Canon ELPH 500 HS vs Panasonic LX7

Panasonic LX7 advantages over Canon ELPH 500 HS

• Larger sensor
  1/1.7 inch vs 1/2.3 inch
  More sensor area. Bigger is (generally) better.
• Bigger pixels
  ~ 1.92 vs 1.54 microns
  Better low-light and dynamic range (all else equal)
• Larger lens aperture
  f/1.4 vs f/2.0
  Take photos in low-light or isolate your subject
• RAW file ability
  Yes vs No
  Gives you more flexibility to develop your photos later
• Longer stills battery life
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  Longer stills battery life

  Cameras with longer battery life can take more photos before exhausting their batteries.

  Special note: The measurement standard for battery life stipulates that if a camera has an internal flash, it must be used for 50% of photos taken. For this reason, comparisons of one camera with an internal flash to another without will not be comparable

  330 vs 180 shots
  Capture more photos
• Manual focus
  Yes vs No
  AF is for the weak. Real photographers focus manually.
• Integrated ND filter
  Yes vs No
  Shoot in daylight with a large aperture or slow shutter
• More dots on screen
  920k vs 461k dots
  Can mean greater resolution or a brighter screen
• Hot shoe
  Hot shoe vs None
  Off-camera flashes open new possibilities
• Less shutter lag
  0.24 vs 0.49 sec
  Focus and take a photo quickly (wide angle)
• Shoots 60p video
  Yes vs No
  A faster framerate can give you more editing options
• Longer exposure
  250 vs 15 sec
  Long exposures for night shots
• Faster JPEG shooting
  11.1 fps vs 1.6 fps
  Faster JPEG shooting (burst mode)
• Faster shutter
  1/4000 vs 1/1600 sec
  Shoot wide open in bright light
• Higher extended ISO
  12800 vs 3200 ISO
  Higher extended ISO can give more low-light flexibility