Panasonic Lumix LX100 - My thoughts in 2020 

Wow, thank you for sharing your story and experience about the camera, really much appreciated. Yeah, this camera is still a great camera that will still produce great results at the end of the day. For the price, size, quality and functionalities that this camera offers, it's really hard to beat! :-) I am glad that you still like your's and thank you very much again for watching and for sharing your story/experience. Sorry for such a late reply but I hope you have a great time and have fun shooting! :-)

It was more of my opinion video than a review really, haha~~ But you're welcome and I am glad that you found it helpful. :-) I wish you a great time and have fun shooting:-)

Yes, the LX100 is still a great camera, thanks for sharing and for watching.☺️ Hope you have a good time and have fun shooting ☺️☺️

How?

From where do u learn photography?

If picture quality is not better than smartphone photo, than something goes wrong with the camera or photographer 😂

I think there are still quite a few people who are still talking about as well as looking into this compact camera because of the low price tag that the camera offers and for the feature sets that this camera still delivers. :-) I think that for landscape, its really only good when the images aren't printed big and/or only posted on social media as the colour depth isn't really there yet and the details are also not really there~~ But that is just my opinion though~~ Thanks for watching and sharing your opinion. Wish you a great time and have fun shooting. :-)

I’m here in 2021 :) looking at these camera, for the first time, as they still sell them new

The photo is indeed mine but the camera was not weather sealed. I had the camera to take time lapse at the balcony before I went out to do groceries and it started raining really hard and when I came back, it was really wet. But it’s still working perfectly fine ☺️

Thank you for sharing your experience and I can definitely relate with you in a lot of situations that you've mentioned. Of course the sensor isn't very good especially when using high ISO but I think another problem that bothers me more is even in good lighting condition, the details aren't really there and I will need to bring them out later in post (extra time consumption right there) and then the skin tones is horrible with this camera and many times it is almost impossible to fix in post because the colour depth is not that great with this sensor. But yeah, those would be my main complaints with this camera regarding the image quality side of things. Thank you very much for sharing and for watching. Hope you have a great time and have fun shooting.

I think that it really depends on what you will be shooting most of the time, if most of the time you will be shooting not directly into the sun light or any source of light that would cause flaring, then this is totally okay. The image quality and the video quality coming out of this camera is really nice. For 180 euros and the image quality that you are getting as well as the video quality that you are getting, there is not much out there that can deliver nice as quality as this one. But of course the annoying part is the dust can get on to the sensor very easily and that flaring... but if you are patient, then this is still a good camera to have :-)

€180 and hesitating? I’d jump on that just to have a spare! I love my LX100.

Yeah, this camera is actually a nice camera to add into collection and it will still deliver great over results as well in such a tiny size. :-) That's also very nice of you that you want to teach your friend photography, I think it's really great. :-) Thank you very much for watching and also for sharing your story, very much appreciated. I wish you a great time, stay safe and have fun shooting! :-)

Yeah, I think a lot of people who uses this camera can relate but thank you for sharing your experience and yeah, luckily you were able to change it. Have fun shooting :-)

@@DavidCuhls hi, im thinking of buying this camera second hand and am worried about this issue. can you recommend me any tips to test when byuing the camera and making sure there aren't these types of issues? (also do the dust smudges go away after some time? i can leave with them temporarily)

Yeah, I totally agree with you on this point as well. Thanks for sharing

Yeah, the dust issue is very annoying and it's even more annoying that they don't release any firmware to try to work around the issue like some other camera companies do...

I just wiped the barrel off with cloth and just retracted the lens (by turning it off). No problems ever occurred since. :-)

I personally would go with the m50 because of the smaller form factor, the image quality as well as the features on both photography and videography side of things. Furthermore, good quality budget lenses are more available on the canon side (especially if you buy the ef to ef-m adapter). Smaller form factor also means that you will more likely be carrying it to more places thus coming back with more memorable pictures. Having said that, even though the LX100 is also small but the dust can easily get inside onto the sensor and because you cannot take the lens out, it's hard to get rid of the dust. However, the dust is not always there...Furthermore, if you like taking photos and/or videos of people/portraits, the skin tones are horrible when compare to the xt-1 and m50. If you are only into photography and like more of a vintage look (not only the camera style but the images as well) then the xt-1 is great for you. The images are still sharp and it also has weather sealing as well. So you have to weight pros and cons now on which features you will need more for what you are going to do. I hope that helps somewhat. I hope you have a great time, stay safe and have fun shooting:-)

@@DavidCuhls Thank you very much. I'll buy m50!

