Canon PowerShot V1 vs Panasonic LUMIX L10

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Canon PowerShot V1

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The Canon PowerShot V1 and the Panasonic LUMIX L10 both pair a zoom lens with a large sensor, but they lean in different directions. The Canon costs much less and suits vlogging better, while the Panasonic offers a more premium, photo-focused experience. For photos, the Panasonic feels more upscale, with a magnesium alloy front case and hands-on controls like an aperture ring and an aspect ratio selector. It also has an electronic viewfinder, a brighter lens with more reach, more reliable center-point autofocus, and longer battery life. The Canon is smaller, lighter, and more comfortable to hold, and its sensor captures a bit more dynamic range with less noise to deliver great pictures in its own right. For video, the Canon's 16mm equivalent wide end, headphone jack, micro HDMI port, and built-in cooling fan make it the more practical vlogging camera. However, the Panasonic records 4k at up to 120 fps without a crop, shows less rolling shutter, and captures wider dynamic range in V-Log. 

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Variants

  • PowerShot V1 (Black)
  • LUMIX L10 (Black)
  • LUMIX L10 (Silver)

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Main Differences for
Travel Photography

Threshold 

0.10

Travel Photography 
 

8.0
7.7

Ergonomics & Comfort 
 

8.5
6.0

Portability 
 

8.2
6.5

Photo AF-C Center Point 
 

7.9
9.8

Battery 
 

6.7
8.9

Screen Max Brightness 
 

627 cd/m²
1,080 cd/m²

Full Comparison

Design

Portability 
 

8.2
6.5

Portability Picture 
 

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Canon PowerShot V1 Portability Picture
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Panasonic LUMIX L10 Portability Picture

Height 
 

2.8" (7.2 cm)
2.9" (7.5 cm)

Width 
 

4.7" (12.0 cm)
5.4" (13.7 cm)

Depth 
 

2.0" (5.2 cm)
3.0" (7.6 cm)

Volume 
 

27.4 in³ (449.3 cm³)
47.4 in³ (776.0 cm³)

Weight 
 

0.91 lbs (0.41 kg)
1.13 lbs (0.51 kg)

Build Quality 
 

7.5
7.0

Build Quality Picture 
 

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Canon PowerShot V1 Build Quality Picture
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Panasonic LUMIX L10 Build Quality Picture

Body  

Body Picture 
 

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Canon PowerShot V1 Body Picture
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Panasonic LUMIX L10 Body Picture

Body Type 
 

Point and Shoot
Large Sensor Compact

Water Resistance 
 

No
No

Mirrorless 
 

Yes
Yes

Rugged 
 

No
No

Hot Shoe 
 

Yes
Yes

Customizable Button 
 

Yes
Yes

Command Dial 
 

2
4

Tripod Mount 
 

Yes
Yes

Lens Mount 
 

No Lens Mount
No Lens Mount

Built-In Flash 
 

No
No

Fastest Shutter Speed 
 

1/2,000 s
1/2,000 s

In The Box  

In The Box Picture 
 

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Canon PowerShot V1 In The Box Picture
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Panasonic LUMIX L10 In The Box Picture

Ergonomics & Comfort 
 

8.5
6.0

Hand Grip Picture 
 

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Canon PowerShot V1 Hand Grip Picture
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Panasonic LUMIX L10 Hand Grip Picture

Hand Grip: Small Hand 
 

Yes
Yes

Hand Grip: Medium Hand 
 

Yes
Yes

Hand Grip: Large Hand 
 

Yes
No

Hand Grip: Extra-Large Hand 
 

No
No

Viewfinder 
 

EVF Menu Picture 
 

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Canon PowerShot V1 EVF Menu Picture
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Panasonic LUMIX L10 EVF Menu Picture

Viewfinder Type 
 

No Viewfinder
Electronic

Advertised Coverage 
 

N/A
100%

Advertised Resolution 
 

N/A
2.36 million dots

Advertised Magnification 
 

N/A
0.74

Screen 
 

9.0
9.7

Screen Picture 
 

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Canon PowerShot V1 Screen Picture
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Panasonic LUMIX L10 Screen Picture

Screen Articulation Type 
 

Fully-Articulated
Fully-Articulated

Screen Max Brightness 
 

627 cd/m²
1,080 cd/m²

Advertised Resolution 
 

1.04 million dots
1.84 million dots

Size 
 

3.0" (7.5 cm)
3.0" (7.5 cm)

Touchscreen 
 

Yes
Yes

Menu System 
 

9.0
9.0

Screen Menu Picture 
 

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Guide Mode 
 

No
Yes

App Name 
 

Canon Camera Connect
LUMIX Lab

Built-In Lens 
 

7.4
7.9

Aperture Vs Focal Length  

 Preview Graph
Canon PowerShot V1 Aperture Vs Focal Length
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Panasonic LUMIX L10 Aperture Vs Focal Length

