Thanks! nice review and lovely B&W jpegs. I had this camera back in 2011. I bought it used at a very good price with the 14-50 / 2,8 - 3,5 zoom. I got some good photos from it, especially I remembered some beautiful color jpegs. I did not use the zoom so much but my Olympus Zuiko 135mm f2.8 I used a lot. When full frame became affordable I got the Sony a850 and it made my work a lot easier, and I sold the L1. Whis I still had it for the B&Ws.
Rad! I need to take notes, your videos are so good. Perfect mix of “real life conversation” kind of delivery but with plenty of sample photos and you hit all the specs without sounding like you’re reading off a sheet. I always go into making videos thinking “I’m not a camera reviewer, I’ll just talk like I’m telling someone about my camera during their haircut” then I end up rambling for an hour and forgetting to say half of what I wanted to say 🤪
Thanks again for an entertaining and informative video. It makes a welcome break from the flood of videos about the latest Panasonic release. I don't know if it was intentional but the introduction made me smile.
Ever since I found your channel my GAS has been peaking!!!! I used to collect film/digital cameras and pretty much sold all of it. Safe to say, I ordered this camera.
Love this review 🙂I purchased mine after watching watching a video on the Leica Digilux 3 and realized that I had a preference for the Panasonic DMC L1 over the Digilux 3 and found it (body, lens, manuals, etc in excellent condition for $300 less than most on ebay wanted for the digilux) 🙂
Lovely images from such a relatively old camera. My first leap down the Leica “rabbit hole” was via an equally obscure Pani-Leica, the Panasonic DMC-FX100 which was the size of a pack of cigarettes ! I had so much fun shooting with it because of its size and image quality. I still own it. Thanks for posting. Very interesting back stories as well.
@@OneMonthTwoCameras it's midnight soon where I live, but I will go for a short walk in my lunch break today and take some black and white pics for sure!
I agree with everything you said. I had the Leica Digilux 3 and the Black and White profile had to be my absolute favourite. I haven't experienced any modern digital cameras that can produce a similar B&W Shooting Experience as this camera (except the Leica Q2 Monochrome). Sadly, my Digilux 3 shutter ended up failing, so I retired it as a collector piece. I ended up buying a Viewfinder Magnifier for this camera and it made Manual Focus super duper easy.
I've just withdrew the sale of my leica digilux 3 . After looking back at the photos I took with it, I've decided to give it another airing. Definitely got a special look to the images. Thanks Dan. 😊
I have the L1, paired with Zuiko 14-54mm f2.8 and OM Zuiko 55mm f1.2, the latter having the craziest and most flamboyant bokeh imaginable! Great video, thanks!
I have used several Canon cameras going back about 15 years, a couple Nikons and several Lumix MFT cameras plus the S5. Panasonic makes my favorite cameras. They’re innovative, intuitive and produce great results. The G9 is my favorite camera of all time. Panasonic is underrated.
Great video! This is the camera I own for the longest time.(since 2009 I mean) There was a time I want to sell it, but now I'm happy I didn't. The colours are special, but good As you said, the B/W Photos are awesome! The (retro)style and look was so different at that time and live view was an incredible feature 😄 A beautiful camera, not getting enough attention, because time is going on too fast and everyone wanted more and more resolution.
The L1 is actually based on the Olympus E-330, sensor wise and also the whole mirror setup incl. the 1st live view implementation. The sensor, although not being a CCD anymore creates fantastic colours. I took so many nice photos back then using it.
Great review. I've been following your channel for a while and knew that you had an L1, but thought you sold it a couple of spring cleanings ago. I've taken some of my favorite photos using it, which I bought new with its 14-50mm vario-elmarit kit lens in December of 2007 for $799. Its flash is not only ingenious, it also works surprisingly well. The 14-50mm lens can be adapted to many u4/3's cameras including the em1.1, but is not compatible with the em1 II, em1 III, em1x, om-1, etc. The L1 is easy to operate for someone familiar with film cameras or traditional controls, but is no joy to use for someone who needs reading glasses, as I do. I've been spoiled by EVFs, especially the one on the OM-1. My L1 needs to find a new home.
I have the previous version (DMC-LC1) and the b&w is really really awesome. I shoot it almost exclusively in b&w. The fixed lens is an absolute jewel, soo sharp. Definitely one of the best early digicams imo. I would like to try this version eventually.