You're welcome! congrats in advance on your decision and on the future camera! Hope you stay safe, enjoy shooting and have a great time!:-)

I've had this camera since about 2015. Mine started to accumulate dust on the sensor, I think dust got in when I used it at the beach in Hawaii. The dust spots got more pronounced as more dust got inside. It's been unused since I had no idea what to do until I called a camera repair shop where I live in LA. The shop said don't attempt to do a DIY repair since it may get worse and the sensor focus needs recalibration. I agree. The repair is going to cost $150 but considering this is one of my favorite travel cameras I will absorb the cost. The shop told me to store the camera in a ziplock bag and never in a pocket, as that contributes to dust getting inside. So this gives you a typical repair cost and ways to store the camera to minimize dust reentering.

I've been using this camera for ten years and never had a dust problem

I've been using this camera for ten years and never had a dust problem

I've been using this camera for ten years and never had a dust problem

I've been using this camera for ten years and never had a dust problem

In my experience, the camera tends to over expose the scene by a bit but if this will be your main camera then you can get used to underexposing the shots with the exposure compensation dial on top. :-) Furthermore, I only explained it from the way I shoot, maybe from the way you shoot or how other people shoot, the results could be different as well as it really depends on the scene. :-) Nonetheless, it is still a great camera and you can also set it to full manual to fits your needs :-)

Hi, I think that the g7x will be a good second camera but for portrait it really depends on which priority you'll have. If what you are looking for is high dynamic range as well as good blurry background feature, then the g7x is really not going to compare to the bigger APSC sensor of the D3300 that you have with the 2.8 lens... That being said, if you don't always need a high blurry background for portraits and super high dynamic range, the g7x will be able to handle portrait just fine and the colour reproduction as well as the skin tones from the camera will be more than good enough in my opinion. It is a great camera and portable as well. But just keep in mind that it physically and technologically won't be able to deliver the same quality in certain fields as the bigger sensor cameras can... For that, maybe it is best to look at something like the RX1 camera where there is a much bigger sensor built in yet remains a compact cameras. The LX100 is also good to get that blurry background and also a high enough dynamic range but with the downside of the skin tones that you might have to edit the skin tones afterwards...

I think that it might be best to ask the shop keeper or a stuff there to ask because when I searched for it, I got the same results. But if the camera looks the same and has the same features written on the description, then I also think that it is safe to assume that it's the same camera. I hope that helps a little, I hope you have a great time and have fun shooting. :-)

Thank you for watching and for the comment, the camera does have the function but it does not go to the exact point where it left off... By exact point, I really mean the exact mm point focal length... This is a huge problem when trying to shoot long time-lapses with long pauses in between as sometimes I either have to crop in a little or I loose a bit of the focal length... It is really frustrating

If low light, smaller size, skin tones and autofocusing system means a lot to you then the g7s mark 2 is better for you. However, if you'd like to edit the RAW images and having better video quality in this price range of cameras, then the panasonic is better :-)

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The lens on the X100V is not really that good (quality-wise) and the I like the fix focal length but the focal length is not very practical and versatile either (I know that this is subjected to just my personal use and opinion). For the setup and the price of the X100V, I could just get the m50 with the 22mm STM and it would produce better colour depth and reproduction, better skin tones, sharper lens, better LCD, good enough controls and (MUCH) better autofocusing system for a few hundred euros less~~

Thank you for the compliment and also for watching! I wish you a great time, stay safe and have fun shooting! :-)

It is estimated around 100,000 but it is also kind of hard to check for an accurate shutter count for this camera as different softwares will tell you different figure and so you just have to make an approximate from it yourself. That being said, usually cameras tend to last longer than the approximate shutter life that the manufacturer gave it~~

@@DavidCuhls Thank you very much for your quick response! I have seen that the camera itself can enter a "service mode" menu where you can check the number of "mechanical" shots among other things, it was to have a reference since it, i did not find any information about it. Thank you !!

