Panasonic Finally Launches LX100 II Successor

2026.05.12

Just now, Panasonic took the wraps off the long-awaited sucessor for the outstanding LX100 II. This highly tactile digital camera remained one of the most unique on the market. Its combination of a bright zoom lens and a Micro Four-Thirds sensor made it one of the most capable compact cameras around.

For their 25th anniversary, Panasonic refined their winning formula with the new Panasonic Lumix L10. Oddly, the new offering uses the name of a completely different Panasonic camera from 19 years ago! However, it replaces the almost 8 year old LX100 II, reviewed here with its common features, lens and design.

The new Panasonic Lumix L10 is built around a 26 Megapixels Micro Four-Thirds BSI-CMOS sensor that gets cropped to 20 Megapixels into various aspect-ratios. This allows the L10, like its predecessors, preserve a wide 24mm-equivalent angle-of-view at 4:3, 3:2 and 16:9 ratios. The sensor is paired with an ultra-bright Leica zoom lens, covering a 24-75mm equivalent focal-range and having a maximum F/1.7 aperture at the wide end that gets reduced a little to F/2.8 at the telephoto end. This is exactly the same lens as the LX100 II. This lens features built-in optical image-stabilization.

This is a true Premium Compact Digital Camera that offers a tremendous amount of features with a highly tactile interface and a built-in EVF, which is described below. This digital camera offers dual control-dials, a dedicated aperture-ring, a customizable lens control-ring and traditional Mode Dial. This is the main change compared to the LX100 II which makes this newer model more efficient to use. Exposure-Compensation has changed to require pressing a button which avoid easy accidental EC changes that the LX100-series was prone to. The lens barrel keeps two sliders and the L10 allows customizing the top one, which selects the aspect-ratio by default.

The design of the camera itself remains largely unchanged. There is a minimal grip to secure the camera. Again, very similar to the LX100 II only a little larger along each dimension. The result is a 25% increase in weight. This includes a newer heavier battery that provides 410 shots-per-charge, a substantial increase over prior models.

The back of the Panasonic Lumix L10 is covered in buttons with slight changes compared to its predecessors. Both the EVF and LCD have seen substantial upgrades this time. The new EVF provides a larger 0.74X view that is commonly seen in mid-range crop-sensor mirrorless digital cameras. This unit promisses to be very sharp, detailed and have outstanding contrast, thanks to being an OLED panel. Its 2.4 megapixels resolution is lower in specifications but actually has smaller pixels. The LX100 II used the same pixels for Red, Green and Blue which let Panasonic triple the actual number of dots on the spec-sheet. There is still an essential Eye-Start Sensor.

The rear LCD got a 50% boost in resolution to 1.8 megapixels. It is also now mounted on a rotating hinge. This is obviously more flexible than the fixed screen found on the LX100 II. However, it is also more fragile and not so useful unless vloging. It would have been better to make it tiltable instead. It is possible to turn the monitor so that it faces the body to protect it from scratches or prying eyes.

All this and functions have been been discussed much yet! Panasonic lists most LX100 II functions as available on the L10. The few omissions are likely there, which we will confirm when we start our review. Several features were added too. The new LUT features launched with the S9 are front-and-center here. The Panasonic L10 also upgrades its video capabilities with up to 5.6K capture at 60 FPS, Cinema 4K at 120 FPS and Full HD at a whopping 240 FPS!

The Panasonic Lumix L10 looks extremely promising. It is definitely expected to exceed the LX100 II in terms of performance, capabilities and ergonomics. It is both larger and heavier though, which is not ideal. The L10 gets a huge price-increase, about double the launch price of the LX100 II. The camera has been officially announced in Japan and the USA. The US launch price if $1500 USD. Expect a price of around $2100 CAD for Canada when it gets announced, hopefully soon... or don't hope and pre-order one today from Adorama or B&H Photo.

The Panasonic L10 Premium Compact comes in three colors: Traditional Black, Rangefinder-Style Silver and a Limited Edition Titanium Gold, for an extra $100 USD. The special edition will be available through some retail channels only.

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