GOD I LOOOVE YOUR VIDEOS 😂 it’s just that camera addiction goodness. I don’t even know the model and every time I’m so excited ❤😂 I love that you think of all the people who need a X100V haha, I had one and switched to the GRIII but now sort of back to Fuji with the XT30II and love all the buttons, more buttons more fun.
You’re welcome! What’s your favourite brand colour wise? Since I switched from Ricoh / Pentax I just hope I can still edit my photos so they look alike with Fuji raws, the sharpness just blew me away when I used the GR III it looked so good - similar to this one here, it really makes a difference on how cinematic a photo can look for my work so yeah. I sort of found the brands I like and moved away from canon when I started photography many years ago but it’s hard when you can’t buy every camera to test it ou.
This is not a correction but an interesting tidbit...the first camera to have live view was the Olympus E330 which is the follow up to the E300. It's mostly the same body but with some tweaks to make it look more 'normal' than the E300 and of course...the change from CCD to LiveMOS and probably the same sensor set up you talk about for this cam! I bought the E330 because of your E300 videos because I wasn't able to find one :)
Nice to see you. Greetings from Japan Glad to see Japanese historic camera a lot ❤ I love ccd old digicam too I have E-1 ,K10D ,S5pro and Konica minolta alpha 7 digital is wicked gear too You might like it Peace 😊
Cool review and great photos. NGL though when I saw that 4/3rds 50/2.0 macro I had an involuntary reaction of some sort because I have spent years having to watch my flickr group for the film version of the 50mm f2.0 like a hawk because people cant read 🙃speaking of if you ever wanted to borrow either the 50 or 90/2.0 macro (since youre already adapting old OM lenses) or either of the f1.2s that could be arranged.
Hello from Cambridge England, love the channel, I have the Leica Digilux 3 I would love the 25mm lens but can only find it in micro four thirds, where did you find an original four thirds? thank you
Great video! Curious about your upscaling and noise reduction process. Usually in photoshop (adobe raw), it either lets me do upscaling or NR, not both. Love to know how you go about it, make a video! :)
I have the Leica Digilux 3 - basically the same camera with a different name (except for the firmware), and I love it as well. I'm partial to prime lenses, and my Digilux 3 came with the 14-50mm f2.8-3.5 Vario-Elmarit zoom lens, which with other lenses/cameras would be an issue for me, but it is so good I don't mind, that it's a zoom lens at all. My biggest problem is what to do when my Digilux 3 bricks, as I'm convinced it will some day in the hopefully distant future. The Panasonic GX7/8/9 is the closest I have come to an MFT version of the L1, but it isn't really that close.
Oh man I think about that fate all the time with these old cameras. I say use them until they take their last breath and enjoy every moment. There will always be another camera after. :P
@@OneMonthTwoCameras I just hope I can find another Digilux 3 or L1 or E-330, when/if I need it. I do have an Olympus E-500 and it's nice, but it's no Porro prism finder camera.
The porro mirror is similar to the Oly E-300, so I wonder if that has something to do with the extra little umpf the rendering seems to have. Great video, like always, Ali!
I got to use the Olympus E-330 which is basically the same camera with a few extra features and different body design. It (naturally) didn't come with the Panasonic 14-150 zoom though which I really wanted to try. It would of course fit the E-330 but was fairly expensive to buy by itself. Live MOS is just something Panasonic name most of their FT-sensors regardless of technology or who actually made it.
Great review. When I divested my 4/3 stuff (gave it away to a niece and nephew) I could not give up the 50 f2 as it is crazy good. I have used it a few times on m4/3 with adapter but am soooo tempted to get a 4/3 body just for that lens. I woudl disagree with the best camera for B+W: for super dynamic B&W try an OMS OM1 with B&W Art Filter Type II, or even better: a Sigma dp quattro. I have the dp0 and dp1 and would love to find a dp3 quattro just for that lens...
I always assumed live Mos was a marketing term for CMOS sensors. I looked it up just now, and they are an nmos gate sensor. Long story short, it seems they draw more current and have a higher noise baseline than cmos, but we're easier to manufacture and had faster readouts in the earlier days of CMOS sensors. But yeah, I can see how they might lend to more subjectively pleasing b+w photos :) Every day a school day.
I absolutely flipping love my L1 (and Digilux 3 and, to a somewhat lesser extent, E-330). The only thing about the L1 I wish were configurable is back-button-focusing. I don't know how to set it and am not sure if it's even possible. If someone knows how, please let me know. I really don't like shutter half-press for focusing.
