Panasonic Lumix GX9 review
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Written by Gordon Laing
Quality
To measure and compare the noise levels on the Lumix GX9, I shot the following scene in RAW+JPEG mode at every ISO value and took 100% crops from each for the table lower on the page. JPEGs are straight out of the camera, while RAW files were processed in Adobe Camera RAW using sharpening of 50 / 0.5 / 36 / 10, and with noise reduction disabled to really see what’s going on behind the scenes.
![panasonic-lumix-gx9-noise-main](https://www.cameralabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/panasonic-lumix-gx9-noise-main-945x709.jpg)
Panasonic Lumix GX9 noise: JPEG vs RAW (100% crops)
![panasonic-lumix-gx9-noise-100iso](https://www.cameralabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/panasonic-lumix-gx9-noise-100iso.jpg)
Above: Lumix GX9 out-of-camera JPEG (left), RAW (right). 100% crops at 100 ISO
![panasonic-lumix-gx9-noise-200iso](https://www.cameralabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/panasonic-lumix-gx9-noise-200iso-945x500.jpg)
Above: Lumix GX9 out-of-camera JPEG (left), RAW (right). 100% crops at 200 ISO
![panasonic-lumix-gx9-noise-400iso](https://www.cameralabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/panasonic-lumix-gx9-noise-400iso-945x500.jpg)
Above: Lumix GX9 out-of-camera JPEG (left), RAW (right). 100% crops at 400 ISO
![panasonic-lumix-gx9-noise-800iso](https://www.cameralabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/panasonic-lumix-gx9-noise-800iso-945x500.jpg)
Above: Lumix GX9 out-of-camera JPEG (left), RAW (right). 100% crops at 800 ISO
![panasonic-lumix-gx9-noise-1600iso](https://www.cameralabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/panasonic-lumix-gx9-noise-1600iso-945x500.jpg)
Above: Lumix GX9 out-of-camera JPEG (left), RAW (right). 100% crops at 1600 ISO
![panasonic-lumix-gx9-noise-3200iso](https://www.cameralabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/panasonic-lumix-gx9-noise-3200iso-945x500.jpg)
Above: Lumix GX9 out-of-camera JPEG (left), RAW (right). 100% crops at 3200 ISO
![panasonic-lumix-gx9-noise-6400iso](https://www.cameralabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/panasonic-lumix-gx9-noise-6400iso-945x500.jpg)
Above: Lumix GX9 out-of-camera JPEG (left), RAW (right). 100% crops at 6400 ISO
![panasonic-lumix-gx9-noise-12800iso](https://www.cameralabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/panasonic-lumix-gx9-noise-12800iso-945x500.jpg)
Above: Lumix GX9 out-of-camera JPEG (left), RAW (right). 100% crops at 12800 ISO
![panasonic-lumix-gx9-noise-25600iso](https://www.cameralabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/panasonic-lumix-gx9-noise-25600iso-945x500.jpg)
Above: Lumix GX9 out-of-camera JPEG (left), RAW (right). 100% crops at 25600 ISO
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