Panasonic Lumix GF5 review

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By Amy Davies
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Panasonic Lumix GF5
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As part of our image quality testing for the Panasonic GF5, we've shot our resolution chart with a Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM lens mounted.

Our results from the lab have been compared against the Panasonic GF3, Panasonic G3, Olympus E-PM1, Nikon 1 J1, Sony NEX-C3 and Samsung NX200.

If you view our crops of the resolution chart's central section at 100% (or Actual Pixels) you will see that, for example, at ISO 200 the GF5 is capable of resolving up to around 22 (line widths per picture height x100) in its highest quality JPEG files.

See a full explanation of what our resolution charts mean, and how to read them, in our noise and dynamic range tests article.

Examining images of the chart taken at each sensitivity setting reveals the following resolution scores in line widths per picture height x100:

Panasonic GF5 review: resolution ISO 200

Panasonic GF5 review: Resolution ISO 160

ISO 160, score: 22 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

Panasonic GF5 review: Resolution ISO 200

ISO 200, score: 22 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

Panasonic GF5 review: Resolution ISO 400

ISO 400, score: 22 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

Panasonic GF5 review: Resolution ISO 800

ISO 800, score: 20 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

Panasonic GF5 review: Resolution ISO 1600

ISO 1600, score: 20 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

Panasonic GF5 review: Resolution ISO 3200

ISO 3200, score: 18 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

Panasonic GF5 review: Resolution ISO 6400

ISO 6400, score: 16 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

Panasonic GF5 review: Resolution ISO 12800

ISO 12800, score: 12 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

Raw images

Panasonic GF5 review: resolution ISO 160

ISO 160, score: 22 (Click here to see full resolution image)

Panasonic GF5 review: resolution ISO 200

ISO 200, score: 22 (Click here to see full resolution image)

Panasonic GF5 review: resolution ISO 400

ISO 400, score: 22 (Click here to see full resolution image)

Panasonic GF5 review: resolution ISO 800

ISO 800, score: 22 (Click here to see full resolution image)

Panasonic GF5 review: resolution ISO 1600

ISO 1600, score: 20 (Click here to see full resolution image)

Panasonic GF5 review: resolution ISO 3200

ISO 3200, score: 16 (Click here to see full resolution image)

Panasonic GF5 review: resolution ISO 6400

ISO 6400, score: 16 (Click here to see full resolution image)

Amy Davies
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.