I bought mine 3 years ago from a retailer as a boxed mint complete kit with the 14-50 lens lens for £300. Either not many were made, or owners are holding on to them, as I don't see any for sale.
Great review. I find you interesting. Are you still able to find batteries for this camera? I got introduced to Panasonic’s dynamic b+w on the LX3. Love that look. Wish maybe I could be the one to sleep under your pillow. That camera is lucky. Someone is totally flirting with you. 😂
Oh, that is one of those cameras of Mr. Kaoru Mokunaka (product manager). The other cameras of which Mokunaka was the product manager were Lumix LC1, Leica X1, and Leica Q. All of them are beautiful cameras. Ah, yes, after LC1, Mokunaka quit Panasonic and joined Leica. (People rumor that something not so nice must have happened between Panasonic and Mokunaka, back then.) He was working in Germany when he was a part of the developments of X1 and Q. Then he went back to Japan and now is the liaison of Leica for the L2 Technology thingy. Obviously, the relations between Panasonic and Mokunaka, if they were not so good for some years in the past, must have been restored. While it does not look beautiful, there is another camera called Lumix L10. The good news is that you can get batteries new for L10, doing so is not that easy for LC1 nor L1. The thing is though, you must adjust the contrast and color saturation settings lower when you use L10 otherwise you cannot get the same image quality with L1. Yeah, it is similar to the situation of E-1 (flag ship) and E-300 (entry).
Ali gotta love those Panasonic sensors. B&W Dynamic my fav. Was wondering which lens you used for your b&w images? Flickr b&w's are not as good as yours Ali.
I've been waiting for someone to review this camera for ages, idk why the sideways mirror DSLR style never took off. What adapter did you use for Olympus lenses?
For a second I was thinking Panasonic was releasing a rangefinder style camera with a viewfinder and they sent you one to review. This is the first time I'm even hearing about this camera. I always wondered about Panasonic and Four Thirds. I know they made some lens but I did not even know they even made one camera.
Another one for the list. “They” should send you on a month long photo only trip. It would be interesting to see a book of that. Time, the universal nemesis.
Used to own 'Leica version' back in 2008 and was got that one because i believed it was a digital RF lol. Later i transit to R-D1 to fix my 'mistake' but sometimes im thinking about this camera. By the way, Im really wondering if there gonnna be some difference between Olympus E-330 with this one on color science and digital grain patterns cause i believe both camera share same sensor.
Be interested in your comparison with E-330. I tried the L1 and E-330 when they were new. I preferred the look of the L1 but the Live View A feature of the E-330 won me over. I still have it and would love to find a nice Panny 14-150mm f3.5-5.6 to make a stabilised E-330 walkaround. I love the look of those old low pixel density sensors.
The E-330 has an additional small sensor that provides a mirror closed live viewing method on the LCD, much like a compact camera - Mode A. Mode B is like the Panny, mirror locked out of the way. Very clever option and useful in its day. Sadly the E-330 got savaged in reviews because of its brick like E-300 looks and small viewfinder. I loved the looks and the ability to use built in flash with an extra on hotshoe flash, bouncing main flash and using little built in flash at very low power for eye highlights
@@unbroken1010that’s okay it would be an EDC type camera that would be for b-roll. Any audio that is getting picked up will be insta deleted anyway. If I do desperately need audio with it I always keep a zoom float recorder and a lav mic in my car/bag anyway so it’s whatever.
It's nice but too expensive for what it is. the second one was a nice chunky slr Instead. I might get the fuji S5, they make cf to micro SD cards adapters.
NOOOOOOOOOO! I have been stalking this camera on eBay for the last 6 months now they will surely become more expensive. Two of these just sold for less than $250 with the 14-50mm 2.8-3.5.
The LUMIX 25mm 1.4 and that 14-50mm 2.8-4 and Zuiko 50-200mm 2.8 with the Olympus E-400 10MP KODAK CCD was my Four Thirds KIT I regret selling but got more than I paid when I sold it.
I just love the mood of this video! The intro music, the bright hair color! And wow that camera is beautiful ❤️
Thank you so much!!
I bought myself an Olympus E-P3 because of this channel. Haven't had this much excitement to shoot photos in years!
