The Panasonic Lumix G100D is a compact camera with interchangeable Micro Four Thirds (MFT) lenses featuring a 20.3 MP image sensor without a low-pass filter.
The Panasonic Lumix G100D is a compact camera with interchangeable Micro Four Thirds (MFT) lenses featuring a 20.3 MP image sensor without a low-pass filter. The MFT system offers a wide variety of compact, suitable lenses. Thanks to the precise autofocus system with face and eye detection and the 5-axis hybrid image stabilizer, you can capture sharp, blur-free images. The G100D records video in 4Kp30 and also features modes such as V-Log L, Slow & Quick Video, or time-lapse recordings. There is a selfie video mode and the option to record portrait video specifically for social media. The built-in frame marker function provides a mask over the image that displays all common social media formats. In addition to intuitive operation, the Panasonic G100D also offers WiFi and Bluetooth for quick and easy data transfer. This kit includes a Panasonic Lumix G VARIO 12-32mm F3.5-5.6 MFT lens and a Panasonic Lumix G VARIO 45-150mm F4.5-5.6 MFT lens.
Key Features
20.3 MP sensor without low-pass filter
Lens mount: Micro Four Thirds (MFT)
Precise autofocus system with face and eye detection
5-axis hybrid stabilizer (OIS+EIS)
4K30p / 1080p60 video recording
V-Log L is pre-installed
Frame marker for photos and videos
Vertical video
Selfie video mode
Slow/Fast video
Time Lapse Video
On-screen Tally mode that can be turned on and off to signal active recording
Built-in stereo microphone with wind noise filter
Additional 3.5 mm microphone port
Continuous shooting with up to 10 images/sec (AFS/AFC/AFF/MF with electronic shutter)
Freely rotating 7.5" LCD touchscreen
WiFi & Bluetooth for quick and easy data transfer
2.36MP OLED LiveView viewfinder
Features like level gauge, real-time histogram, zebra pattern, grid lines, frame marking
USB-C power supply capability
Recording to SDXC, SDHC, or SD memory card (UHS-I compatible)
Includes Lumix G VARIO 12 - 32 mm F3.5-5.6 ASPH MFT lens and Lumix G VARIO 45 - 150 mm F4.5-5.6 ASPH. / MEGA OIS MFT lens
Package Contents
1x Panasonic Lumix G DC-G100D camera
1x Panasonic Li-Ion 1025 mAh, 7.2 V battery
1x USB-C cable
1x hot shoe cover
1x carrying strap
1x Panasonic Lumix G VARIO 12 - 32 mm F3.5 - 5.6 ASPH. / MEGA OIS MFT lens
1x Panasonic Lumix G VARIO 45 - 150 mm F4.5-5.6 ASPH. / MEGA OIS MFT lens
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Amazing camera.
First of all, it is natural that you can find better cameras than this one. However, what you probably can't find is a better camera in this combination of dimensions and money. It is a miniature camera with an OLED electronic viewfinder (this distinguishes it mainly from its predecessor, the Panasonic G100, which had an LCD viewfinder).
This camera was not so popular because it competed in a category where other notable options were available (e.g. Olympus OM-D M10 IV), which excels in certain aspects, the most characteristic of which is the presence of in-body stabilization (IBIS). But what unfairly disadvantaged it the most is that it was launched as a vlog camera even though its 4K, for example, does not come from sampling the entire sensor, while its strong point is not video but photography: It is a very good camera for travel photography. If you combine it with a stabilized lens, you won't miss IBIS, and if you combine it with most primes, you may miss it.
Its flash is weak, but it has a hot shoe for attaching an external flash.
Its menu is amazing. Well organized with color codes, much better than the chaotic Olympus menu.
Of course, being an m43 camera, its small size will perfectly match the wide variety of small lenses that the m43-mount offers, and you can carry several in a small bag.
Update 15/7/2024: When taking photos in semi-automatic P mode, the camera tends to choose unusually small apertures (e.g. f13 or f11) even if the scene does not require a large depth of field, while it could choose f9 or f8 and higher shutter speeds. This results in a certain degree of image quality reduction due to diffraction. In the m43 system, f8 is a limit beyond which diffraction usually appears, although an inexperienced user may not easily notice it. Therefore, it is possibly better to prefer the A program (Aperture priority) instead of P in order to avoid this phenomenon.
I have no opinion on long-term durability, time will tell.
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