Panasonic DMC-L10 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: The Panasonic Lumix DMC-L10 is the second DSLR camera from Panasonic, and it's just as distinctive in its own way as the L1 camera that was launched back in 2006. Panasonic have adopted a much ...

Verdict: Trying to decide what award the Panasonic Lumix DMC-L10 should receive has proven to be a difficult task, principally because the overall package that's currently available doesn't make too much ...

Review summary: Panasonic's second DSLR camera, the 10.0-megapixel Lumix DMC-L10 is far more conventional-looking than its predecessor. It's also lighter and provides some of the features that have made the Lumix name popular with digicam buyers, such as an LCD ...

Verdict: Pictures taken with the test camera were rich in detail with natural-looking colours and a wide dynamic range. Imatest showed resolution to be good, although not outstanding. The graph below tracks the performance of the lens across its aperture range ...

Pros: Excellent image quality, particularly with RAW images ; RAW, JPEG and RAW+JPEG formats ; Live View ; Very good metering and auto focus with Live View ; Good colour rendition ; Good kit lens with Mega OIS stabilization ; Dust reduction system

Cons: Some shadow noise as of 100 ISO under some circumstances, and quite noisy as of 800 ISO ; Small TTL viewfinder ; Built-in flash causes a lens shadow with the kit lens ; Short battery life with Live View ; Expensive

Review summary: A Leica kit lens, flip-out LCD and Live View mode make for one L of a camera.

Review summary: We've got a pre-production sample of Panasonic's new digital SLR. Take a look inside.

Verdict: The camera goes on sale in October as a kit with the lens pictured here. It is a Leica-branded F3.8-5.6 14-50mm zoom with MegaOIS image stabilisation, which is significantly slower than the F2.8-3.5 lens sold with the DMC-L1. There are apparently no ...