Thanks! nice review and lovely B&W jpegs. I had this camera back in 2011. I bought it used at a very good price with the 14-50 / 2,8 - 3,5 zoom. I got some good photos from it, especially I remembered some beautiful color jpegs. I did not use the zoom so much but my Olympus Zuiko 135mm f2.8 I used a lot. When full frame became affordable I got the Sony a850 and it made my work a lot easier, and I sold the L1. Whis I still had it for the B&Ws.
Love hearing other people's camera journeys. Thanks for sharing.
Been patiently waiting for this video, I am sure it will be awesome as always!🎉
So glad you enjoyed it!!
My day instantly improves when I see that you uploaded
Just dug mine out with the Pan/Leica 14-50 f2.8-3.5 zoom lens - great review and thanks for increasing it’s value 😉
Rad! I need to take notes, your videos are so good. Perfect mix of “real life conversation” kind of delivery but with plenty of sample photos and you hit all the specs without sounding like you’re reading off a sheet. I always go into making videos thinking “I’m not a camera reviewer, I’ll just talk like I’m telling someone about my camera during their haircut” then I end up rambling for an hour and forgetting to say half of what I wanted to say 🤪
Ha thank you but you undersell yourself. I love your reviews! You totally inspired my Canon 5D pick up.
Thanks for the review. I have a L1 with olympus 25mm f2.8 pancake. They look so beautiful when paired....
Love that combo! I had the pancake as well and it makes it nice and compact.
Thanks again for an entertaining and informative video. It makes a welcome break from the flood of videos about the latest Panasonic release. I don't know if it was intentional but the introduction made me smile.
delighted to hear you enjoyed it :)
Ever since I found your channel my GAS has been peaking!!!! I used to collect film/digital cameras and pretty much sold all of it. Safe to say, I ordered this camera.
Haha! Welcome to the obsession 😂
LOVE this camera, and the GF1 w 20mm 1.7
Love this review 🙂I purchased mine after watching watching a video on the Leica Digilux 3 and realized that I had a preference for the Panasonic DMC L1 over the Digilux 3 and found it (body, lens, manuals, etc in excellent condition for $300 less than most on ebay wanted for the digilux) 🙂
Bravo!
Lovely images from such a relatively old camera. My first leap down the Leica “rabbit hole” was via an equally obscure Pani-Leica, the Panasonic DMC-FX100 which was the size of a pack of cigarettes ! I had so much fun shooting with it because of its size and image quality. I still own it. Thanks for posting. Very interesting back stories as well.
Hey Ali thanks for the great content I always enjoy your videos. Yea ! More noise , heaps more ! Love from South Africa 🇿🇦
Haha thank you Jacques!
Great Hair! And can't wait to watch the complete video! You always get me back outside to take some photos!
That is a compliment of the highest order. Thank you! Hope you get outdoors with your camera today!
@@OneMonthTwoCameras it's midnight soon where I live, but I will go for a short walk in my lunch break today and take some black and white pics for sure!
The longer hair is looking very beautiful. Love your style, and your passion for ‘old’ camera gear.
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I agree with everything you said. I had the Leica Digilux 3 and the Black and White profile had to be my absolute favourite.
I haven't experienced any modern digital cameras that can produce a similar B&W Shooting Experience as this camera (except the Leica Q2 Monochrome).
Sadly, my Digilux 3 shutter ended up failing, so I retired it as a collector piece.
I ended up buying a Viewfinder Magnifier for this camera and it made Manual Focus super duper easy.
I've just withdrew the sale of my leica digilux 3 . After looking back at the photos I took with it, I've decided to give it another airing. Definitely got a special look to the images. Thanks Dan. 😊
omgoodness amazing. I hope you enjoy firing it back up!
I have the L1, paired with Zuiko 14-54mm f2.8 and OM Zuiko 55mm f1.2, the latter having the craziest and most flamboyant bokeh imaginable! Great video, thanks!
Oh wow now I want that Zuiko lens!!
I have used several Canon cameras going back about 15 years, a couple Nikons and several Lumix MFT cameras plus the S5. Panasonic makes my favorite cameras. They’re innovative, intuitive and produce great results. The G9 is my favorite camera of all time. Panasonic is underrated.
Great video! This is the camera I own for the longest time.(since 2009 I mean) There was a time I want to sell it, but now I'm happy I didn't. The colours are special, but good As you said, the B/W Photos are awesome!
The (retro)style and look was so different at that time and live view was an incredible feature 😄
A beautiful camera, not getting enough attention, because time is going on too fast and everyone wanted more and more resolution.
Very cool!
The L1 is actually based on the Olympus E-330, sensor wise and also the whole mirror setup incl. the 1st live view implementation. The sensor, although not being a CCD anymore creates fantastic colours. I took so many nice photos back then using it.
Great review. I've been following your channel for a while and knew that you had an L1, but thought you sold it a couple of spring cleanings ago. I've taken some of my favorite photos using it, which I bought new with its 14-50mm vario-elmarit kit lens in December of 2007 for $799.
Its flash is not only ingenious, it also works surprisingly well. The 14-50mm lens can be adapted to many u4/3's cameras including the em1.1, but is not compatible with the em1 II, em1 III, em1x, om-1, etc. The L1 is easy to operate for someone familiar with film cameras or traditional controls, but is no joy to use for someone who needs reading glasses, as I do. I've been spoiled by EVFs, especially the one on the OM-1. My L1 needs to find a new home.
Amazing review and fantastic photos!
Thanks for watching!!!
Thoroughly enjoying your vids!
Aw thank you so much!
Awesome video as always!!
Love your makeup ❤️✨ 1:29
I have the previous version (DMC-LC1) and the b&w is really really awesome. I shoot it almost exclusively in b&w. The fixed lens is an absolute jewel, soo sharp. Definitely one of the best early digicams imo. I would like to try this version eventually.
Do leica digilux 2 have b&w mode?
I love the look of the LC1 so much. Always wanted to grab one but haven't yet.
@agust2624 yes! It has a b&w mode and oddly enough its hidden under the white balance menu.
Still have mine and still love it!
Wonderful!
Its funny watching these disappear on ebay as im watching this 🤣
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They over priced before this
@@unbroken1010 they have always been a little scarce
So many sheeps on ebay... who run in the direction of the chasm. Meeeehhhh Meeeeehhhh.
C'mon, man.
I will always remember how beautiful b&w and beautiful grain was on a GF1.
Here in Europe they cost practically nothing. I paid like 30€ for it.
Yep 👍🏻
I had that camera. Totally great. Makes great images.
It really does!
Great video and images, I think the GX8 comes quite close with the Leica Summilux 25/1,4, Macro-elmarit 45/2,8 and the Vario-elmarit12-60/2,8-4 lenses
The GX8 is a brilliant camera and I agree, it delivers very much on par if not more than this kit while being more compact.
I have one and love it! The files give me Kodak Porta 400 vibes. I’ll never get rid of it
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GOD I LOOOVE YOUR VIDEOS 😂 it’s just that camera addiction goodness. I don’t even know the model and every time I’m so excited ❤😂 I love that you think of all the people who need a X100V haha, I had one and switched to the GRIII but now sort of back to Fuji with the XT30II and love all the buttons, more buttons more fun.
Hahaha oh gosh thank you!
You’re welcome! What’s your favourite brand colour wise? Since I switched from Ricoh / Pentax I just hope I can still edit my photos so they look alike with Fuji raws, the sharpness just blew me away when I used the GR III it looked so good - similar to this one here, it really makes a difference on how cinematic a photo can look for my work so yeah. I sort of found the brands I like and moved away from canon when I started photography many years ago but it’s hard when you can’t buy every camera to test it ou.
Those b&w jpegs were no joke! Love the review.
Thanks Vissar! x
This is not a correction but an interesting tidbit...the first camera to have live view was the Olympus E330 which is the follow up to the E300. It's mostly the same body but with some tweaks to make it look more 'normal' than the E300 and of course...the change from CCD to LiveMOS and probably the same sensor set up you talk about for this cam!
I bought the E330 because of your E300 videos because I wasn't able to find one :)
Nice to see you. Greetings from Japan Glad to see Japanese historic camera a lot ❤
I love ccd old digicam too
I have E-1 ,K10D ,S5pro and
Konica minolta alpha 7 digital is wicked gear too
You might like it Peace 😊
Agreed, best B&W jpegs ever, especially when used with the bouncy flash. And has also multiple exposures!
Yes totally forgot to mention the bracketing and multi exposure awesomeness!
Cool review and great photos. NGL though when I saw that 4/3rds 50/2.0 macro I had an involuntary reaction of some sort because I have spent years having to watch my flickr group for the film version of the 50mm f2.0 like a hawk because people cant read 🙃speaking of if you ever wanted to borrow either the 50 or 90/2.0 macro (since youre already adapting old OM lenses) or either of the f1.2s that could be arranged.
Been waiting so long for that video
Hello from Cambridge England, love the channel, I have the Leica Digilux 3 I would love the 25mm lens but can only find it in micro four thirds, where did you find an original four thirds? thank you
Great video! Curious about your upscaling and noise reduction process.
Usually in photoshop (adobe raw), it either lets me do upscaling or NR, not both. Love to know how you go about it, make a video! :)
Extraordinary! Live MOS !
Didn’t realize Live Mos was an in between CCD and CMOS, that explains the organic feel in my GX85. The Dynamic Monochrome profile takes amazing B&W’s
I have the Leica Digilux 3 - basically the same camera with a different name (except for the firmware), and I love it as well.
I'm partial to prime lenses, and my Digilux 3 came with the 14-50mm f2.8-3.5 Vario-Elmarit zoom lens, which with other lenses/cameras would be an issue for me, but it is so good I don't mind, that it's a zoom lens at all.
My biggest problem is what to do when my Digilux 3 bricks, as I'm convinced it will some day in the hopefully distant future.
The Panasonic GX7/8/9 is the closest I have come to an MFT version of the L1, but it isn't really that close.
Oh man I think about that fate all the time with these old cameras. I say use them until they take their last breath and enjoy every moment. There will always be another camera after. :P
@@OneMonthTwoCameras I just hope I can find another Digilux 3 or L1 or E-330, when/if I need it. I do have an Olympus E-500 and it's nice, but it's no Porro prism finder camera.
managed to get all of them, L1, Digilux 3, E300 and E330. They all have a very nice and unique handling no current camera seems to give.
The porro mirror is similar to the Oly E-300, so I wonder if that has something to do with the extra little umpf the rendering seems to have. Great video, like always, Ali!
thank you!!
The Olympus E-620 I picked up recently has a second gen LiveMOS sensor with Live View.
Nice one.
I think a Lumix GX9 II with a similar design might be the camera you're looking for, if Panasonic ever decide to release it
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Very enjoyable video!
Thank you!
The Olympus 50mm f2 is indeed amazing!!
Thank you for the great review.
14-150 is still the best zoom lens.
Love it
I got to use the Olympus E-330 which is basically the same camera with a few extra features and different body design. It (naturally) didn't come with the Panasonic 14-150 zoom though which I really wanted to try. It would of course fit the E-330 but was fairly expensive to buy by itself. Live MOS is just something Panasonic name most of their FT-sensors regardless of technology or who actually made it.
How do you pick between L1 and Fuji x-pro1? This will be interesting to know.
You gotta review the Canon M6 with the 22mm lens its literally my everyday carry and produces some amazing photos
Nice video! Have been eyeing that camera from time to time. Seems like a lot of fun.
I think you would love it. Are these cameras easy to find in Sweden? They’re fairly rare here.
@@OneMonthTwoCameras I wouldn’t say easy. But the once they show up they sit for a while. So I wouldn’t feel the need to look every day.
Still happy with my LX100 (mk1) and FZ300 combo. LUMIX short + LUMIX bridge works.
Great set up!
Great review. When I divested my 4/3 stuff (gave it away to a niece and nephew) I could not give up the 50 f2 as it is crazy good. I have used it a few times on m4/3 with adapter but am soooo tempted to get a 4/3 body just for that lens. I woudl disagree with the best camera for B+W: for super dynamic B&W try an OMS OM1 with B&W Art Filter Type II, or even better: a Sigma dp quattro. I have the dp0 and dp1 and would love to find a dp3 quattro just for that lens...
Ooo interesting, will have to try those for B+W. And yeah that 50mm is absolutely fire.
I always assumed live Mos was a marketing term for CMOS sensors.
I looked it up just now, and they are an nmos gate sensor.
Long story short, it seems they draw more current and have a higher noise baseline than cmos, but we're easier to manufacture and had faster readouts in the earlier days of CMOS sensors.
But yeah, I can see how they might lend to more subjectively pleasing b+w photos :)
Every day a school day.
I thought you liked (kept?) the pancake lens for this system?
I absolutely flipping love my L1 (and Digilux 3 and, to a somewhat lesser extent, E-330). The only thing about the L1 I wish were configurable is back-button-focusing. I don't know how to set it and am not sure if it's even possible. If someone knows how, please let me know. I really don't like shutter half-press for focusing.
