About two years after the LX10 hit the market, I've now got one. My beloved LX7, churning out thousands and thousands of images since 2014, has developed a lens fault, and the LX10 has now come on board to replace it.
I've never owned a 1" sensor camera before, so it's interesting to see how the image quality sits in the small sensor -> m43 -> aps-c -> full frame range. It's a little shorter than the Ricoh GR, although heavier, more slippery, and the lens barrel protrudes a fair bit when on. Overall, it's a responsive and quiet camera that will be great for museums and art galleries, not to mention pocket video.
The files handle pretty well in Lightroom, which relieves me greatly. I've been experimenting with a preset I created for the Fuji X100 classic, and the LX10 files react well to it. Images are crisp and the colour is decent. Auto white balance tends a little on the cold side, which is a touch disappointing as the LX7 and GM1 white balance are very accurate/pleasing.
Even at f1.4, depth of field is reasonably shallow, but not great. The Ricoh GR at f2.8 with its aps-c sensor does a better job, I think. The GR also has a better lens, but the LX10 is perfectly serviceable.
@emraphoto has written a few times about the use of wide angle pocket cameras for video, and I like that idea, too. The LX10 can shoot up to 4k 30p 100mbps, which is pretty decent quality for a camera that fits in your pocket. I'm looking forward to testing it in low light conditions for both video and stills.
Unfortunately, at 4K the video is cropped from 25mm to 36mm, and at 1080p the video is cropped from 25-30mm depending on if you activate image stabilization. I know most folks here are more into still photography, but as someone who likes personal video a lot, full 24mm stabilized 4k in the pocket would have been nice.
As it only arrived this morning, I haven't fully explored all the features and capabilities on the street. I expect it to be a lot of fun, acting as a travel and EDC camera of reasonable quallity, and good complement to other cameras like micro four thirds camera, up to the Leica M9. I'll test the video capabilities against cameras like the Olympus E-M5, Panasonic GM1/GH4, and the good old LX7, but I'm sure that it will stack up very well.
Pictures coming when I've taken something decent!
I've never owned a 1" sensor camera before, so it's interesting to see how the image quality sits in the small sensor -> m43 -> aps-c -> full frame range. It's a little shorter than the Ricoh GR, although heavier, more slippery, and the lens barrel protrudes a fair bit when on. Overall, it's a responsive and quiet camera that will be great for museums and art galleries, not to mention pocket video.
The files handle pretty well in Lightroom, which relieves me greatly. I've been experimenting with a preset I created for the Fuji X100 classic, and the LX10 files react well to it. Images are crisp and the colour is decent. Auto white balance tends a little on the cold side, which is a touch disappointing as the LX7 and GM1 white balance are very accurate/pleasing.
Even at f1.4, depth of field is reasonably shallow, but not great. The Ricoh GR at f2.8 with its aps-c sensor does a better job, I think. The GR also has a better lens, but the LX10 is perfectly serviceable.
@emraphoto has written a few times about the use of wide angle pocket cameras for video, and I like that idea, too. The LX10 can shoot up to 4k 30p 100mbps, which is pretty decent quality for a camera that fits in your pocket. I'm looking forward to testing it in low light conditions for both video and stills.
Unfortunately, at 4K the video is cropped from 25mm to 36mm, and at 1080p the video is cropped from 25-30mm depending on if you activate image stabilization. I know most folks here are more into still photography, but as someone who likes personal video a lot, full 24mm stabilized 4k in the pocket would have been nice.
As it only arrived this morning, I haven't fully explored all the features and capabilities on the street. I expect it to be a lot of fun, acting as a travel and EDC camera of reasonable quallity, and good complement to other cameras like micro four thirds camera, up to the Leica M9. I'll test the video capabilities against cameras like the Olympus E-M5, Panasonic GM1/GH4, and the good old LX7, but I'm sure that it will stack up very well.
Pictures coming when I've taken something decent!
