iPhone 5 versus Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 Side-by-side

I went hiking last week with my camera and my iPhone 5 and decided to do a little comparison between the two cameras.  It was an impromptu equipment test, otherwise I would have added a Canon Powershot to the mix.  I used the iPhone camera at its default point-and-shoot settings, but played with the Panasonic exposure settings a bit. I'm not an expert photographer, but I am impressed with the results from the iPhone even though there is less control over the picture settings than with the Panasonic.

Rattlesnake Lake
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Panasonic:

Moss covered tree in the woods

iPhone: 

Panasonic:

Snoqualamie Falls

iPhone:

Panasonic: