Panasonic GX7 vs Pentax Q-S1

Panasonic GX7 advantages over Pentax Q-S1

• Lens selection
  Excellent vs Limited
  Better lens selection gives you more options
• Larger sensor
  4/3 vs 1/1.7 inch
  More sensor area. Bigger is (generally) better.
• Eye-level viewfinder
  Eye-level vs Rear display only
  You'll be able to frame photos even when the sun is out
• Bigger pixels
  ~ 3.77 vs 1.90 microns
  Better low-light and dynamic range (all else equal)
• Touchscreen
  Touch vs No touch
  Interact with your camera just like your smartphone
• In-camera panoramas
  Yes vs No
  Stitches multiple shots into a panoramic photo
• Tiltable Screen
  Tiltable vs Fixed
  Tilt the screen for shooting flexbility
• Built-in Wi-Fi
  Wi-Fi vs None
  Share your photos wirelessly
• Longer stills battery life
  More info

  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

  350 vs 250 shots
  Capture more photos
• More telephoto lens reach
  84 mm vs 69 mm
  Capture objects farther away with the kit lens
• More dots on screen
  1037k vs 460k dots
  Can mean greater resolution or a brighter screen
• More pixels
  16.0 vs 12.4 megapixels
  Higher resolution photos
• Shoots 60p video
  Yes vs No
  A faster framerate can give you more editing options
• Longer exposure
  60 vs 30 sec
  Long exposures for night shots
• Faster JPEG shooting
  10.7 fps vs 5.0 fps
  Faster JPEG shooting (burst mode)
• Bigger JPEG buffer
  Unlimited vs 5 shots
  Take more JPEG shots before waiting (burst mode)
• Higher extended ISO
  25600 vs 12800 ISO
  Higher extended ISO can give more low-light flexibility