Panasonic promised its second DSLR would be aimed at the consumer market, and here it is: the new Lumix DMC-L10, launched at the 2007 IFA show in Berlin, could be mistaken at first glance for one of the company’s popular super-zoom models, but inside it’s a proper DSLR conforming to the Four Thirds standard.
The Lumix L10 features a Matsushita N-MOS sensor with 10.1 Megapixel resolution and Live View facilities. We believe this is the same sensor used in the recent Olympus E-410 and E-510 DSLRs, but with one of Panasonic’s Venus III Image processors behind the scenes. As we’ve seen in our Olympus E-510 review, this sensor is capable of recording a great deal of detail, especially with modest noise reduction, so we can only hope Panasonic won’t be too heavy-handed – or at least, like Olympus, give us the chance to adjust the settings. Read the whole article here