Yeah I actually can understand that... But thank you for watching and also for sharing your experience, very much appreciate it. :-) I wish you a great time, stay safe and have fun shooting! :-)

Yeah, I actually also mentioned it in the video as well that due to the lack of weather sealing, the lens will pump in air every time it zooms and power on/off. Therefore sucking in dust as well... That was one of the downsides to the camera actually....

it depends on the look and the features you really need. If video is a strong point as well, a lighter body for traveling and overall more photography and filmmaking features, then the lx100 would be the way to go. However, if you want better skin tones, less dust on the sensor (the lx 100 catches a lot of dust on the sensor), better flaring controls, then the x100 series is better to go for :-)

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Yeah, I do agree that it is still a great camera to carry out with you to take on a daily basis. I do still like this camera because of the overall package that it delivers and the type of images that you get out of it after post processing and the camera is also great for video use as well. However, there are of course many points that bothers me so much that turns this camera into a camera of contradictions. This is simply because, I love the form factor, I love the feature sets, I love what the images CAN turn out after post processing. I hate the colour reproduction, colour depth and the skin tones that this camera delivers with all my heart. This means that I would have to at least edit the images whether or not I want to just to make it look the very least natural. Of course this is a subjective topic but coming being a photographer who mainly shoots with Canon, Nikon and Fuji (both DSLRs, mirrorless and compacts), the colour reproduction, colour science and skin tones from this camera is just the worst part about this camera~~ But this is just my opinion. Thank you very much for watching and for sharing. Hope you have a great time and have fun shooting :-)

@@DavidCuhls I wonder if the Leica 7 has better skin tones.

@@DANTHETUBEMAN The Leica D-Lux 7 definitely has better skin tones in my opinion. Even though the camera was designed by Panasonic but the operating system (thus also the colour programme) is Leica's. So you can be sure that the colour science, colour renditions and the skin tones are closer to the usual Leica colour profiles than Panasonics. That said, being a design from the LX-100, this also means there is a huge flaw in the design which is how very easy it is for the dust to get on to the sensor. Otherwise, if you can pay the extra money on the Leica, I would highly recommend the Leica version over the Panasonic's purely for that colour science along would be worth it. I hope that helps somewhat. Thank you so much for watching, really appreciated it. :-) I wish you a great time, stay safe and have fun shooting! :-)

@@DavidCuhls I think the lx100-2 had a dust washer added to the lens. That would be a good addition. I wonder if a camera repair could retrofit one in to yours?

@@DavidCuhls I can't see any problems from you tube with your skin tones, but I'm not trained in photography

I don't think I mentioned that I've made a video comparing the two cameras. I think I mentioned that I've made a video about the g7 and also about the the lx100 before in the past and have touched on a little comparison between the two cameras in those videos since I used to use both of them for both personal and professional work often.

Yeah, it's still a great camera and will still deliver amazing results for today :-) Thanks for sharing and have fun shooting:-)

The pictures arent that good? Im researching to buy a compact camera. This is on my list.

@@Goval400 the JPEGs look very mediocre to me, maybe RAWs are better, I don't know, I'm still learning. I'll try to provide you with samples.

@ I agree JPGs taken SOOC could be better (still they aren't THAT bad, anyway), but if you "develop" images from its RAWs (I'm using SilkyPix), that camera gives sharp, contrasty and "punchy" picture. It's equipped with very good lens, and its sensor isn't bad. For example: you'll notice that you'll be able to pull the details from the overexposed areas; not every sensor allows to do that so easily.

I am glad you like it, thank you very much for watching. Regarding your questions, it really depends on your needs. If you want to record a concert, I do think you are much better off with maybe something like a Canon 70d with the the microphone and a lens of your choice that best fit your situation. Sure, the kit might be a little bit more expensive but it will have much better low-light performance, much more reliable autofocusing system (especially in lower lighting situations). However, if compact cameras within similar price range is what you are looking for, I would highly recommend the Sony RX 100 mark III as well as the Canon G7X. They are actually better in autofocusing are, better colour science, better skin tones, have better built in microphone as well and better in lowlight situations even though the lumix has bigger sensor. Of course, in terms of the video details at the highest recording resolution, the lumix will have a bit more details than the other two compact cameras. I hope these options were helpful to you. If you have anymore questions, feel free to ask at anytime. Otherwise, I wish you a great time, stay safe and have fun shooting! :-)

@@DavidCuhls Thank you very much for your detailed response. The Canon 70d seems great but a bit big and it was released in 2013. I was thinking about the Sony A6400 maybe ! I dont' what you think about it for music ? Anyway that was very nice of you to answer :) Have a great day !

