Panasonic Lumix G DMC-G3 vs. Canon EOS 1D X Mark II

Camera Comparison, Reviews and Tests

Detailed comparison and review of Panasonic Lumix G DMC-G3 and Canon EOS 1D X Mark II. With our comprehensive overview, you can simply compare design, sensors, proximity characteristics, memory capacities, but also other key features of both cameras and easily decide which one is the right choice for you. Our goal is to help you identify the main differences between products and find the camera that best fits your needs and expectations.

Camera Specifications Comparison

Panasonic Lumix G DMC-G3 vs. Canon EOS 1D X Mark II Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Panasonic Lumix G DMC-G3 Canon EOS 1D X Mark II
Product Type Digital camera - mirrorless system Digital camera - 4K - SLR with Live View mode, movie recording
Lens Included Body only Body only
Height 8.36 cm 16.76 cm
Width 11.52 cm 15.8 cm
Depth 4.67 cm 8.26 cm
Weight 336 g 1.34 kg
Enclosure Colour Black -
Digital Zoom 2x -
SENSOR Panasonic Lumix G DMC-G3 Canon EOS 1D X Mark II
Sensor Resolution 16.0 Megapixel 20.2 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type Live MOS CMOS
Total Pixels 16,680,000 pixels 21,560,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 16,000,000 pixels 20,200,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size Four Thirds (17.3 x 13.0 mm) Full Frame (36 x 24 mm)
Frame Rate (Max Resolution) - 59.94 fps
Sensor Dust Reduction Yes Yes
Sensor Features Supersonic Wave Filter (SWF) Self Cleaning Sensor Unit, Dust Reduction (image sensor vibration)
PROCESSOR Panasonic Lumix G DMC-G3 Canon EOS 1D X Mark II
Image Processor Venus Engine FHD -
LENS Panasonic Lumix G DMC-G3 Canon EOS 1D X Mark II
Lens Mounting Type Micro Four Thirds Canon EF
FOCUSING Panasonic Lumix G DMC-G3 Canon EOS 1D X Mark II
Auto Focus TTL contrast detection TTL phase detection
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 23 61
Auto Focus Features - Predictive Focus Control
AE/AF Control - Predictive AI Servo AF, Zone AF
Face Detection Yes -
VIEWFINDER Panasonic Lumix G DMC-G3 Canon EOS 1D X Mark II
Viewfinder Type Electronic - LCD Optical - fixed eye-level pentaprism
Viewfinder Colour Support Colour -
Viewfinder Resolution 1,440,000 pixels -
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage 100% 100%
Optical Viewfinder Magnification 0.70x 0.76x
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range -4 to +4 -3 to +1
Viewfinder Information - Shutter speed, exposure compensation, AE lock, flash charge completion, aperture, white balance, metering system, battery status, flash compensation on/off, highlight tone priority, ISO sensitivity, memory card status, FE lock, AF status, AF point
Field of View Crop Factor 2 1.0
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Panasonic Lumix G DMC-G3 Canon EOS 1D X Mark II
ISO (Max) 6400 51200
Native ISO - 100-51200
Extended ISO (Max) - 102400 (H1), 204800 (H2), 409600 (H3)
Extended ISO (Min) - 50
Light Sensitivity ISO 800, ISO 400, ISO 200, ISO 160, ISO 1600, ISO 6400, ISO 3200, ISO auto ISO 100, ISO auto, ISO 200-51200, ISO 400-1600
Exposure Metering Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot Evaluative, multi-spot, centre-weighted, spot
Exposure Metering Zones 144 216
Exposure Modes Programme, bulb, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority Programme, bulb, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority, E-TTL II program flash
Shooting Programs Portrait mode, party/indoor, night portrait, PET, scenery, food, illumination snap, flower, night scene, sports mode, sunset, soft skin, baby1, baby2, peripheral defocus, architecture -
Special Effects Vivid, Custom Effect, natural, monochrome, portrait, Scenery Neutral, Faithful, monochrome, landscape, portrait, Standard, Fine Detail
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Incandescent, cloudy, Flash, daylight, shade, 2500K - 10000K (100K steps) Cloudy, tungsten light, Flash, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (daylight white)
Shutter Type - Mechanical electronically-controlled
Max Shutter Speed 1/4000 sec 1/8000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 60 sec 30 sec
Exposure Compensation ±5 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps ±5 EV range, in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps
Auto Exposure Bracketing - 3 steps in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps
White Balance Bracketing Yes -
X-sync Speed 1/160 sec 1/250sec
Exposure Range EV 0-18 (ISO 100) EV 0-20 (ISO 100)
DISPLAY Panasonic Lumix G DMC-G3 Canon EOS 1D X Mark II
Type 3" LCD display 3.2" LCD display
Touch Screen Yes -
Display Format 460,000 pixels 1,620,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Rotating Built-in
Display Features Display brightness control, display colour control Display brightness control
FLASH Panasonic Lumix G DMC-G3 Canon EOS 1D X Mark II
Camera Flash Pop-up flash -
