Introducing the LUMIX L10 M43 Camera

Oct 10

In May 2026, Panasonic released the Micro Four Thirds, LUMIX L10. I was in Japan at the launch event, which was also the launch of LUMIX 25th Anniversary of making cameras. This is my first week of using this camera.

The LUMIX L10 is a micro four third sensor in a compact camera body. It has a fixed zoom lens that goes from 24 to 75 mm, with an F-stop range of 1.7 at 24 mm and 2.8 at 75 mm.

I was invited to Osaka for the launch of the Lumix L10, but no, I did not sell my soul. I had a wonderful time, and I'm so grateful to LUMIX for this opportunity to not only test this camera, but to experience Japan, Osaka, Kyoto, and all the wonderful people that they work with. I want to say that right up front. Thank you, LUMIX. This video is the first in a mini series about the Lumix L10.

This is a photographer centric camera, but it does have several video features. But one of the things for video which is missing is IBIS. There is no in-body image stabilization. For photos, it doesn't really matter. You will not notice that unless you're hand holding a two-second photo, but for video, you will notice a little jumping when you're walking.

It has the usual suspects, a flippy screen, and it does have a large battery exactly like the G9 Mark II and the GH7, the S9, and the S1 Mark II. So, it has a nice big battery, which makes the camera larger than what you might be expecting of a small compact micro four/ thirds camera. But having said that, yeah, for me it's small enough.

Sometimes cameras can get too small and without IBIS, it is sometimes hard to hold them still. But this camera has good solid feel to it. I got the titanium gold edition, which costs about $100 more. I also got it with some accessories from SmallRig, so an extra wide grip, which you don't really need. And a little thumb rest on the top, which slides into the hot shoe.

Features

The LUMIX L10 has a hot shoe.
It has a separate photo button, a video button, and an S & Q button.
It can do Live View Composite because it has a mechanical shutter as well as an electronic shutter.
It has an audio input jack. but it does not have audio monitoring.
It has a viewfinder (EVF).
Built-in Lens Cap
Zoom switch on the top
Switch on the lens for manual focus, autofocus, and macro.

Back of the LUMIX L10 camera — Back of the LUMIX L10

The back of the camera has the D-pad wheel.
The controls resemble that of the point and shoot LUMIX cameras and the LUMIX G100.
It has a LUT button, which is very handy.
AF-ON button for focus assistance
Switch for shooting mode: photo, video, or S&Q mode.
Subtle branding on the bottom right corner.

New Photo Styles

The LUMIX L10 has a couple of new photo styles. And one of those is Leica monochrome, which you did see in the LUMIX G9ii and the S1ii. But it also has the brand new, L Classic Gold, which gives a really nice warm tone on the shots. Everyone loved it.

As with all Lumix cameras, there are heaps of custom buttons that function buttons that you can program to do all sorts of great things. I will be going over in detail in the future.

The L10 camera also includes the new urban sports setting for autofocus. And I've used this urban sports

setting in very crazy situations and I have to say it works really well.