The a6400 is also a great camera but also much more expensive than the LX100 (that's why I tried to propose the options within similar price range). But if your budget is that much (because you'd still have to invest in proper lenses and many other accessories), then by all means, go for the a6400. The low light performance is great, sharper video quality than the LX100 yet still in a small form factor. The dynamic range is good but the skin tones is bad when compare to the 70d. That being said, it is still a much more complete package. :-)

@@DavidCuhls hehehe thanks again :) In that budget I don't know any camera that would have good skin tone exept maybe Fugi Tx-4 ?

Even the X-T3 and the X-T2 will have better skin tones than the a6400 :-)

A lot of times 12 mp is more than enough. Furthermore, it is not only about the amount of pixels but rather the quality of each pixels, how sensitive they are to light, the colour reproduction, the information it retains. Adding on, the lens is still good for stills photography and it allows a low aperture shooting as well. You can also push the RAW files quite a bit with this camera and for the price, it is really hard to beat. Of course, if you really need more pixels, then feel free to get higher pixels cameras. You know people are really crazy about 4k video quality saying how clear, sharp, high quality it is. UDH (4k), as the name suggests, it is only 8 megapixels-ish~~ So with the 12 megapixels sensor, effectively you still can crop in a lot and still print bigger than A1 print. So if you are going to need more resolution than that then this camera is not for you and you don't need to consider it. In that case then I wish you a great time, thanks for watching and have fun shooting. :-)

You can do a quick calculation: say, for simplicity, that the frame is quadratic. SQRT(12 mln) ~= 3500, SQRT(20 mln) ~= 4500. So as you can see: having almost twice as many pixels on the sensor means you get ONLY slightly more than a quarter of linear resolution increase. So why not use 12m camera?

Did you mean the Tamron 17-50 f2.8? Honestly, I don't see why there would be a downgrade in image quality whatsoever. The sensors in modern compacts are superb, as are the lenses. The Leica 24-75 f1.7 lens on the Lumix LX100 for example is a great example. You'll likely find an increase in image quality with many compacts, depending on the lenses. I was the same as yourself, using DSLRs for years, I now favour compacts as they are easier to carry and therefore I take them to more places. There are plenty of compacts with interchangeable lenses if you so wish but like the LX100, you will likely still need to use a small camera bag to carry them. In my opinion one of the finest compact cameras is the Ricoh GR series. The newer GR series in particular. They house a superb large sensor, have a pin sharp mind-blowingly good lens (if you can live with a prime) and are still small enough to fit in a jacket pocket or a belt clip. I wish I had never sold mine.

@@fishmeister2625 of course I use Tamron 2.8. From some reason I keep writing this parameter wrong. I can afford aftermarket Lx100 mk1. I like the fact it is equipped with bright lens. I have never heard of Ricoh cameras. Do you thing it's better than Lx100 for casual photo shoots?

@@piotrkociecki5803 It depends on what type of photography you like to do. If you prefer candid / street / architecture / casual photography, the Ricoh GR (or GR II) is a fantastic camera. Bear in mind it's a prime lens, no zoom, but I have always preferred prime lenses. Here is a good review ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qyKkcqqZJIU.html Please bear in mind there is the older Ricoh GR cameras (GR Digital) and the newer GR models. Other good choices in the older second hand market are the Fujifilm X70 and the Fujifilm X100 series. If you want a zoom lens and don't mind the extra bulk, the LX100 is a great choice. Theses no harm in keeping your DSLR for some nice landscape/sports/wildlife images and buying a nice compact for a camera you can always have on you!

@@fishmeister2625 Ricoh isn't popular in my country and I couldn't find any aftermarket pieces. the new GR2 costs twice as much as aftermarket Lx100. What do you think of Canon G5/G7 and Sony Rx100 (mk 1/mk2)?

@@piotrkociecki5803 That's a shame, there is about £80-100 difference in my country between the two. I had an original Canon G7 about 15 years ago, solid well built camera that was great, I don't know what the newer models are like. I've never had any of the Sony RX100 series, I've heard very good things about them! Ultra compact, very good image quality and a nifty pop-up viewfinder! Great choice for street/candid shots + travel photography. Honestly, if you are considering the LX100 then you can't go wrong, I love the image quality from mine and it is certainly more compact than a DSLR. It fits nicely in a jacket pocket, but it is not ultra-compact. I would advise visiting a camera store and holding one to see what you think. I use mine wide open and never used the zoom, the lens extends quite far at full length. 24mm is however a nice focal length for my images so the zoom is redundant. Good luck with your choice! I know how difficult it can be!

