Panasonic has announced the new Lumix L10, the long-awaited update to the LX100 II, the compact camera uses a 26.5megapixel Four-Thirds BSI CMOS sensor with 20.4megapixel effective image size. The camera uses a 24-75mm equivalent f/1.7-2.8 Leica Summilux lens, and also has a new fully articulated screen, and built-in electronic viewfinder. Priced at $1499 / £1299 and available from June.
The camera comes with new colour filters modes including: L Classic, L Classic Gold, and Leica Monochrome to name just a few, as well as real time LUT support built-in, that can be customised using Lumix Lab. The camera uses the same image processor as the Panasonic Lumix S1 Mark II series. With this level of sensor and processing power, the L10 doesn’t skimp on video features either, with 5.6K video resolution at up to 59.94fps, at 300Mbps, and every possible combination of resolution and frame rate below as well, including 4K at 120fps.
And on October 27th as Panasonic celebrate 25 years of the Lumix camera brand, they will also be releasing a limited Panasonic Lumix L10 Titanium Gold edition, which allows for customisation, a shutter release thread (note that the standard version does not have a shutter thread), and bundled accessories. This model will be priced at $100/£100 more than the standard version, and will be available from July directly from Panasonic.
Panasonic Lumix L10 at a glance
- 26.5MP Four-Thirds BSI CMOS sensor (20.4MP effective)
- 3.1x optical zoom, 24-75mm equivalent f/1.7-2.8 Leica Summilux lens, 5 asph. elements
- 3inch fully-articulated touch-screen
- 2.36m-dot electronic viewfinder
- 5.6K video recording, 60p, 300Mbps, 4K 120p
- 11/30fps continuous shooting (mechanical/electronic shutter)
- Crop zoom function
- Phase detection AF with subject detection
- 508g body
This new camera makes a refreshing change to other recent Panasonic announcements, such as the TZ300/ZS300 which removed the viewfinder, and we are looking forward to testing this new model fully. *Not to be confused with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-L10 – a Four Thirds DSLR from 2007 (sorry I’ve been doing this a long time).
Related reading:
- Panasonic Lumix LX100 II long term review
- Panasonic Lumix LX100 II review – the enthusiast’s compact camera
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