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LX100 Controls Part 1 Origins of the Traditional Layout
LX100 at f1.7 Hand held above my headThis is the Camera Ergonomics blog where I have a lot to say about the operation and user experience of many cameras. Now it is time for my analysis of the LX100.I...
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Panasonic LX100 and FZ1000 Follow Focus indoors
LX100, 1/125sec, f2.8, ISO 640 Focal length E60mmSomeone posted a question about this on a user forum. I had been wondering myself how these cameras would cope with moving subjects indoors so I did a...
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LX100 Controls Part 2, The Modern System
Evolution of the modern control system. Mode Dial and Control DialI have used The Canon Camera Museum to trace the evolution of the modern control system as Canon was at the forefront of camera...
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FZ1000 Does the ILC have a future ?
Each of the three photos reproduced in this post was made with an FZ1000 while strolling through Queensland rainforest. I used the same camera with the same lens with no tripod. I did not have to...
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LX100 Controls Part 3 Panasonic Says
By the turn of the century the modern [Mode Dial + Control Dial] control system had become dominant among interchangeable lens cameras [ILC], advanced compacts and superzooms. But soon a little...
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LX100 Controls Part 4 What do reviewers and users say ?
Basically, a lot of positive words about the user experience. I will briefly and selectively quote some of these, concentrating on comments about the controls and user interface. I will annotate...
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Sony A7 Take 4
Photo courtesy of Sony CorpThis is the Sony A7(2) The shutter button has been moved forward to approximately where the right index finger wants to find it. The front dial is better located but further...
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LX100 Controls Part 5 Holding and Operating the Aperture Ring
Illustration courtesy of PanasonicOn Page 53 of the operating instructions there is a little picture with a caption “Holding the camera”. This appears quite simple but in practice holding the camera...
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LX100 Controls Part 6 Working the rings and dials
LX100 at E75mmOperation of the LX100 in Capture Phase of use is controlled by rings and dials. These adjust primary and secondary exposure parameters.Aperture ring on the lens This looks like a...
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LX100 Subjects with high brightness range revisited
After editing in Adobe Camera RawI have been using the LX100 a lot lately. It makes a very good street/candid camera. I made the shot above in Programme AE Mode, with autofocus. The camera is very fast...
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LX100 Focus Issues
LX100, 1 Area AF, center, AF box size 4/15A few days ago I made a sequence of photos of a group of people moving across in front of the camera. (not the photo above) I decided to use Manual Focus and...
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LX100 Controls Part 7 Prepare and Capture Phases of use
LX100. High subject brightness range, high level of perspective correction.This was to have been a five part series but looks like it it will run to 7 or 8 parts. So be it.I identify four phases of...
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Viewfinder Position Top Left or Inboard over the lens ?
LX100I have used many cameras over the years. In recent times I have been thinking a lot about the user interface and trying to analyse why some design features work better than others, particularly...
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LX100 Controls Part 8 Changing Modes
LX100Working through this series of posts on the LX100 controls I now consider the actions required to complete the task of changing various modes starting with exposure mode.The standard exposure...
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Setting Up the LX100 Part 1 Basic Decisions
LX100The Lumix LX100 is an interesting camera which attempts to pack most of the features of a fully specified Interchangeable Lens Camera (ILC) into a compact form. The designers opted for an...
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Setting up the LX100 Part 2 Q Menu and Buttons
LX100Several buttons on the LX100 can have user selectable functions. AF/AE-Lock Button Custom Menu Screen 1/9.There are four options for this versatile button within easy reach of the right thumb....
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Setting Up the LX100 Part 3 Setup and Rec Menus
LX100The first Menu to tackle is Setup even though it is the fourth of five menus listed.As usual, please regard my comments as informative not prescriptive. Each individual has his or her own ideas...
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Setting Up the LX100 Part 4 Custom Menu
LX100The Custom Menu appears to be the repository for a large bunch of features and settings which don’t fit readily into one of the other menus.As usual I will not dwell on features which I think...
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Panasonic LX100 The Ergonomics of Carrying
Cameras and bags referred to in the text belowA personal viewThe LX100 is an interesting and in many ways very good small camera. However having used one for several months I have come to the view that...
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Will APS-C become obsolete ?
A personal view, with reasonsThe Advanced Photo System was introduced in 1996, towards the end of the film era. APS used 24mm wide film in dedicated cassettes. Completely new cameras and processing...
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