There are but it really depends on what your needs really are. If faster autofocusing system means more to you with a lighter body then the Canon G7x (original or mark ii) is also a good option. Furthermore, that camera will offer more smooth colour reproduction, better skin tones as well as better colour depth than the panasonic will. Then there is the Sony RX 100 mark iii or mark iv, they are both very affordable now and will deliver much better image quality than the panasonic can. The skin tones and colour reproduction may not be as good as the canon but it will have sharper image quality than both canon and panasonic as wells better files to edit (if you would like to do a lot of editing then this camera is a great option to go for). This is all I can generally recommend. I know in different parts of the world the price may vary a bit.

Canon 5D Mark 1 (classic). Fantastic camera can be had for cheap

Thank you for sharing your experience, very much appreciated it. :-) But as I also mentioned, this was just my thoughts based on how I used it... it never really meant to be a proper review because this video was based on how I use the camera.... Also, how one uses the camera is also very very subjective... when cameras, I expect them to adapt to me and not the other way around... so I usually find Canon, Nikon and Pentax menu system the easiest for me as I don’t have to scroll through/think where the settings that I want is located... I want to minimise the time of accessing the menu is little as possible and sadly (for the way I use/operate), lumix, Sony and fujifilm menus does not allow that for me... again, this is subjective, no photographer would use the cameras in their hand the same way other photographers would... and again, this was not meant to be a proper review but just my thoughts/and opinion about this camera as I would never dare call if a review when it’s pretty much based on my thoughts and the way I personally use the camera... (just wanted to make that clear)... That being said, thank you very much for watching, I wish you a great time and have fun shooting ☺️☺️

@@DavidCuhls Got your point. Thanks for the clarifications.

@@DavidCuhls "I want to minimise the time of accessing the menu is little as possible" -- its "Quick menu" (that can, and SHOULD, be personalized) comes to the rescue! Also customization of F-keys is helpful, isn't it?

@@beholder2012 thank you for your kind suggestion and I am very sorry if what I said does not really align with the way you think I could operate. I have indeed customise the function button as well as utilise the Quick Menu but they don’t contain all the features that I need to always access... different photographers/users will always have their own settings that they will access more often than others and in my case, they’re only available in the menu settings. Furthermore, my comment was more on the menu side of aspect rather the quick menu nor the function button.... But I thank you for your time for both watching and also for your suggestion. Really appreciated it. Again, if I said something wrong, I am deeply sorry, this video was, as mentioned in the title, “my thoughts a” and not a review... I only wanted to explain from my side of the story and how I operate the camera in case it might help those who would use the camera similarly to how I use it. I thank you again for watching and for sharing your suggestion. I wish you a good time, stay safe and have fun shooting

@@DavidCuhls thanks for your kind reply -- anyway the conclusion is: LX100 is still a great camera, and it could be even better if having a slight firmware update. Really a pity Panasonic isn't going to update its FW.

I think that you will be shooting quite a bit throughout the day, it would be better to have at least two to three batteries with you. Furthermore, getting two or three batteries is also more beneficial on the long run as even the genuine battery does not last that long over the years, so getting at least two or three batteries will prolong the lifetime of the battery of the years. Hope that helps, I thank you for watching, I wish you a great time, stay safe and have fun shooting! :-)

Moiré pattern/effect is pretty much the results when a set of straight or curved lines is superposed onto another set.

Yeah, the magenta/pink colour issue is really apparent on this camera (as well as on many other Panasonic's cameras with the m4/3 sensors). The image that you mentioned, actually her lipstick had a strong pink/magenta tone already but the camera also exaggerated by a lot as well... So yes, it is an issue... and if you are just taking portraits of people without lipstick in that tone, it seems like they looked a bit sick (many times it is also on their cheeks and forehead, not just lips...)... I usually just adjust the tone in Lightroom to as neutral as possible if I have the time and especially if it's for a paid job.. Otherwise, it is just too much time consuming to correct it in Lightroom all the time that a lot of times I will edit colour tones to match it or just let it be that tone as it really is just too much time consuming to always correct it...

