Panasonic Lumix DMC-L1

Résumé : The Lumix DMC-L1 marks Panasonic's entry into the crowded midrange digital SLR market. Co-developed with Olympus (whose E-330 is quite similar), the DMC-L1 packs a 7.5 Megapixel LiveMOS sensor, a FourThirds lens mount, a 2.5" LCD display with live ...

Points forts : Very good photo quality, especially if you shoot RAW ; Excellent Leica kit lens with optical image stabilization ; Built like a tank ; Robust performance in most areas ; Live view on sharp 2.5" LCD (but see issues below) ; Handy MF assist feature when ...

Points faibles : Very expensive for what you get ; Bulky, clumsy body has too many buttons and dials ; some switches very poorly placed ; Noisier than other D-SLRs at high ISOs ; JPEG image processing isn't the best ; you'll get much better results shooting RAW ; Live ...

Conclusion : As is the case with all digital SLRs, there's no memory card included in the box with the camera. Needless to say, you'll need to buy yourself one, unless you already have a stash of Secure Digital cards laying around. The camera supports both SD/MMC ...

Résumé : The 7.5-megapixel Lumix DMC-L1, Panasonic's first digital SLR, was announced in early 2006. It was the first non-Olympus SLR built around the Four Thirds System. It came a little more than a year after the manufacturer announced it would work with ...

Résumé : Using this camera is similar to using a film camera: the zoom and aperture rings on the available Leica lenses plus the mode dial and manual focus. Also, since there are no scene modes, i highly recommend that you only buy this camera if you are more ...

Résumé : The 7.5-megapixel Lumix DMC-L1, Panasonic's first digital SLR, was announced in early 2006. It was the first non-Olympus SLR built around the Four Thirds System. It came a little more than a year after the manufacturer announced it would work with ...

Conclusion : The Panasonic looks and to some extent performs like the Olympus E-330. Some of the camera's innards, including the LiveMOS sensor, are the same. The cameras differ in their image processors; the L1 has a Venus Engine III image processing LSI, while ...

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