Panasonic’s new digital SLR has 2.5-inch free angle LCD for full-time live view

Panasonic has announced the Middle East launch of its second digital single-lens reflex camera with an interchangeable lens, the DMC-L10, that features an advanced 2.5-inch free angle LCD for full time live view that offers 270 degree rotation and a versatile shooting style. A 10.1-megapixel Live MOS Sensor provides the beautiful images with delicate gradation and wide dynamic range.

The DMC-L10 adopts the open format of the Four Thirds system for its lens mount because it is developed exclusively for digital SLR. The camera features a dust reduction system with a supersonic wave filter system that prevents dust from attaching to the sensor to degrade the pictures. The image processor, Venus Engine III, boasts a high quality image rendering and high speed response. The DMC-L10 also comes equipped with a Leica D Vario-Elmar 14-50mm / F3.8-5.6 / MEGA O.I.S. lens designed specifically for a digital SLR camera to be sold as a kit, the DMC-L10K.

“The DMC-L10 dramatically changes the digital SLR shooting style as it features an advanced free-angle 2.5-inch large LCD for full-time live view, which means that users do not have to get down on bended knees, nor have to lie flat on the ground,” said Yasuo Kimoto, Product Manager, Panasonic Marketing Middle East, said.

“They can see the subject even while holding the camera up high with their arms stretched. The full-time live view further gives users more shooting flexibility and greater convenience that have never been achieved by conventional digital SLR cameras without live view capability.”

The DMC-L10 incorporates a Face Detection and Intelligent ISO Control function first in digital SLR cameras. The face detection system detects human faces and sets a focus and appropriate exposure to capture a face clearly and well exposed. The Intelligent ISO Control function detects and meters the movement of the subject and sets the suitable ISO setting and the shutter speed according to the amount of the movement to suppress the generation of motion-blur in the picture. The live view lets the users check the outcome image in advance after compensating the exposure or adjusting the white balance.