@@DavidCuhls Yep you are right its not only for a lips but other place on body where skin if thin, in addition on ears. Its really annoying (In my case i didint want camera to spent addition time to adjust color in computer), I bought this camera because i am amateur, even my wife who is totally ignorant about cameras) so we decided this camera because we thought its totally IA Camera :D, Now i regret that i didn't buy Canon g7x mark ii. Wrr :D

Yeah, it seems like the colour really tends to plague the images and throughout the images~~ The feature set and the video files are good in my opinion but just week on the colour science in photography and the flaring controls on the lens... I think that the Canon G7x mark II is a great option though if you are looking for the camera that will deliver good looking results with good colour science/rendition and reproduction straight out of the camera. The low light autofocus is also better. In general, if you don't want to fuzz with the camera, the G7x line in general will be much better... It's only when you want to spend time editing your images and you want more robust files to work with, brighter lenses to produce nicer blurry background, better video quality and more manual controls then the LX100 is really for those types of shooting....

I think it really depends on what you are looking for in a beginner camera. If you just want to learn photography with a nice and compact camera but also still want the ability to be able to play with the RAW image files, then I'd say that this is a good beginner camera to have at an affordable price tag. :-) That being said, you also have to accept the flaws that this camera has such as the poor battery life, dust gets onto the sensor very easily (and it's going to be hard to take get rid of the dust spots unless you get rid of it in post), etc. :-)

@@DavidCuhls Thank you for the honest feedback. Yes i want to make pictures and learn the ways of the camera :) . I do not live in a place with exagerated dust problems. Hills and mountains here. Scenery pictures and city pictures are what I am looking for.

I think that if you don't require a lot, this camera is a good camera. The video and photo quality out of this camera is still really nice. You can work a lot with them and they are also robust to handle quite a bit of processing to them. The zoom on the camera is decent, the onboard sound is okay and the lens allows good amount of light into the sensor which makes the camera able to film/photograph a little bit in low light. Furthermore, the camera will still be able to produce nice background blur because of the large amount of light that the lens lets into the sensor. The downside would be if you better sound quality, you have to record it externally and sync it in post, the zoom can be too slow and lets in a bit of dust sometimes. The skin tones in my opinion is bad but fixable in post (if you have time). The camera is a bit slow for traveling content creation and the system is not efficiently designed. The screen cannot really be viewed in bright sun light (also too glossy) and the battery does not last that long. I guess now it's for you to see which is more important for you and decide if it's the camera for you. Hope that helps somewhat. Thank you very much for watching, hope you have a great time , stay safe and have fun shooting! :-)

The thing is, if you quantify how much dislikes or like to justify whether or not one likes the camera then that's not really liking... That's just seeing the number of advantages vs the disadvantages really... I of course like the camera. There are factors from my like that outweighs many dislikes of the cameras such as the image quality out of the RAW files as well as the form factor of the camera outweighs the annoying panasonic menus, the slow operation of the camera, the lack of weather sealing and more... So I do like the camera but like is something that is emotional rather than numerical... Plus, this is just my opinion, whether or not you like this camera and/or judge if this camera is really for you is also your own subjective quantification way of doing it... I just also have my own way of justifying why I like the camera...

It depends on how you really look at the camera. I think that as a compact camera, it is able to deliver great video output, sharp enough image quality in good lighting, good enough lenses, great RAW files, offers full manual controls and many other positive sides. Sure, there are downsides such as bad skin tones, dust can easily get on the sensor, not great in lowlight (also lost a lot of details in lowlight), the feature implementations can feel like an after thoughts, etc... Sure, the Sony RX100 series of cameras and the Canon g5 line of cameras will be able to produce more details but that's not to say that the LX100 is that bad or far behind... It all depends on the priority that you want out of the camera as well because there are many features on this camera that might be more important than what the competition at the time had to offer... Thank you very much for watching, I wish you a great time, stay safe and have fun shooting! :-)

There is no sensor cleaning system and the camera is also not properly sealed, so every time the camera extends and retracts the lens, it brings in some dust particles inside which in some cases can show up on your images

Sorry, it can't :-/

I actually did briefly explained about the off skin tones and apparently it's the same kind of skin tone problem that i also experienced... It's too much time consuming to fix it in post as well~~