Guide Number (m / ISO 100) 10.5 -
Flash Modes Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, slow synchro, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction -
Red-Eye Reduction Yes -
Features AF illuminator, flash +/- compensation -
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Panasonic Lumix G DMC-G3 Canon EOS 1D X Mark II
Digital Video Format MJPEG, AVCHD H.264, MOV, AVC
Image Recording Format JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG, MPO JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG
Max Video Resolution 1920 x 1080 4096 x 2160
Microphone Operation Mode Stereo Mono
Microphone Features Wind noise reduction, sensitivity control -
MEMORY Panasonic Lumix G DMC-G3 Canon EOS 1D X Mark II
Memory Card Slot SD card CompactFlash Card
Supported Memory Cards SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card CompactFlash
Memory Card - 64 GB CFast 2.0
Memory Card Included - Yes
Image Storage JPEG 4592 x 3448
JPEG 4576 x 3056
JPEG 4576 x 2576
JPEG 3232 x 2424
JPEG 3232 x 2160
JPEG 3232 x 1824
JPEG 2272 x 1704
JPEG 2272 x 1520
JPEG 1920 x 1080
JPEG 1824 x 1368
JPEG 1824 x 1216
JPEG 1824 x 1024
JPEG 3424 x 3424
JPEG 2416 x 2416
JPEG 1712 x 1712
JPEG 5472 x 3648
JPEG 4368 x 2912
JPEG 3648 x 2432
JPEG 2736 x 1824
RAW 5472 x 3648
RAW 4104 x 2736
RAW 2736 x 1824
Video Capture AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 - 60 fps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 - 50 fps
AVCHD - 1280 x 720 - 60 fps
AVCHD - 1280 x 720 - 50 fps
MJPEG - 848 x 480 - 30 fps
MJPEG - 640 x 480 - 30 fps
MJPEG - 320 x 240 - 30 fps
H.264 - 4096 x 2160 - 59.94 fps
H.264 - 4096 x 2160 - 50 fps
H.264 - 4096 x 2160 - 29.97 fps
H.264 - 4096 x 2160 - 25 fps
H.264 - 4096 x 2160 - 24 fps
H.264 - 4096 x 2160 - 23.98 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 119.9 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 100 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 59.94 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 50 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 29.97 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 25 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 24 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 23.98 fps
BATTERY AND CHARGING Panasonic Lumix G DMC-G3 Canon EOS 1D X Mark II
Battery Type Lithium Ion - manufacturer-specific Canon LP-E19 Lithium Ion
Details 1 x Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1010 mAh (included) Canon LP-E19 Li-ion rechargeable battery (included)
CONNECTIONS Panasonic Lumix G DMC-G3 Canon EOS 1D X Mark II
Interface Composite video/audio, HDMI, USB 2.0 Composite video/audio, HDMI, USB 3.0
Print Standard Direct print, DPOF support, Exif Print support, PictBridge support Direct print, DPOF support, Exif Print support, PictBridge support
Flash Terminal Hot shoe Hot shoe, PC terminal
Connector Type USB 2.0
Composite video/audio output
HDMI output
Remote control
USB 3.0
Composite video/audio output
HDMI output (19 pin mini HDMI Type C)
Microphone
FEATURES Panasonic Lumix G DMC-G3 Canon EOS 1D X Mark II
Self-Timer Delay 10 sec, 2sec 10 sec, 2sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 2 frames per second, 4 frames per second, 3 frames per second, 20 frames per second (4MP) 4 frames per second, 5 frames per second, 13 frames per second, 16 frames per second
Additional Features Audio recording, built-in speaker, RGB primary colour filter, date/time stamp, digital image rotation, histogram display, in-camera red-eye removal, cropping an image, resizing an image, Scene Detection Technology, Intelligent Scene Selector, Object Detection, AF/AE tracking, Intelligent Resolution Technology, face detection, Motion Detection Technology, Full-time Live View, Face Recognition, Dolby Digital Stereo Creator, Intelligent Auto (iA), Intelligent D-range Control Audio recording, RGB primary colour filter, auto power save, digital noise reduction, depth-of-field preview button, digital image rotation, camera orientation detection, histogram display, AE lock, AF lock, FE lock, GPS ready, LCD live view mode, highlight point display, Dust Delete Data system, face detection, mirror lock, Auto Lighting Optimizer, in-camera RAW processing, peripheral illumination correction, Chromatic Aberration Compensation (CAC), NR Slow Shutter, distortion control, High ISO NR, Quad Active Mirror Stopper, touch pad control
OTHERS Panasonic Lumix G DMC-G3 Canon EOS 1D X Mark II
Included Accessories Battery charger, body cap, shoulder strap, USB cable, pen stylus, audio / video cable Battery charger, body cap, neck strap, eyecup, interface cable, cable protector
Software Drivers & Utilities, SILKYPIX Developer Studio 3.1 SE, Loilo Super Loiloscope, Panasonic PHOTOfunSTUDIO 6.2 HD Edition EOS Digital Solution
Max Operating Temperature 40 °C 45 °C
Min Operating Temperature 0 °C 0 °C
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