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The Lumix L100 is a compact, pocket-sized camera with a fast built-in 24-75mm (35mm equivalent) lens, a 16MP Four Thirds sensor, and one of the highest-resolution electronic viewfinders available. The larger sensor means image quality that is vastly improved over small-sensor compact digital cameras. It also allows Panasonic to offer improved low-light performance.
Big sensor, small camera
The Lumix LX100 is the first Panasonic point-and-shoot camera to feature a larger Four Thirds sensor. It's the same 16MP CMOS sensor that can be found in the Lumix GM5, also introduced today. When shooting in 4:3 aspect ratio, resolution is 12.8MP; users can also choose 3:2 and 16:9 aspect ratios. The top ISO is 25,600, unusual for a pocket-sized camera.
The other big news is the Leica DC Vario Summilux lens, which at a wide aperture of f/1.7-2.8 and with Leica's quality control, should produce excellent images for a camera of this size. The lens is constructed of 11 elements in eight groups with five aspherical lenses, including two ED lenses. A nine-diaphragm aperture ring is said to produce smooth bokeh with circular specular highlights.
Panasonic says they have improved AF acquisition time to 0.14 seconds, using a new Depth from Defocus technology. According to Panasonic, this technology instantly calculates distance to subject by evaluating two separate images with different sharpness levels, and this computation speeds up AF. The camera also offers Eye Sensor AF, which activates autofocus the moment you look into the eye-level viewfinder. That viewfinder, at 2,764k dot resolution, is one of the hightest-resolution EVFs currently available. The camera also has a 3-inch, 921k-dot monitor.
4K Video
For videographers, the LX100 offers 4K video capture at up to 30fps and 1080p Full HD video at up to 60p in AVCHD Progressive or MP4 format. 4K videos can be recorded for up to 15 minutes, while full HD videos can be recorded for just under 30 minutes, assuming you are using a large enough SDHC card. Sony recommends a UHS Speed Class 3 card for video. Users can grab 3840x2160 stills from 4K video footage for making prints, and you can adjust the aspect ratio to 4:3 or 3:3.
More features
The Panasonic LX100 offers Aspect ratio brackets, simultaneously recording images in 4:3, 3:2, 16:9 and 1:1 formats. It can also bracket White balance, recording three images with different WB settings at a single shutter press, and can shoot up to four exposures in a single frame for a multiple exposure. Black and white photographers will like the camera's Monochrome filter, which can emulate the effect of a yellow, orange, red or green filter on a black-and-white image.
The Lumix LX100 has 22 filter effects (Expressive, Retro, Old Days, High Key, Low Key, Sepia, Monochrome, Dynamic Monochrome, Rough Monochrome, Silky Monochrome, Impressive Art, High Dynamic, Cross Process, Toy Effect, Toy Pop, Bleach Bypass, Miniature Effect, Soft Focus, Fantasy, Star Filter, One Point Color, Sunshine).
Finally, WiFi and NFC-which are becoming a standard feature on most advanced digital cameras these days-is available on the LX100. This lets you Geotag your images, upload and share photos on social media via smartphone or tablet, and let you control the camera via your mobile device.
The Panasonic DMC-LX100 is popular because customers like the following qualities of the Panasonic DMC-LX100: Compact and Easy to use
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