Lab results

With its Four Thirds sensor and fast zoom lens, the LX100 II gives excellent image quality for a fixed-zoom compact. Its 17MP resolution is sufficient to make detailed A3 prints, and when shooting at low ISOs, there’s plenty of latitude in the raw files to pull extra detail out of the shadows. Its high ISO performance is also very good, with files being quite usable – if visibly noisy – at ISO 6400. Take into account the large-aperture lens, and there’s a case to be made that it will offer consistently high quality across a wider range of conditions than any of its peers.