Maximum Aperture 
 

2.8 - 4.5
1.7-2.8

Max Aperture (Full-Frame Equivalent) 
 

f/5.6
f/3.4

Minimum Focal Length 
 

8.2 mm
10.9 mm

Maximum Focal Length 
 

25.6 mm
34 mm

Max Focal Length (Full-Frame Equivalent) 
 

50 mm
75 mm

Optical Image Stabilization 
 

Yes
Yes

Light Falloff Picture 
 

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Luminance 
 

71.8%
69.9%

Light Falloff 
 

88.5%
95%

Sensor 
 

Sensor Type 
 

CMOS
BSI CMOS

Advertised Effective Pixels 
 

22.3 MP
20.4 MP

Processor 
 

DIGIC X
Unspecified

Sensor Size 
 

1.4-inch
4/3 (MFT)

Extended ISO Minimum 
 

N/A
50

Native ISO Minimum (Base ISO) 
 

100
100

Native ISO Maximum 
 

32,000
25,600

Tested Firmware 
 

Ver. 1.2.0
Ver.1.2

Battery 
 

6.7
8.9

Battery Type 
 

Canon LP-E17
Panasonic DMW-BLK22

USB Charging 
 

Yes
Yes

Power Delivery While Recording 
 

Yes
Yes

Advertised Battery Life In Photo 
 

340 photos
420 photos

Tested Battery Life In Video 
 

68 min
137 min
Photo General

Photo Shooting Speed 
 

8.9
7.9

Low Speed Continuous 
 

3 fps
2 fps

High Speed Continuous 
 

15 fps
11 fps

Silent Shooting Continuous 
 

30 fps
30 fps

Raw Buffer Size 
 

29 Photos
64 Photos

JPEG Buffer Size 
 

10,000 Photos
166 Photos

Buffer Empty Time 
 

3 s
7 s

Photo AF-C Tracking 
 

6.0
5.4

Autofocus Tracking Shots  

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Run 01
AF-C Tracking 01
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Run 01
AF-C Tracking 01

Perfect Focus Hit Rate 
 

44%
36%

Usable Focus Hit Rate 
 

68%
71%

Photo AF-C Center Point 
 

7.9
9.8

Autofocus Center Point Shots  

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Run 01
AF-C Center Point 01
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Run 01
AF-C Center Point 01

Perfect Focus Hit Rate 
 

79%
97%

Usable Focus Hit Rate 
 

83%
100%

Photo Image Stabilization 
 

8.8
8.3

Stabilization Slideshow  

Minimum Shutter Speed Achieved 
 

1/6 s
1/8 s

In-Body Image Stabilization 
 

No
No
Photo Image Quality

Photo RAW Dynamic Range 
 

8.7
8.1

Dynamic Range Scene 
 

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Canon PowerShot V1 Dynamic Range Scene
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Panasonic LUMIX L10 Dynamic Range Scene

Dynamic Range At Base ISO 
 

11.1 f-stops
10.2 f-stops

Dynamic Range At 1/500s Exposure Time 
 

9.8 f-stops
10.0 f-stops

Dynamic Range At 1/2000s Exposure Time 
 

6.9 f-stops
7.1 f-stops

Dynamic Range At 1/4000s Exposure Time 
 

6.5 f-stops
6.7 f-stops

Photo RAW Sharpness 
 

8.1
8.0

Sharpness Scene Crop 
 

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Canon PowerShot V1 Sharpness Scene Crop
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Panasonic LUMIX L10 Sharpness Scene Crop

MTF Graph  

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Canon PowerShot V1 MTF Graph
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Panasonic LUMIX L10 MTF Graph

Vertical Edge MTF50 At Base ISO 
 

1,909 LW/PH
1,756 LW/PH

Horizontal Edge MTF50 At Base ISO 
 

1,788 LW/PH
1,864 LW/PH

Photo RAW Noise 
 

7.6
6.7

Noise Scene Crop 
 

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Canon PowerShot V1 Noise Scene Crop
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Panasonic LUMIX L10 Noise Scene Crop

Noise Vs Exposure Time  

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Canon PowerShot V1 Noise Vs Exposure Time
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Panasonic LUMIX L10 Noise Vs Exposure Time

SNR 18% At 1/8 Exposure Time (125 ms) 
 

33.0 dB
33.0 dB

SNR 18% At 1/30 Exposure Time (33 ms) 
 

32.7 dB
29.9 dB

SNR 18% At 1/125 Exposure Time (8 ms) 
 

