Lumix L10: a formidable compact camera + best camera-branded socks ever! #lumix

Full disclosure, Lumix has gifted me a special 25th anniversary commemorative pair of socks, 100% cotton. I mean, call me a sock show if you want to, but the truth is, I really wanted Panasonic to make this camera. The DC-L10 is Micro Four Thirds, but it does pack away the lens. The range and speed combined in lens this size is really quite impressive, but then it doesn't actually really cover Micro Four Thirds. And they say it's for enabling changing of aspect ratios, 4x3, 3x2, 16x9, while maintaining the same angle of view. So, there's some tactical corner tweakery going on. Not that I'm complaining. After all, I'm all for elaborately organized corners. For photos, I really like using the L10 as got a viewfinder that Ricoh GR doesn't have, and it's got the convenience of a zoom lens that the X100 doesn't have. It's a satisfying camera to use for stills. It focuses at decent speed. It's got a load of subject detection subjects. So, now I'm just doing a vlogging test. Now, they say it is a photo-centric camera, but it's got a lot button on it. And this will probably give you a good idea of what the internal mic is like. Now, the Canon supposedly has a mic dedicated for vlogging. Panasonic, well, they've not mentioned it. When putting the L10 side by side with the GH5, recording both in open gate, rolling shutter performance seems very similar. The GH5 does use the full sensor for its 4x3 open gate, but shot in V-Log in daylight, there isn't much to separate them. Yet, you can enjoy the video features without tweaking anything. The real-time LUTs, which I'm using right now, applies a look to your video clips without needing to do any more than pointing the camera in the right direction.