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Thanks wda. I realise my question was vague.

I was under impression that on D-Lux 7 all formats including 1:1 would have the save MP size. But I see it is not so.

On the 1:1 they are only 12 MP as opposed to the 17 MP which was being narrated. Unless I missed any Fine Print!!

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11 minutes ago, HpS said:

Thanks wda. I realise my question was vague.

I was under impression that on D-Lux 7 all formats including 1:1 would have the save MP size. But I see it is not so.

On the 1:1 they are only 12 MP as opposed to the 17 MP which was being narrated. Unless I missed any Fine Print!!

That is right. Some alternatives are cropped and use a smaller part of the sensor area. But 12 MP is very usable, for many purposes.

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On 3/11/2022 at 7:07 AM, HpS said:

Thanks wda. I realise my question was vague.

I was under impression that on D-Lux 7 all formats including 1:1 would have the save MP size. But I see it is not so.

On the 1:1 they are only 12 MP as opposed to the 17 MP which was being narrated. Unless I missed any Fine Print!!

Go to this review page from dpreview for the Panasonic LX-100 II (the camera the D-Lux 7 is based on).

https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonic-dc-lx100-ii/2

The second image shows how each format is cropped from the full 20-Mpixel sensor area. Hover your cursor over the format labels at the bottom of  the image to see each format (area of the sensor used, and pixel dimensions - e.g. 3552 x 3552 for "1:1"

The field of view (How wideangle the lens renders across the diagonal of the format) is consistent for the rectangular formats - they all just fit into the image circle of the lens. They provide Mpixel areas of about:

4:3 - 16.8 Mpixels
3:2 - 16.0 Mpixels
16:9 - 15 Mpixels

For whatever technical reason, the 1:1 format is actually cropped twice - first to the 17 Mpixel 4:3 format, and then again to the 1:1 format. For about 12.5 Mpixels.

The "fine print" describing the formats' pixel dimensions appears in  a table in Section 10 (Using Menu Functions, p. 167) of the D-Lux 7 manual.

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12 hours ago, adan said:

Go to this review page from dpreview for the Panasonic LX-100 II (the camera the D-Lux 7 is based on).

https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonic-dc-lx100-ii/2

The second image shows how each format is cropped from the full 20-Mpixel sensor area. Hover your cursor over the format labels at the bottom of  the image to see each format (area of the sensor used, and pixel dimensions - e.g. 3552 x 3552 for "1:1"

The field of view (How wideangle the lens renders across the diagonal of the format) is consistent for the rectangular formats - they all just fit into the image circle of the lens. They provide Mpixel areas of about:

4:3 - 16.8 Mpixels
3:2 - 16.0 Mpixels
16:9 - 15 Mpixels

For whatever technical reason, the 1:1 format is actually cropped twice - first to the 17 Mpixel 4:3 format, and then again to the 1:1 format. For about 12.5 Mpixels.

The "fine print" describing the formats' pixel dimensions appears in  a table in Section 10 (Using Menu Functions, p. 167) of the D-Lux 7 manual.

My D Lux-7 Manual (Instructions) booklet is only 164 pages in all, which includes 3 languages German, English and French.

Adan, thanks for your explanation above.

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21 hours ago, HpS said:

My D Lux-7 Manual (Instructions) booklet is only 164 pages in all, which includes 3 languages German, English and French.

Adan, thanks for your explanation above.

That manual doesn't sound right. My PDF version, all English, runs to 294 pages. 

Here's the link to Leica's download site:

https://leica-camera.com/en-MY/photography/cameras/d-lux/d-lux-7-black/downloads

It's 7.6Mb ( I could have just attached it here, but too big!)

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19 hours ago, Geoff777 said:

That manual doesn't sound right. My PDF version, all English, runs to 294 pages. 

Here's the link to Leica's download site:

https://leica-camera.com/en-MY/photography/cameras/d-lux/d-lux-7-black/downloads

It's 7.6Mb ( I could have just attached it here, but too big!)

You are right. The link you sent has 272 pgs. I shall sit down and read this. Thank you.

The Instructions booklet with me is the one I got in the box!

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