Chuck A wrote:
> The only problem is that the sensor is not very good above ISO 100 and
> this has really hurt it. It certainly doesn't even hold a candle to
> the sensor in the F20, F30 and F31.

The GX100 more than holds its own if you shoot RAW and process the files with care.

Here's a comparison between the F31 and the GX100 at ISO 800:

Downsized F31 picture:
http://www.imapnet.com/boren/F31vsGX100/F31-small.jpg
(the blue rectangle signifies the cropped area, displayed in full below)

Downsized GX100 picture:
http://www.imapnet.com/boren/F31vsGX100/GX100-from-raw-small-wb.jpg

F31 100% crop:
http://www.imapnet.com/boren/F31vsGX100/F31_cr.jpg

GX100 matching-size crop:
http://www.imapnet.com/boren/F31vsGX100/GX100-from-raw_cr-wb.jpg

The original thread is here:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1013&message=25487849

Full size F31 shot (2.7MB)
http://www.pbase.com/viztyger/image/82949244;

Matching size GX100/RAW shot (3.7MB)
http://www.imapnet.com/boren/F31vsGX100/GX100-from-raw_wb.jpg;

Original thread is here:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1013&message=25487849

Prog.