Full Time Live View - Redefines Digital SLR Photography

Full Time Live View lets you frame the shot just the way you want it.

With conventional digital SLR cameras, you never know exactly how the photo is composed until after you shoot. The LUMIX L10 changes all that with full time Live view. When you look at the L10's LCD, you see what the camera sees, making it easy to frame a shot just the way you want it.

Free Angle LCD for more flexibility.

The L10's 207,000 - pixel, 2.5" LCD rotates 180 degrees left & right & 270 degrees front and back. It lets you shoot at both high & low angles easily and comfortably.

Easily Check White Balance & Exposure Compensation Effects

Now you can use the LCD to check how any white balance & exposure compensation adjustments affect the shot before you take it. The L10's two axis white balance adjustment (lue-amber & magenta-green) provides extremely fine colour control.

Intelligent ISO Control - Prevents Motion Blur

A first inDSLR*, this function detects if the subject is moving & adjusts the ISO setting & shutter speed accordingly. This makes it easy to get phtotos without blurring due to subject movement. **

Face Detection AF/AE Function - Helps Capture People Clearly

This function, the first on a DSLR camera* & made possible by full-time Live View, detects when faces are in the frame & optimises the focus & exposure settings to capture them clearly & correctly. It can detect up to 15 faces in the frame.

Selectable AF Points While Looking at the LCD

The auto-focusing area can be chosen from as many as 11 poins while viewing the LCD before you take the shot allowing you to focus on your subject with exceptional accuracy.

Film Mode lets you adjust the Photo Characteristics while Viewing the LCD

Before taking the shot, you can view your subject LCD & select fromamong six colour modes or three monochrome modes. Take photos with different effects & modes depending on your preference.

Advanced Scene Modes Give you More Control

The modes used most often, Scenery, Macro, Sports, & Night Scenery - have been enhanced. Now you can further adjust each of these modes in three or four detailed settings to better suit the shooting conditions.

* For a DSLR camera aa of 30 August, 2007.

** Dependent on the lens, some functions such as face detection AF/AE function, Intelligent ISO & Mega O.I.S. may not be available.

• A Lens Designed Specifically for the Digitial SLR: Image Rendering that's Pure Leica

Leica D Vario - Elmar 14-50mm/F3.8 - 5.6 ASPH. Mega O.I.S. Lens (Included)

The L10's sophisticated lens unit features 15 lens elements in 11 groups, including two aspherical lenses to lower spherical aberration, and two extra-low dispersion lenses to supress chromatic aberration. The focal length is equivalent to 28-100mm on a 35mm camera.

MEGA O.I.S. Prevents Blurring Caused by Shaky Hands

The Leica D lens is equipped with Panasonic's Mega O.I.S. optical image stabilisation system. COmpensating for handshake blur , MEGA O.I.S. helps you capture sharp, clear, beautiful images even when taking telephoto shots or shooting in dim conditions.

Technologies that Capture All the Beauty, Bring Out All the Emotion

10.1-Megapixel Live MOS Sensor

This 4/3 type 10.1 Mega-pixel Live MOS sensor gives you both the high image quality of a CCD sensor and the low power consumption of a CMOS sensor. With its high resolution, exceptional detail & vivid colour, you capture subjects in their fullest beauty.

High-Performance Venus Engine III

The advanced digital processing provided by this LSI renders images with exquisite beauty. It also reduces picture noise to prevent loss of detail, and provides the kind of fast, responsive performances that makes using the L10 a pleasure.

Four Thirds Standard: Designed Especially for the Digitial Camera

LUMIX adopted the Four Thirds Lens standard for the L10's lens system. This helps the L10 lens acheive a level of expressivity that draws out the capabilities of the image sensor to a greater degree than SLR lenses made for film cameras.

Dust Reduction System Keeps the Dust Out

Every time you turn on the camera, a supersonic wave filter located in front of the image sensor vibrates vertically around 30,000 times a second to cretae wave like mtion across the entire filter that shakes away any dust particales that enter the camera. This system even removes particles that would not be loosened by the horizontal movement of other image sensors.

Compact, Lightweight for More Fun, Greater Mobility

Featuring a compact design & weighing only approx 480 grams, the L10 is a camera you can carry around easily & comfortably. The grip is designed to give you secure, stable hold, leaving you free to concentrate on taking great shots.