Panasonic Lumix GX880 Review
Image Quality
All of the sample images in this review were taken using the 16 megapixel Fine JPEG setting, which gives an average image size of around 7Mb.
Noise
There are 9 ISO settings available on the Panasonic Lumix GX880. Here are some 100% crops which show the noise levels for each ISO setting, with JPEG on the left and RAW on the right.
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ISO 100 (100% Crop) |
ISO 100 (100% Crop) |
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ISO 200 (100% Crop) |
ISO 200 (100% Crop) |
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ISO 400 (100% Crop) |
ISO 400 (100% Crop) |
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ISO 800 (100% Crop) |
ISO 800 (100% Crop) |
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ISO 1600 (100% Crop) |
ISO 1600 (100% Crop) |
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ISO 3200 (100% Crop) |
ISO 3200 (100% Crop) |
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ISO 6400 (100% Crop) |
ISO 6400 (100% Crop) |
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ISO 12800 (100% Crop) |
ISO 12800 (100% Crop) |
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ISO 25600 (100% Crop) |
ISO 25600 (100% Crop) |
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Flash
The flash settings on the Panasonic Lumix GX880 are Auto, Auto/Red-eye Reduction, Forced Flash On, Slow Sync./Red-eye Reduction and Forced Flash Off. These shots of a white coloured wall were taken at a distance of 1.5m.
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Flash Off (24mm) |
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Flash On (24mm) |
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Flash Off (64mm) |
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Flash On (64mm) |
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And here are some portrait shots. As you can see, neither the Flash On setting or the Red-Eye Reduction option caused any amount of red-eye.
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Flash On |
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Red-eye Reduction |
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Night
The Panasonic Lumix GX880 maximum shutter speed is 60 seconds and there's also a Bulb option for exposures up to 4 minutes long, which is excellent news if you're seriously interested in night photography. The shot below was taken using a shutter speed of 60 seconds at ISO 200. The camera takes the same amount of time again to apply noise reduction, so for example at the 15 second setting the actual exposure takes 30 seconds.
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Photo Styles
The Panasonic Lumix GX880 offers seven different photo styles, with the default being Standard. You can alter the contrast, sharpness, noise reduction and saturation for each preset, and create your own custom look.
Standard |
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Vivid |
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Natural |
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Monochrome |
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L.Monochrome |
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Scenery |
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Portrait |
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Filters
The Panasonic Lumix GX880 has an extensive range of creative Filters, with 22 different options on offer.
Expressive |
Retro |
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Old Days |
High Key |
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Low Key |
Sepia |
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Monochrome |
Dynamic Monochrome |
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Rough Monochrome |
Silky Monochrome |
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Impressive Art |
High Dynamic |
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Cross Process |
Toy Effect |
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Toy Pop |
Bleach Bypass |
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Miniature Effect |
Soft Focus |
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Fantasy |
Star Filter |
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One Point Color |
Sunshine |
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Panorama
The Panasonic Lumix GX880 allows you to take panoramic images very easily by 'sweeping' with the camera. The camera does all the processing and stitching. In addition many of the Creative Filter effects can also be applied to panorama shots in the Creative Panorama mode.
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