I bought mine 3 years ago from a retailer as a boxed mint complete kit with the 14-50 lens lens for £300.
Either not many were made, or owners are holding on to them, as I don't see any for sale.
Great video and camera. I own one and prefer it over my A7 III
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Great review. I find you interesting. Are you still able to find batteries for this camera? I got introduced to Panasonic’s dynamic b+w on the LX3. Love that look. Wish maybe I could be the one to sleep under your pillow. That camera is lucky. Someone is totally flirting with you. 😂
Oh, that is one of those cameras of Mr. Kaoru Mokunaka (product manager). The other cameras of which Mokunaka was the product manager were Lumix LC1, Leica X1, and Leica Q. All of them are beautiful cameras. Ah, yes, after LC1, Mokunaka quit Panasonic and joined Leica. (People rumor that something not so nice must have happened between Panasonic and Mokunaka, back then.) He was working in Germany when he was a part of the developments of X1 and Q. Then he went back to Japan and now is the liaison of Leica for the L2 Technology thingy. Obviously, the relations between Panasonic and Mokunaka, if they were not so good for some years in the past, must have been restored.
While it does not look beautiful, there is another camera called Lumix L10. The good news is that you can get batteries new for L10, doing so is not that easy for LC1 nor L1. The thing is though, you must adjust the contrast and color saturation settings lower when you use L10 otherwise you cannot get the same image quality with L1. Yeah, it is similar to the situation of E-1 (flag ship) and E-300 (entry).
Thanks, very interesting.
@@mauriceschoenen Thank YOU for your comment.
Have you ever tried a Nikon D200? I love your videos I never miss them
Thank you! I have the D100 and a number of cameras that shared the D200 sensor but haven't tried the actual D200 before.
Ali gotta love those Panasonic sensors. B&W Dynamic my fav. Was wondering which lens you used for your b&w images? Flickr b&w's are not as good as yours Ali.
Aw too kind. I used all three lenses I covered in the review. Plus the Olympus OM 50mm 1.8.
i have the Leica digilux 3 which is the same system. Such a good camera
indeed!!
This is my passion project website
I've been waiting for someone to review this camera for ages, idk why the sideways mirror DSLR style never took off. What adapter did you use for Olympus lenses?
I actually use the origin al Olympus branded OM to 4/3 adapter which I found after a bit of searching.
WOW! That focus mode switch rocks. Anyone from Fuji watch this?
Have you reviewed olympus penf (digital
M4/3)? If not, please review it i want to know when this camera in your talented hand.
I have been dying to try that camera. Still so expensive!
@@OneMonthTwoCameras It costs around 790 dollars in Turkey with 17mm.
@@fatihersoy2944 that's a lot cheaper than here!
@@OneMonthTwoCameras Yes, I am aware, but it is very difficult to sell compared to where you live.
Where do you find batteries for it. I have one I haven't been able to find any batteries for it.
Mine came with a few that still held charge so I haven't needed replacements but Kastar have them amzn.to/3x7e1pb
For a second I was thinking Panasonic was releasing a rangefinder style camera with a viewfinder and they sent you one to review. This is the first time I'm even hearing about this camera. I always wondered about Panasonic and Four Thirds. I know they made some lens but I did not even know they even made one camera.
This was their first!
In the 4/3 system maybe yes, but for m4/3 I will vote for PEN-F always.
Girl!! I JUST bought a new camera 😭😭 and I’ve already bought two you recommended. WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME???😂😂
LOL. I clearly owe you a drink!!
Another one for the list. “They” should send you on a month long photo only trip. It would be interesting to see a book of that. Time, the universal nemesis.
Oh man that would be a dream!
@@OneMonthTwoCameras in fact that should be every year. It takes time to absorb. The older you get the more clearly you see 😏
J. Andrzej Wrotniak has a list of 4/3 lenses on his website. CZcams doesn't let me comment the link, but it's a net domain with his last name
Oh yes! That's a great list!
When you watch a photography video with this much buzz... you just instinctly subscribe.
😊😎📷👍❤👋
Haha! I am unaware of any buzz, but thank you so much 😊 🙏🏻
Very nice
Appreciate you :)
Is it not the Lumix GX8 what you looking for? 😅
Used to own 'Leica version' back in 2008 and was got that one because i believed it was a digital RF lol. Later i transit to R-D1 to fix my 'mistake' but sometimes im thinking about this camera. By the way, Im really wondering if there gonnna be some difference between Olympus E-330 with this one on color science and digital grain patterns cause i believe both camera share same sensor.
