Panasonic GF3 review

Small, classy and touchy-feely

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3
The GF3 is Panasonic's smallest, lightest G-series camera to date

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As part of our image quality tests, we shot our resolution chart using the GF3 with the with the Lumix G Vario 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 lens mounted.

If you view our crops of the resolution chart's central section at 100% (or Actual Pixels) you will see that, for example, at ISO 160 the Panasonic GF3 is capable of resolving up to nearly 22 (line widths per picture height x100) in its highest quality JPEG files.

Examining images of the chart taken at each sensitivity setting reveals the following resolution scores in line widths per picture height x100:

Full iso 160 resolution chart

Full resolution chart

JPEG images

cropped gf3 resolution chart iso 160

ISO 160: score 22 (see full image)

cropped gf3 resolution chart iso 200

ISO 200: score 22 (see full image)

cropped gf3 resolution chart iso 400

ISO 400: score 22 (see full image)

cropped gf3 resolution chart iso 800

ISO 800: score 22 (see full image)

cropped gf3 resolution chart iso 1600

ISO 1600: score 20 (see full image)

cropped gf3 resolution chart iso 3200

ISO 3200: score 16 (see full image)

cropped gf3 resolution chart iso 6400

ISO 6400: score 16 (see full image)

Raw images

Cropped resolution chart image iso 160

ISO 160: score 24 (see full image)

Cropped resolution chart image iso 200

ISO 200: score 24 (see full image)

Cropped resolution chart image iso 400

ISO 400: score 22 (see full image)

Cropped resolution chart image iso 800

ISO 800: score 22(see full image)

Cropped resolution chart image iso 1600

ISO 1600: score 22 (see full image)

Cropped resolution chart image iso 3200

ISO 3200: score 20 (see full image)

Cropped resolution chart image iso 6400

ISO 6400: score16 (see full image)

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