- Okay, when you see this video,
it will be two weeks later.
So, I mean this is two weeks ago.
'Cause I'm in New Zealand,
and I have my workshop here about all about YouTube.
And then when I'm here
Panasonic New Zealand get contact,
and then they sent me this Panasonic LX100II.
Not usual that I've got to test a camera
before the official launch.
Even the instruction manual said that it's in for prototype.
Here is the prototype camera, LX100II.
I thought it would be called LX300
or LX200 something like that,
but it's LX100II, doesn't matter.
So this LX100II look almost exactly the same
as the last LX100,
and between them, there are four years of
time passed.
So is there any difference?
Four years of time,
you expect there are loads of new stuff, right?
Right. So if you have heard about,
if you have read about this camera already,
you may have heard that oh it's not much different.
No, actually there's a lot of different
I'm telling you that.
Now it's got 17 megapixels, effective 17 megapixels,
before that was 13
Of course, after four years you
expect the megapixel count jump
13 to 14... 13 to 17. Yeah.
Now the actual sensor is actually 21 megapixel,
but because you can change aspect ratio,
actually, the effective is just 17.
I will talk about more about
the aspect ratio selector later,
but I do love the aspect ratios selector, now 16:9.
Okay, it looks exactly the same. Yes. Yes.
I admit that it look like exactly the same,
but well so like Sony RX100 from Mark 1 to Mark 6,
they all look exactly the same anyway.
It looks so close to the last one.
That's why I only got one tape on it to cover the LX100II,
and that's it.
But actually some difference, alright.
The touch screen. Finally, It's a touch screen.
Filter button on top now is a function one button,
because before that
in my review when I was still in DigitalRev
I also mentioned that the top filter button
you can't change it to anything else.
Now you can.
It's a function one button.
Well, the iA button you still can't change it.
Oh the front grip is different.
It's still, of course,
it's still a compact camera.
It's not like a big mirrorless
or even DSLR camera with a huge grip,
but for compact camera, it's not bad.
There's a lot of other compact cameras
that's a lot more slippery than this.
Now, you can charge with USB.
That's good,
because the last one you can't and, well,
the last one is four years ago.
Well, I'm a bit disappointed you can't charge it
when you are using it though.
You have to turn it off to charge it.
You can't charge it while using it,
not even power it with USB.
Hmm.
Oh, by the way, I changed this to this kind of
auto, auto, auto, door
well you have to buy this separately
it kind of like alien,
like (growls).
This is not new, and the new things it including Bluetooth.
Wow, finally you got Bluetooth.
Monochrome picture profile, post focusing,
focus stacking, 20x manual focus assist
live view boost
There's loads of new stuff, right?
Okay, 4K photo mode is also new to this camera.
Basically, it shoot a 4K video and lets you export
one of the frame as a photo,
an 8 megapixel one.
As it is from a 4K resolution.
Interestingly, continuous AF burst rate
down from 6.5 FPS before to 5.5 now,
but buffer have been increased
from 9 Raw to more than 33 Raw.
Single AF burst is the same as 11 FPS.
So, okay and, in fact,
yes, I trying to say that it's got a lot of
different this-and-that,
but yes, it's you can say that it's not much different.
The lens, it's exactly the same.
Nothing, really hugely different.
It's not a revolutionary...
I mean it's... it even looks the same.
For video, nothing special.
You can do 4K, you got Power OIS,
but it has got a built-in mic.
Again...
Why is there no compact camera with mic input?
Also it don't have V-Log, it don't have Cinelike,
those kind of flat picture profiles,
which is disappointed, but it do 4K.
A real 4K.
4K 25p, not those 15p or something like that.
So you can definitely use it.
Something that really need an update.
The EVF.
It's still the same as the last LX100, the original one.
When you pan, I still see some kind of
red, green, and blue pixels
that separated like,
I think that, that kind of like some colour ghosting.
Mmm, that it's not that... That's not that good.
However, I do love the original LX100.
I took one to my London trip and made a review
back in DigitalRev and
Everything that made the original LX100 great and unique.
Still relevant today.
Yeah, look at that.
Shallow depth of field, I've got that too.
Well, also not to mention this manual dial
I always like these manual dial.
No more A.S.A.P... PASM mode
You just change it on the dial
or put it into auto. Simple.
One thing that is truly unique to the LX series
is the aspect ratios,
which aspect ratio thing is up there.
Actually, not a new concept,
because Panasonic have this for like
10 years now, I think.
From the LX3 or something like that.
Now, it's LX100. You can imagine how many different camera?
97 cameras
between our LX3 and LX100.
Well, not really.
Okay, not the best photo,
but it's just for illustration purposes.
Yeah, it lets you select different aspect ratio,
but is not as simple as cropping the photos.
For example, the 16:9 actually gives you more on both side
compared to a 4:3 picture, well, maybe except the 1:1.
In fact, it's never use the whole sensor.
In this way, it can keep roughly the same
diagonal angle of view.
Well, maybe except a 1:1.
It really depends on how you look at it.
You can say you want,
you need to use the whole Four Third sensor,
or why have 4 more megapixel when you can have
the creative use of aspect ratio?
I do enjoy picking different aspect ratio
for different scenario.
I mean, this combination, it's just unique to this camera.
The sensor,
the small size,
the lens,
and it's just so snappy.
It's just so handy to use.
This is simply a zoom compact
with the largest sensor on the market right now.
Yes, this may be just a performance bump
compared to the original LX100,
but it is the combination of a small 24-75 zoom lens,
quick AF, 11 burst responsive shutter,
pair with a quiet leaf shutter.
All makes this a super useful little camera
that you simply can't find a comparable product
on the market right now.
Anyway, thank you for watching this
short and brief review,
because I don't have too much time
to reveal this camera on this trip.
I mean still in in New Zealand as I mentioned already,
Still have to prepare for my workshop.
So I hope you find this really short and brief video helpful
Yay.