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Excellent build quality, superb images and exceptional performance make the Panasonic Lumix G10 a first-rate digital camera but with a disappointing viewfinder and poor noise control at high ISO settings, it may not be the dream device you're looking for. Read full review

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By Cliff Smith
Reviewed 28 June 2010
Updated 26 May 2011

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-G10 details

Build Quality: 9/10
Image Quality: 8/10
Value: 7/10
Overall: 8/10

Pros & Cons

Pros

Excellent build quality
Good picture quality
Exceptional performance

Cons

Disappointing viewfinder
Poor noise control at high ISO settings
Cut-down video mode

Price as reviewed

£549.99

Manufacturer

Panasonic

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joose

8:24 PM on 28 June, 2010

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As a owner of the original G1 (sold today) I'd say that some of the better features of the camera was the flexible screen and the excellent viewfinder. Both of which this update remove. I'd advise potential customers to move up to the G2 unless they really can't afford it as it really does make all the difference to the user experience.

BTW I've sold mine so that I can get a Olympus E-P1. Found an excellent deal which comes with the view finder and pancake lens. Which at some point I will upgrade to the Panasonic 20mm. Olympus jpeg engine + body stablizer + fast lens = :)

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9:35 PM on 28 June, 2010

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"The high quality Leica-branded 14-50mm f/2.8-3.5 Mega OIS standard zoom is around £770" Whoa Cliff, have you just accidentally slipped out details of a new lens, or are you referring to the regular Four Thirds lens from the L1 DSLR? :)

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Jawad Mateen

10:04 PM on 28 June, 2010

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@ Cliff Smith

Long time reader, first time commenter... love the reviews

Recently someone else did a couple of camera reviews and I was asking the question whether you've left... Glad to have you back

My question is not related to this review but I was waiting to ask you this so here it goes... I need a compact camera for myself and Fujifilm FinePix F200 EXR fits the bill for me (A friend of mine got one after reading your review and is really happy with it's technology that helps taking great night-time photos) but it came out last year and I was wondering if there is an update coming? Like a direct successor?

And if so how long before I can buy it...

Appreciate your help as always...

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12:30 AM on 29 June, 2010

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I, on the other hand, have just bought a G1. They currently can be had new for as low as £360 and Panasonic are giving £50 cashback on G1s bought before the end of this month. That's £310 net for a new G1. The cheapest I can find a G10 for is currently £439. Hmmm...

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Joneb1999

12:37 AM on 29 June, 2010

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Im a bit confused about how Trusted Reviews ranks image quality since readimg recent reviews including this one. The reason is this camera gets 8 out of 10 for image quality and its one of the new mirrorless G system breed supposedly better than automatics. The thing is if a camera in this league which the reviewer says says is comparable to the G2 and very good only gets 8 out of 10 for image how does this really compare with the likes of the panasonic TMZ8 whic gets 9 out of 10 for image quality, an automatic at half the price. Am I to understand the TZ8 really has better image quality than the DMC-G10.

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9:00 AM on 29 June, 2010

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joneb1999 - Image quality (and indeed any other review score category) is rated subjectively comparing, as far as possible, like with like. Obviously a camera with a Four-Thirds sensor is going to have better image quality than a compact camera with a 1/2.3" sensor, so it wouldn't be fair to compare the two. A score of 8 means "very good" in comparison to similar or at least similarly-priced products, which in the case of the G10 means other recent mirrorless system cameras or mid-range DSLRs.

This again illustrates why, in my opinion, review scores in general are a bad idea. You don't usually get marks out of ten on book, theatre or restaurant reviews, and they're unusual on film reviews, so what is it about technology reviews that makes us want it all boiled down to a few easily digested numbers? Short attention spans?

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9:15 AM on 29 June, 2010

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@Jawad - My advice would be to buy the current version. If Fuji update like they did with the F70 to F80 they will add more megapixels which will make the photos slightly worse for night time shots as well as dynamic range.

I bought the F70 based on Cliff's and others reviews and am very happy with it.

@StefZ - Excellent move :) The G1 is really good, just in the end not for me. But I did come from a Ricoh GRDigital so zoom's and the size needed to do zoom's are something I realise I could do without.

@Cliff - Doesn't matter how many times you write that, you know next month you will be asked the same question! lol It's a shame you can't remove the scores but keep the trusted review stamp to show standout products when they come around.

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6:09 PM on 29 June, 2010

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@Joose

Thanks... I understand what you're saying...

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4:43 PM on 30 June, 2010

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@ Cliff Smith - I think you'll find a lot of movie reviews give ratings and though I cant say as much for books I would incline to believe the same. I dont think theres any need to start giving examples as Im confident they are not hard too find. There is absolutely no clarification on how a person is to understand how the reviews compare to each other on this site reading from the home page as far as I can see and I have very good experience of not taking aything for granted. Also I feel like you are being a little patronising in your response. I find it insulting and at this time it has only served to near turn me off visiting this website or using it as a reference. If you have no choice but to use the ratimg system perhaps you can clarify it. As for reading what can be a 4 page review of something I have only a little interest in, I have more to do with my time, so I glance over and I use the ratings and the verdict and whatever info I gleam from in between as my reference and Im sure Im not the only person who does this.

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7:17 PM on 30 June, 2010

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@Joneb1999 - Get over yourself, there's a good lad.

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