Despite being designed as the "perfect vloggers" camera, we were more impressed by the camera's still photo ability. It consistently produced images that look great, with good detail, accurate focus, and great colour.

Great photo quality with excellent colour; Large; high-resolution electronic viewfinder; High-quality; high-resolution touch-screen; Compact camera with good handling; Easy to use menu system

Audio quality sounds processed; Crop on video; increases massively with electronic stabilisation; Video quality isn't great; and focus often hunts; Short-ish battery life; MicroUSB connection

With some tweaks this could have been the perfect vlogging partner, but as it is it’s a flawed but decent effort

Lots of great video features; Decent built-in microphones; Small and lightweight

4K crop too tight for vlogging; Micro USB rather than USB-C; Viewfinder seems unnecessary

Vloggers and creatives more broadly will enjoy the simplicity of the Lumix G100. It makes it easy to capture high-quality video and stills with its approachable button layout. Even people uninterested in the technicalities of capturing great-looking videos will be able to get results with this...

Quality video and stills; Intelligent audio-recording capabilities; Bright EVF and articulated LCD

No in-body stabilization; No headphone jack or USB-C port; No 4K/60p

The Lumix G100 is one of the most compact mirrorless cameras around, but packs a decent feature-set with a built-in viewfinder, fully-articulated side-hinged screen, external mic input and a clever built-in three-mic system.

The Panasonic Lumix G100 is designed as an entry-level vlogging camera and it fits that bill very well. It has a bigger sensor than competing compact cameras like the Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III and Sony ZV-1 and benefits from accepting interchangeable lenses, which makes it a bit more versatile.

Very compact; Viewfinder and vari-angle touchscreen; Clever Ozo Audio by Nokia onboard

Crop in 4K mode

I’m usually wary of cameras targeting vloggers. Cameras in this class are often dumbed down and made by cutting as many corners as possible to keep the price low. The results are typically disappointing.

Impressive photo and video; Advanced audio-recording; EVF and flexible LCD screen

No headphone input; No USB-C port; Video maxes out at 4K/30p

Product photography by Dan Bracaglia