LX100 4K Test

[Lobbamobba]

Couldn't find a dedicated thread for this.
Thought I would share my first test with it.
There is some shakes and misses here and there but imo it is a great little travel/backup camera.

I also brought it to a docu shoot where I just kept using it pretty much all the time the bmpc was on a tripod.

 

[DLD]

With these compacts, one might need a small sandbag - or something in that vein - to avoid the shaking.

 

[Lobbamobba]

With these compacts, one might need a small sandbag - or something in that vein - to avoid the shaking.

It depends. I like to use it in medium since it handles big pans and such movements better but if you turn the stabilisation all the way up you can hold it rock solid.
Problem i remembering to switch between them.

 

[Guest]

Looks very GH4 like, and i mean that as a good thing. Great tool!

 

[Bassman2003]

I would be all over this camera if it did not have the 30min record limit. I use an LX7 from time to time and would like to upgrade but can't stop at 30min... Seems petty at this point in time.

 

[ozmorphasis]

I would be all over this camera if it did not have the 30min record limit. I use an LX7 from time to time and would like to upgrade but can't stop at 30min... Seems petty at this point in time.

Exactly! I returned mine because of the limit. I just wasn't getting the simplicity that I wanted out of a B cam for events/concerts. I thought I could deal with starting it again, but I lost some important moments, so it's a no go. However, the lens and the IQ are really not bad at all as long as your ok with the gh4 look.

 

[DPStewart]

Why is such a large portion of each frame out of focus?
it seems that for a travel camera you'd actually want to be able to see what was in the frames like you do with a $300 video camera.
is this an unavoidable effect with this camera? Or can the depth of field be increased to something more useful?

 

[Lobbamobba]

Why is such a large portion of each frame out of focus?
it seems that for a travel camera you'd actually want to be able to see what was in the frames like you do with a $300 video camera.
is this an unavoidable effect with this camera? Or can the depth of field be increased to something more useful?

Yes you can.
You see, depth of field is dependent mostly on the sensor size and aperture. This camera has a pretty big sensor and a large aperture (big hole that let's in light).
The sensor is not interchangeable so that leaves the aperture.
Close it down and more stuff will be in focus.
Open it up and we get what's know as a "Shallow Depth of Field".

 

[Lobbamobba]

I would be all over this camera if it did not have the 30min record limit. I use an LX7 from time to time and would like to upgrade but can't stop at 30min... Seems petty at this point in time.

Exactly! I returned mine because of the limit. I just wasn't getting the simplicity that I wanted out of a B cam for events/concerts. I thought I could deal with starting it again, but I lost some important moments, so it's a no go. However, the lens and the IQ are really not bad at all as long as your ok with the gh4 look.

I shot a concert with it this weekend but it was b-cam so it was ok.
I think I've only shot as long as 30min 2 times in the last year so I'm good. But I definitely see how it could be a dealbreaker for some.

 

[DPStewart]

Yes you can.
You see, depth of field is dependent mostly on the sensor size and aperture. This camera has a pretty big sensor and a large aperture (big hole that let's in light).
The sensor is not interchangeable so that leaves the aperture.
Close it down and more stuff will be in focus.
Open it up and we get what's know as a "Shallow Depth of Field".

Yeah, I guess what I meant was: is this a camera that gives you separate aperture control while in video mode, since most of the compacts don't. From the one still it looked to be a fixed lens, and only some of those allow significant aperture control in video mode.

Thanks, good to know.

 

[Lobbamobba]

Yeah, I guess what I meant was: is this a camera that gives you separate aperture control while in video mode, since most of the compacts don't. From the one still it looked to be a fixed lens, and only some of those allow significant aperture control in video mode.

Thanks, good to know.

Yes, it has a manual aperture ring on the lens, unfortunately with clicks.