I'm curious how it stacks against the E-330 as well!
Be interested in your comparison with E-330. I tried the L1 and E-330 when they were new. I preferred the look of the L1 but the Live View A feature of the E-330 won me over. I still have it and would love to find a nice Panny 14-150mm f3.5-5.6 to make a stabilised E-330 walkaround. I love the look of those old low pixel density sensors.
@@iancolleyphotography3621 oh interesting! what is different about the live view feature between the L1 and the E330?
The E-330 has an additional small sensor that provides a mirror closed live viewing method on the LCD, much like a compact camera - Mode A.
Mode B is like the Panny, mirror locked out of the way.
Very clever option and useful in its day. Sadly the E-330 got savaged in reviews because of its brick like E-300 looks and small viewfinder. I loved the looks and the ability to use built in flash with an extra on hotshoe flash, bouncing main flash and using little built in flash at very low power for eye highlights
I really do like the colors. They kind of look like TV and movies from the 70s and 80s. Maybe like the show CHiPS and the The Karate Kid.
YESSSSSS
The S1 is the best 👌🏼
YESSSS!!!
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I just checked the prices on ebay, phew, this is one rabbit hole I'm not going down!
0:09 I often feel like this after taking photos these days…
If the Leica d-lux 8 really is an lx100ii with leicas new processor I might have to buy one. Especially if it can shoot useable 4k24p video.
I’m waiting with bated breath…
No mic jack
@@unbroken1010that’s okay it would be an EDC type camera that would be for b-roll. Any audio that is getting picked up will be insta deleted anyway. If I do desperately need audio with it I always keep a zoom float recorder and a lav mic in my car/bag anyway so it’s whatever.
It's nice but too expensive for what it is. the second one was a nice chunky slr Instead. I might get the fuji S5, they make cf to micro SD cards adapters.
I love the S5 but it’s pretty much the same price. But if you already have F mount lenses you’re golden.
@@OneMonthTwoCameras I'm going see, found one S5 for $160 if no one bought it. We all own nikon lenses at one point. 😂
NOOOOOOOOOO! I have been stalking this camera on eBay for the last 6 months now they will surely become more expensive. Two of these just sold for less than $250 with the 14-50mm 2.8-3.5.
$250 for that is a steal! Hope you find one!
250 is a steal, I paid about 300 for mine two years ago they have never been cheap
@@OneMonthTwoCameras yeah, I missed both of them because I'm dumb ; )
Live-MOS sensor is really great with B&W not gonna lie.
It is!
Anyone else get that Eggleston-esque intro? ...Or have I been looking at too many photobooks?
Swoon 💕
Looking through too many books. I don't. See William here
@@unbroken1010 czcams.com/video/nOvahQ7TSoY/video.htmlsi=qDeXA7v4ByHJMsY6
You need to try the 14-50mm f2.8-4
I’ve definitely been interested in that one as well! Looks great
The LUMIX 25mm 1.4 and that 14-50mm 2.8-4 and Zuiko 50-200mm 2.8 with the Olympus E-400 10MP KODAK CCD was my Four Thirds KIT I regret selling but got more than I paid when I sold it.
@@larryzapata2614whats the 25mm called? Ive tried looking for it but only the MFT version
Panasonic Four Thirds Leica D SUMMILUX 25mm/F1.4 ASPH. L-X025
I'd considered the L1, but my mind is still set on the Lovely Epson RD-1 or the Leica X Vario .. Hmm decisions decisions 🤔
Oof both great cameras
waiting for d-lux 8 review...
Ooof I cannot wait to try it!
I'm 100% sure I won't use it even if I get one but I just really want to have it because the body looks so amazing 😂
@@taehanyoun8126 haha! it really is a looker.
My dear Lady, this is much better than Leica
The GX8 definitely has some DNA from the L1.
Absolutely
Regret selling mine about 3 years ago. I bought it the day it was released.
Oh wow!!
Nice to have a camera without video for those of us who don't use video 👍
Absolutely. I truly value that.
dam it looks like CCD eventho its not.. really its the era that matters not the sensor
Right?! Really a neat one
That’s a big camera
Sorta looks like an Xpro series.
Fuji took a LOT of inspo from this camera to be sure.