LUMIX L10 - announced

[MrSMW]

https://www.43rumors.com/just-announced-new-panasonic-lumix-l10/

I wasn't that interested until earlier today when I went to set my S9 up for the imminent season only to discover the audio on it has stopped working.

Or is at least intermittent enough I can't use it until it's fixed and as there is zero chance of that happening before my season starts and I am between 2 countries so which to even have it fixed in, is a bit of an issue.

So ordered a used S5ii from @Andrew - EOSHD favourite used camera emporium to tide me over.

But then, less than 2 hours later, my YouTube feed gets flooded by the Lumix Bros who have been on another jolly and...actually, as above, wasn't particularly interested as I had my S9 as my compact C cam and social media unit...except, this would work even better, so probably going to put a preorder in as they should be available in June.

The only thing I find odd is that every man and their dog has a video or press release and the only one's who don't seem to have mentioned it yet, is Panasonic Lumix themselves.

Same funny old Lumix marketing department 🤔

[hoodlum]

A nice upgrade to the LX100, albeit at the new premium prices.  It is great to see that Panasonic was able to get their latest processor, battery and an EVF in a smaller body.  I am interested to see if there are any recording limits due to heat.  All of that new technology has added some girth.

[MrSMW]

Still smaller than an S9 but uses the same battery, which is good, as I have a ton of the things!

It’s not going to be a bit of kit for long takes, especially in high heat, but I would mostly be doing 10-15 seconds with the odd 1-2 minutes, so should all be good.

[eatstoomuchjam]

Just looking at the specs for this on B&H, it seems beyond exciting.  It's almost like someone from Panasonic is reading our messages on this forum and paying attention to what we'd want!

At $1,500, I'm not a buyer, but between $1,000-1,200 on the used market or on sale, I'll definitely become more interested.  Maybe some vendor will give a deal on a trade-in for my Sony ZV-1 that I still have kicking around here somewhere.

[MrSMW]

Yes, the price is a bit high, but if you can wait, these things tend to drop quite quickly. 

I’ll be wanting the titanium one.

Quite fancied that for the S9 but as I already had one, wasn’t going to trade just to get it, but if I’d had that choice from scratch…

GH7 sensor + S1II processor in a tiny body…

OK, fixed lens but it’s pretty decent. It’s not a ‘pro’ camera as such but one I think pros can have fun with which was exactly how they billed the OG GF1 in what was it, 2008/09? That was interchangeable lens but I drank that Cool Aid and bought one. 

[eatstoomuchjam]

I'm not worried about fixed lens, especially since it's a sufficiently fast zoom lens.  The bummer for me with the X100 VI series was that 35mm equivalent can feel a little cramped for tourist photos indoors - and the GFX 100RF isn't all that portable (for being a 44x33mm sensor, quite small, but enormous compared with an ZV-1).  Giving me a 24mm equivalent for indoors is great - and f/5.6 equivalent at 75mm should make for portraits with backgrounds just blurry enough to separate the subject from the background without converting the background into a toneh-esque watercolor painting with blobs of green and blue in place of trees and water.  It's pretty similar to the focal ranges for the ZV-1 which, overall, is still fantastic today - but  I'd really prefer 10-bit recording to 8-bit... and I'd gladly trade a little bit of body size for a battery that lasts a little longer.

Mostly, I'd see this as a "better than my phone" option to throw in a pocket when traveling - and that I could more easily bring out with me in places with high rates of gear theft and use without being too overt - and with a form factor that feels both more robust and more comfortable/ergonomic to use than the Pocket 3.