISO sensitivities, such as ISO 400, noise starts to creep in, with image smoothing appearing if you examine the image at 100%.

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The Panasonic LF1's 12.1 million-pixel sensor is capable of capturing lots of fine detail.

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Panoramic images are easy to create using the dedicated mode - simply sweep the camera along the scene. If you examine the images at 100%, you will see evidence of camera movement and image blur.

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Higher sensitivities, such as ISO 1600, reveal a fair amount of noise and loss of detail.

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Amy Davies

Amy has been writing about cameras, photography and associated tech since 2009. Amy was once part of the photography testing team for Future Publishing working across TechRadar, Digital Camera, PhotoPlus, N Photo and Photography Week. For her photography, she has won awards and has been exhibited. She often partakes in unusual projects - including one intense year where she used a different camera every single day. Amy is currently the Features Editor at Amateur Photographer magazine, and in her increasingly little spare time works across a number of high-profile publications including Wired, Stuff, Digital Camera World, Expert Reviews, and just a little off-tangent, PetsRadar.