28.0 dB
24.1 dB

SNR 18% At 1/500 Exposure Time (2 ms) 
 

22.5 dB
18.3 dB
Video General

Video Features  

Full HD Video 
 

Yes
Yes

4k Video 
 

Yes
Yes

6k Video 
 

No
No

Clean HDMI Output 
 

Yes
No HDMI

Advertised Max Chroma Sampling Over HDMI 
 

4:2:2
No HDMI

Advertised Max Bit Depth Over HDMI 
 

10 bits
N/A

Log Picture Profile 
 

Yes
Yes

Recording Light  
 

Yes
No

Audio  

Audio Test Sample 
 

Audio Recording 
 

Stereo
Stereo

Microphone Level Display 
 

Yes
Yes

Video File Format And Compression  

MP4 H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC 
 

Yes
Yes

MP4 H.265 / HEVC 
 

Yes
Yes

MOV H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC 
 

No
Yes

MOV H.265 / HEVC 
 

No
Yes

AVCHD H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC 
 

No
No

All-I Compression 
 

No
Yes
4k Video

4k Video Frame Rate 
 

9.1
10

240 fps In 4k 
 

No
No

120 fps In 4k 
 

No
Yes

60 fps In 4k 
 

Yes, with a Crop
Yes

30 fps In 4k 
 

Yes
Yes

24 fps In 4k 
 

Yes
Yes

4k Crop At Max Available fps 
 

1.41 x
1 x

4k Video Internal Recording 
 

9.3
8.5

Bitrate Maximum In 4k 
 

342 Mbps
600 Mbps

Bitrate Minimum In 4k 
 

62 Mbps
45 Mbps

Chroma Sampling In 4k 
 

4:2:2
4:2:2

Bit Depth In 4k 
 

10 Bit
10 Bit

Record Time Limit In 4k 
 

N/A
184 min

Overheat Recording Interruptions in 4k 
 

1
3

4k Video Autofocus Performance 
 

9.6
9.6

4k Object Tracking Video  

Object Tracking In 4k 
 

10
9.5

4k Face Tracking Video  

Face Tracking In 4k 
 

9.0
9.5

Face Detection In 4k 
 

Yes
Yes

Eye Detection In 4k 
 

Yes
Yes

4k Video Rolling Shutter Effect 
 

4.5
6.4

Rolling Shutter Video in 4k  

4k Rolling Shutter 
 

9.0°
5.7°
Full HD Video

FHD Video Frame Rate 
 

9.5
10

240 fps In FHD 
 

No
Yes

120 fps In FHD 
 

Yes
Yes

60 fps In FHD 
 

Yes
Yes

30 fps In FHD 
 

Yes
Yes

24 fps In FHD 
 

Yes
Yes

FHD Crop At Max Available fps 
 

1 x
1 x

FHD Video Internal Recording 
 

9.8
10

Bitrate Maximum In FHD 
 

91 Mbps
400 Mbps

Bitrate Minimum In FHD 
 

12 Mbps
16 Mbps

Chroma Sampling In FHD 
 

4:2:2
4:2:2

Bit Depth In FHD 
 

10 Bit
10 Bit

Record Time Limit in FHD 
 

N/A
184 min

FHD Video Autofocus Performance 
 

9.8
9.6

Object Tracking Video  

Object Tracking In FHD 
 

10
9.5

FHD Face Tracking Video  

Face Tracking In FHD 
 

9.5
9.5

Face Detection In FHD 
 

Yes
Yes

Eye Detection In FHD 
 

Yes
Yes

FHD Video Rolling Shutter Effect 
 

6.8
6.6

Rolling Shutter Video in FHD  

FHD Rolling Shutter 
 

4.7°
5.0°
Video Image Quality

Video Dynamic Range 
 

8.0
8.8

Base ISO Video Dynamic Range Waveform 
 

Strict SNR Video Dynamic Range At Base ISO 
 

9.33 stops
10.50 stops

Lenient SNR Video Dynamic Range At Base ISO 
 

10.95 stops
11.51 stops

Background Floor Video Dynamic Range At Base ISO 
 

11.53 stops
13.49 stops
Storage And Connectivity

Storage  

Card Slot Picture 
 

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Card 1 Slot 
 

SD Card UHS-II
SD Card UHS-II

Card 2 Slot 
 

No 2nd Card Slot
No 2nd Card Slot

Inputs / Outputs 
 

9.5
6.5

Input Picture 
 

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USB 
 

USB-C
USB-C

HDMI 
 

Micro (Type D)
No

Headphones 
 

Yes
No

Microphone 
 

Stereo
Stereo

Wi-Fi 
 

Yes
Yes

Bluetooth 
 

Yes
Yes

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