Thank you for your comment, really appreciated. I am also really sorry about what I said that caused disagreements. First off, just to be clear on my side, this video never was supposed to be a review, hence the title "my though"... I know that I am bias with cameras because I believe that a reviewer should neutral and not talk from his/her own opinion. Furthermore, I was talking purely based on my personal experience with the camera, I am not talking on behalf of anyone, so I said what I my personal experience with it. Secondly, most professionals I know don't treat their cameras lightly nor baby their cameras. If we are on assignments, we don't care about our equipments but only care about getting the shots. Capturing the shots worth so much more than the price tag of the piece(s) of the equipment used to capture it in the first place because the end results are priceless. Look online at used professional cameras and you'll see a lot of scars on the cameras... My Canon 5d mark III, mark II, 1dx, 1d line of cameras all have a lot of scratches that the paint from the metal got off revealing the original colour of the metal... I love my cameras but I don't baby them... That's what the extra price tag is for, reliability & functionality over aesthetics... Thirdly, the camera is indeed old but the newer batteries are always available in the market both from reliably third-party manufacturers and from the brand itself. Also, they are affordable and I happen to purchase them every time I notice that they are going weaker. So my statement about the batteries stays valid in my opinion. Fourthly, I am not here to increase my viewership, I am sorry. I am here to just give my opinion on the camera in the hopes that maybe some information that I am giving could be helpful in the community. I view my channel more of a community where I can share my PERSONAL experience about the gear that I am using whether it is my professional gear, travel gear, classic, etc. If it does not help then I am really sorry but it did help then I am thankful. All in all, I thank you again for sharing your words, it means a lot to see it from a different point of view. But I also have to make it clear that I am not a reviewer nor claim to be one and the reason for that I have already made it clear above (I hope it's clear to you sir). So it only made sense to talk about the camera from my experience and the way I use it and I am sorry if that doesn't sound fair to the camera for you... I am really sorry... Also, it's fine to call me anything you want, you are entitled to that because at the end of the day, it is your own opinion and feelings that I have no right to control nor interfere. Hope you have a good time, stay safe and have fun shooting. :-)

@@DavidCuhls OMG, I should have been a bit more careful with my wording! We're all human and so, we're all dumb at times. I didn't mean to call YOU dumb, but what you DID was dumb (keeping this "baby camera" along with the grown ups in your bag without protecting it). Didn't I ever do such dumb things? You bet! About the batteries, it shouldn't even be mentioned in this review piece (because it's an old battery). About your review: anyone can review anything! Nothing wrong. You can even be biased because, as I said, we're all human. Only thing unacceptable is if you are agenda-driven. For eg, if you are a paid reviewer (if there's such a thing) from Canon or Sony, you shouldn't be badmouthing Panasonic unfairly. I hope you're clear about my views now. Sorry I ruffled your feathers on a lovely Sunday morning! PS: While I am at it, may I ask you for your expert opinion? My LX7 is still going great; but I am thinking about an upgrade (but in the same class... I have no patience to lug around Bodies, lenses, tripods etc). LX10/LX15 vs LX100. Or better yet, whatever succeeded LX10. 1" sensor is okay by me (I don't need the micro 4/3rd). Also, I really don't want huge files (20-30 mega pixels) and 12-15 MP is just fine for me. I want to stay loyal to Lumix because of the button layout, Leica lenses etc. Changing to Sony or Fuji may not be my cup of tea unless you say they're head and shoulders above the Lumix offerings. Please advise. Thank you!

