Introduction:

With a view of making digital photography simpler and accessible to the beginners, Panasonic has come up with a new model, the DMC G -10 as a part of its award-winning LUMIX G Series. The new camera boasts of a digital interchangeable lens that is supposedly lightest in the world and a slew of other user-friendly features that make operating this camera a child’s play.

Features:

Besides a ton of features, the Lumix DMC –G 10 is endowed with a revamped iA (Intelligent Auto) mode that can be used while taking photos and shooting the video as well. With the single press of a button this feature will be initiated and the camera itself optimizes the settings on its own, as and when necessary. Interestingly, this mode is also equipped to deal with the possible hand-shakes and motion blur that usually haunt the photos with MEGA O.I.S and Intelligent ISO control technologies respectively.

Pros:

• In order to assist the user in shooting in a variety of scene modes, the camera comes equipped with a LUMIX G VARIO O.I.S. Lens. Shooting wide-angle shots has become easier like never before with the 14-42 mm zoom range of this camera.
• Apart from taking stunning pictures, the DMC- G 10 also allows you to shoot HD video with 1280 x 720 pixels at 30 frames per second. This feature supports a variety of formats like VGA, JPEG, WVGA and QVGA. Ability to interchange lens is an added advantage in this wonderful camera.
• The Live MOS Sensor of this camera is protected by a supersonic wave filter as a part of its dust reduction system. Now, you can change the lens of the camera without having to worry about dust and other dirt spoiling your lens.

Cons:

• The camera supports a single compression format only. Also there is a built-in microphone alone for recording audio. It would have been nice if an option for attaching external microphone has been provided in this camera.
• While using the manual focus feature, you can only use the lens that supports contrast AF function.
• Unfortunately, certain features of this camera do not function with all lenses.
• The camera comes with a fixed LCD and the HDMI cable was not provided along with the camera kit.

Pricing Range: Buy this camera with an interchangeable lens for just $599.  Available in Black!

Final Verdict: Panasonic Lumix DMC G-10, one of the few cameras to support Micro Four Thirds System lenses comes loaded with awesome features that can harness the shooting potential of any individual. Owing to the fact that Panasonic has struggled to keep the camera’s price affordable to everybody, several features and components were given a miss from this model. Get ready to be blown away with the power-packed performance of this camera!