Panasonic's L10 camera honors 25 years of Lumix
Key takeaways
- Panasonic It's the 25th anniversary of Panasonic's Lumix brand and to fete the occasion the company has unveiled a new compact camera.
- The new model was inspired by Panasonic's Lumix philosophy of "shaping emotions" and comes with a signature saffiano leather-textured finish, along with a metal body and magnesium alloy front case.
- A key feature of the camera is the multi-aspect ratio via a lens switch that appears to be borrowed from Fujifilm's GFX100RF compact.
Panasonic It's the 25th anniversary of Panasonic's Lumix brand and to fete the occasion the company has unveiled a new compact camera. The Lumix L10 comes with a 20.4-megapixel Micro Four Thirds sensor, along with a phase-detect autotofocus system and fixed Leica DC Vario-Summilux 24-75mm f/1.7-2.8 motorized zoom lens.
The new model was inspired by Panasonic's Lumix philosophy of "shaping emotions" and comes with a signature saffiano leather-textured finish, along with a metal body and magnesium alloy front case. It weighs just 1.12 pounds (508 grams), so it's designed to be carried around all day. It features a 2.36-million-dot OLED viewfinder and 1.84 million dot fully-articulating rear screen to allow for both selfies and vlogging.
A key feature of the camera is the multi-aspect ratio via a lens switch that appears to be borrowed from Fujifilm's GFX100RF compact. It lets you switch between 4:3, 3:2, 16:9 and 1:1 aspect ratios. Unusually, the resolution only drops a bit in all those modes because the total sensor pixel count is actually 26.5 MP, the same as the Lumix GH7. With Panasonic's latest processor, it promises "high image quality" via a Dynamic Range Boost features.