D-lux 3 vs 4 again

[Alan Cameron]

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I have a D-lux 3 & thinking of updating to D-lux 4, but I read elsewhere that the D-lux 4 sensor is native 4:3 format & not 16:9 as in the D-lux 3.

As I shoot mainly landscape 16:9 format wouldn't this be a step back in terms of image quality, as it would just crop the sensor size to fit format?

This has made me hesitate in the switch to the d-lux 4, are my fears justified?

 

...Alan

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[Alan Cameron]

I have a D-lux 3 & thinking of updating to D-lux 4, but I read elsewhere that the D-lux 4 sensor is native 4:3 format & not 16:9 as in the D-lux 3.

As I shoot mainly landscape 16:9 format wouldn't this be a step back in terms of image quality, as it would just crop the sensor size to fit format?

This has made me hesitate in the switch to the d-lux 4, are my fears justified?

 

...Alan

 

No one changed from D-lux3 to 4 wish to comment?

 

...Alan

[elgenper]

I have a D-lux 3 & thinking of updating to D-lux 4, but I read elsewhere that the D-lux 4 sensor is native 4:3 format & not 16:9 as in the D-lux 3.

As I shoot mainly landscape 16:9 format wouldn't this be a step back in terms of image quality, as it would just crop the sensor size to fit format?

This has made me hesitate in the switch to the d-lux 4, are my fears justified?

 

...Alan

 

Well, it´s more complicated than that..... While the DL3 sensor was indeed native 16:9, and the other formats were crops, the DL4 sensor is bigger, and ALL of its 3 formats are crops, in a way of speaking. But the diagonal is the same in all 3 formats, so the lens is fully utilized all the time.

 

Whichever format you use, do NOT hesitate (unless the longer zoom of the DL3 is vitally important to you)! You´ll get a far better camera. It is faster, lens is better, noise is lower, and exposure and colours are far more spot-on.