I had a discussion today with one of my friend about small cameras. We both have DSLRs but my Olympus collects dust for some time now. He is a dedicated full-frame shooter. It is not a problem for him to carry 10 kg of equipment on photo trip but he is somewhat reluctant to do this every day. It is not just size and weight, there are some other reasons. But he like to have a camera with him for occasional opportunistic shots.
One of the possibilities for him would be an advanced compact camera. Obviously, none of these cameras would compete with (full frame) DSLR at pixel level. Still, the image quality of current advanced compact cameras is pretty good. Currently Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX7 and Sony RX100 are the most popular models from this class on Amazon. These cameras illustrate opposite approaches in this class. LX7 has a very bright lens, F1.4-F2.3 with a handy 24-90mm zoom range. RX100 has a dimmer lens, F1.8-F4.9, with ~30-108mm zoom range. With such lens Panasonic gets more light to the sensor, which would reduce the noise. LX7 is equipped with 10MP 1/1.7" sensor, while RX100 has huge 1" sensor with 20MP. Both cameras have an optical image stabilization. Currently on Amazon Panasonic LX7 is about $200 cheaper than Sony RX100.
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