You are right, anyone can review anything they want but I am not a reviewer, I am just not. Furthermore, I am not agenda driven as you accused me of doing. That is really going way too far as to accused me of that behaviour. If I was indeed to be paid by any companies, it is only ethical to mention it and also by law I have to mention it. I haven't accused you of doing anything you haven't done so please don't cross the line and accuse me of doing something that I haven't either. This case is really going into a depth of ethical and legal territory here. I respect that you are a loyal Panasonic user but I bought all of my gear with my own money whether it's Canon, Nikon, Sony, Panasonic, Fujifilm, etc. So it is not in my interest to bad talk about other brands. I simply don't have any reason to do so... I am crazy enough to invest thousands of euros into a brand and just bad mouth about it. Furthermore, it's not that I hate Panasonic as brand, there are products which I genuinely love, the original G1, the S1H and the S5 are my favourite Lumix cameras that they produced. Regarding the battery topic, it's not old. It just isn't reliable enough for my use. If it's more than what you could've asked for from a camera battery then good for you. The Lumix LX100 isn't a baby camera, it is in fact a very capable camera in my opinion. Every photographer will have their own way to packing their gear but I do like the fact that the LX100 is not intrusive and I can just setup the camera in places where it should not be intrusive nor disturbed. For instance, as a background camera setup, camera to shoot reference shots for projects, setup to do time-lapses in public spaces where I don't want attention when shooting such as in crossings/restaurants/etc. and just so much more. I do work with all the gear in my bag. When I use the term "baby my cameras" I don't mean a low level camera, it's a metaphor for "I don't care about my cameras" when I am out there in the field shooting content because the end results matters more to me. Every gear that I pack into my bag has their purpose and that's why I packed in the bag. I wouldn't pack/carry anything that is not necessary because my bag is already heavy. But I am also not going to get a separate bag for any of my equipment just for a fear of rubbing them together... At the end of the day, they are pieces of equipments that have to work on the field and capture the moment/stories. You didn't ruffled my feathers by any mean. You clearly have your own opinion and your way of looking at things and I do highly respect that. I really do. Taking it personal would be silly because who am I to say how you should shoot and also it's your own view points. Regarding your question, I cannot give you any advice on that because I simply haven't used them for long enough to give you any advice. Judging a camera based on just a few weeks of using it and based on it's list of specifications is just not fair because that's not a way of telling whether the product is good for your work or not. Furthermore, whether something has better offerings/feature sets is entirely personal for that person's decisions. I have not right to tell other people that one camera brand offering is better than the other simply because I am not the one shooting their pictures for them. Every people have their priorities on what they want to use the camera for, how they shoot, their tastes in the image quality and looks. So who am I to tell them which is better based on my priorities and/or assumptions.

@@DavidCuhls I think your problem is English comprehension. Please re-read my entire second comment. I didn't accuse you of any of the things you mention. Even my comment about Baby camera has to do with LX100's size; not its capabilities. All you needed to do is find a bunch of soft cotton (or even plastic) bags in which you toss your LX100 and this bag goes inside your one big camera bag. This way, your pricey gear don't damage the LCD panel of LX100. You missed reading a bunch of "ifs" in my comment. I think you should take your time reading other's words carefully before going to war with them.

I did read it quite a few times before I answered and to which my answer to your reply also contained "if" as well. Regarding the wrapping the camera with soft cotton (or plastic) but that is too much time consuming when I am out in the field shoot. I like to be able to grab the camera out from the bag and shoot. I don't want to spend even an extra second taking it out of what's wrapping it... I am sorry, but that's the way I do things. Also, I am not going to war... You think that I was fighting with you this entire time? If so, I am truly sorry. I was only trying to explain myself as well as correcting that this all was only my opinion and not a statement. I was only sharing my opinion in the first because in case it could help anyone but if it doesn't then it doesn't, I am sorry. That's it. But if you see it as a war then I think this will be my last reply to you because fighting is not supposed to be part of why I started my channel. I started making videos, sharing my opinions (but not enforce it upon anyone) is in hopes to benefit certain people who may take something out of the contents and also to create a small community where people can just share their constructive experience/stories and benefit other viewers/readers as well. So with all due respect to you, I will stop here since this has clearly escalated to a different situation. Thank you for your words, I will do my best to improve my future contents. I am sorry if I have offended you in any way an I am also deeply sorry about my English. I am not a native speaker but I am doing my best to learn the language. I hope you have a nice day and have fun shooting.

I do admit that I have said a lot of cons about the camera. However, I do still like the camera and as I also have said that the quantity of pros and cons does entirely determines if the camera good or not but it is also about how much each pros and cons means to the end user. For example, one of the pros for me was how much you could recover with the RAW files coming from this camera for the size and price that it's currently going for, and I've also mentioned the con as the menu system, the dust getting into the sensor and the user interface. For me, the RAW file was a big enough point from this camera that it out weighs the cons that I've mentioned because the robust RAW files meant much more than those cons that I've just mentioned. So I do apologise that I mentioned a lot of cons but on the other hand I did titled this video as "my thoughts"... This also means that it's entirely based on my opinion based on how I've been using the camera and not how other people use the camera. Some of my pros could be cons for users. So long story short, I do like the camera despite a lot of cons (in my opinion) as the pros is more important to me than the cons that it has (and that is something that is personal and all users will have their priorities that will prioritise which qualities and feature of the device will mean more to them). I hope that helps to clear things out if not a lot then a little. Sorry for the missunderstanding and thank you for watching. Hope you have a good time, stay safe and have fun shooting.

@@DavidCuhls thanks Dave! Guess im a little sensitive since I just pulled the trigger on one of these! :-)