The Lumix DMC-L10 is Panasonic�s second digital SLR, and unlike its debut model, this one�s aimed squarely at the consumer market. Launched at the IFA trade show in Berlin during August 2007, the new L10 shares little more than a lens mount with Panasonic�s debut DSLR, the somewhat esoteric L1. So while both models are based on the Four Thirds standard, almost everything else is different.
The new Lumix L10 sports the same 10 Megapixel N-MOS sensor as the Olympus E-410 and E-510 models, equipping the camera with Live View facilities. Making these much more useful though is the L10�s flip-out screen � the first we�ve seen on a DSLR since the Olympus E-330. Panasonic has further exploited the benefits of Live View to support contrast-based AF which allows the L10 to focus during Live View without flipping its mirror back and forth. The L10 even supports Face Detection � a first for a DSLR.
While the Lumix L10 can use any lens designed for the Four Thirds system, you�ll need a special model to support contrast-based AF. Panasonic�s equipped two models to do so: the highly anticipated Leica 14-150mm super-zoom and a new Leica 14-50mm f3.8-5.6 kit lens designed especially for the L10. Both lenses also feature optical image stabilisation. Other Four Thirds lenses still work with the L10 in Live View, but fall back on the traditional phase-difference AF technique which involves the mirror being flipped back down to take a reading.
Gordon Laing
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