Buying a multipurpose camera - Panasonic DMC-LX15

What I took into account when buying my first camera.

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As I personally decided that year 2018 will be a year of content for me it was about time to finally buy my first camera. I have spent some time on the research and this might help you if you have similar needs as I.

Main criteria

I don’t want to be photography or videography pro and because of that, I was looking for a compact camera which won’t require much more investments as I will learn to use it and will find the new and more fitting way of using it. Because of recent years boom in amateur video space (mostly vloggers), it was obvious to me where to look for suggestions. I’ve started my search by looking for “best camera for a vlogger” although I didn’t know at this moment if I would do any vlogs myself I knew that I’d rather prefer recording over taking pictures. That leads me to two camera models Canon G7X Mark II priced at about $679 and Sony RX100 V for about $999. I used youtube to get the basic info about those two camera models.

Big thanks to all authors for sharing your insights.

Helping hand at the store

At the store, I was lucky enough that I bumped into a salesperson who was a true maniac and was able to suggest another model for me. I was convinced I am gonna get the Canon G7X because it was noticeably cheaper, worked better in low light but it was lacking 4K and slow motion support and don’t even get me started on autofocus. The guy suggested the Panasonic DMC-LX15 which have all that I wanted and was in the same price range as Canon. Here is a breakdown of the features that I used to make my decision.

Feature Canon G7X (Mark II) Panasonic LX15 Sony RX100
4K NO YES YES
Slow Motion NO 100fps at 1080p up to 150fps
Touch Screen YES YES NO
Auto Focus Quality POOR VERY GOOD EXCELLENT
Optical zoom 4.2x 3x 2.9x
Price $679 $695 $999

I decided to go with Panasonic and am very curious what I will do with it. Hopefully, you will see some footage in near future.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX15

Other Accessories

Ok, so we have the camera, what next? I always like to be prepared to do everything I might want even though often I am left with more hardware I actually use but we all have some weaknesses and mine is that I like gadgets :). So what I also bought:

And what also I’d like eventually to get:

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