The Panasonic L10 won't fit in your pocket, but with good reason?

When you use DPReview links to buy products, the site may earn a commission. The much larger battery in the L10 takes up almost 1/3rd of the body's volume, so it's no surprise that the camera is larger than the LX100 models. Photo: Mitchell Clark The Panasonic L10 is appreciably larger than the LX100 models that came before it. This has caused some people to dismiss it as no longer making sense, once it's comparable to the size of the smallest ILCs and their retractable lenses. It's also brought into question our use of the term "compact camera" which we've historically used for cameras with built-in lenses, but that's an issue for another day. Handling the L10, it quickly becomes apparent why it's so much larger, with the new, much larger battery taking up approximately 1/3rd of the body space. This is because the L10 uses a battery with over twice the capacity of the one used in the LX100s: 15.8Wh, rather than 7.4. The camera has also become a little deeper, because the sc