Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Panasonic) unveiled on Tuesday three new digital still cameras for the global market.
Among them is the DMC-TZ1, a camera that Panasonic says is the smallest camera available to offer a 10X optical zoom. The compact camera packs a 6-megapixel image sensor, although the highest quality image available to users is 5-megapixel because the camera doesn’t use the entire sensor to capture images. Doing so would have increased the distance between the lens and sensor and made the camera larger, said Panasonic.
The camera is being promoted as perfect for vacations. There’s a world time mode, which more easily enables users to switch the camera to local time when traveling so dates and times on pictures are correct. The camera will also group images into sets for each day of the vacation so a trip can more easily be followed.
Also unveiled on Tuesday was the DMC-FX01, which offers 6-megapixel resolution images and has a 3.6X optical zoom. Features of this camera include a lens that can take wide-angle images equivalent to that from a 28mm lens on a regular film camera.
Both cameras include an image stabilization system that is intended to reduce blur when capturing images at low-light or pictures of fast moving subjects. The system combines a low light lens with a servo-system that attempts to reduce the effects of camera shake and a fast shutter speed of up to ISO1600. They also both feature a 2.5-inch LCD (liquid crystal display) monitor
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