I also got my LX100 (EU version) today (from Cyberport). I bet on some manufacturer selling an underwater housing for it, because for me the LX100 has all that I wanted for underwater videography at this time, in a housing much less bulky than the GH4 (which I would have bought in May, had they sold me one in the EU), with the additional important feature to allow macro shooting with the same lens that "normal" shots can be done with - a really important feature if you see both a whale shark and a flamboiant cuttle fish on the same dive :-)

Now I intend to create a boring, lengthy unboxing video telling all the stuff again that everyone already knows just have some fun trying this new toy.

If you've got any specific idea on the EU version, just ask. Expect some macro test shots plus some low light strange-white-balance test shots from me. :-)

@mpgxsvcd: I agree that a tilting display is generally very useful, but it's of no use in an underwater housing, just as touch screens are unusable underwater. Thus I won't miss those too much.

PS: Ok, I have to share one unboxing impression: Half of the weight of the box seems to originate from the ridiculously large stack of no less than 6(!) manual books (in different languages) that are included. I guess the US box is much lighter ;-)

Got mine as well, loving it thus far. It a solid little bugger that feels better in the hand to me than the GM1 due to the nice rubber grip and thumb rest. The control wheel/pad on the back also works better for me. The dials and switches all have a nice click to them that feels well-engineered. Definitely a premium feel to match the good looks of the cam.

One concern I have - The front cosmetic ring that covers the lens bayonet protrudes out a few millimeters beyond the filter thread and lens barrel. I fear a step-up filter adapter could affect the lens' ability to retract fully if the bayonet ring is not first removed to gain some depth clearance. I will test this to confirm when my 43mm to 52mm step up ring arrives in a couple of days. Not a deal breaker really, but a potential a nuisance for folks without 43mm filter sets.

No live video out (hdmi or composite) during recording and standby. Only in playback mode. Just tried it.

ok thanks.. guess you can't have everything in a small package..

It's a PanaSonic :-) (c)

Here's a result of my "underwater white balance scenario simulation": Under water, you usually have less light in total, but especially the red parts of the sunlight are missing. To simulate this situation, I lit an otherwise completely dark room only by displaying a red=0, green=255,blue=255 solid color image fullscreen on an IPS panel, causing a dim turquoise light situation, not unlike what you'll find at 40m depth in some tropical ocean during daylight.

I shot some artificial flowers with both a GH2 and a LX100 after setting the white balance to "custom white balance" and setting the white point by shooting the white surface below the flowers.

Both images were taken in RAW format and only de-mosaiced and rescaled, all other raw converter settings were completely "neutral".

The first image from the GH2 shows how weak the GH2 was with regards to compensating for extreme colorful lighting situations. The second image, from the LX100, is certainly also suffering from the little amount of light available, but its white balance is exactly like it's supposed to be. Hurray!

@fahrenheit: I guess you are talking about AF during video recording? I can only compare to the GH2, and the focusing in 4k on the LX100 certainly performs better than the GH2 did in 1080p.

But I doubt that the GH4 actually utilizes DFD in video mode - I've not seen any material that would prove this.

Impressive, which system has the better 4k video quality ? gh4 with 12-35 or Lx100 ?

Ive already a gh4 and i don't know if i should buy a 12-35 or the Lx100.

@yaz72:

I would say, the quality is the same. I'm going to sell my 12-35:-)

the quality is not the same. the LX100 suffers from intensive moire

@abolit: I really cannot understand why you say that: I am very allergic to moire, in fact I was one of the people who said they wouldn't buy the GH3 because of its stronger moire effects in comparison with the GH2.

But the LX100 delivers almost perfect pictures in that regard - even less moire than the GH2, and in fact, I cannot see any disturbing moire when I shoot my (citi-)neighbourhood on wide angle, with lots of fences, roof shindles, windows and other stuff that causes awkward moires with other cameras.

I can only conclude that you watched material that was badly scaled during post-processing or at the time of display. Maybe some bad things like "using Lanczos for downscaling" or "leaving it to the GPU of the displaying computer to scale from 4k to 1080p"?

@yaz72: The first video suffers from strange defects, such as black/distorted areas at ~ 43s into the video.

http://hackermovies.com/panasonic-lx-100-vs-5d-mk-iii-english

What is wrong with Panasonic POWER OIS?

I tested Sony RX100 III and the OIS is very very steady.