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Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 Digital CameraWhile mobile manufacturers were having a field day at 3GSM, Panasonic was busy introducing new cameras in Japan. The new Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1, a 5-megapixel cam equipped with a high-powered zoom, was announced in Japan.

Capable of 10x zoom, Panasonic claims that the TZ1 is the world's smallest camera to offer such a high level of zoom. The zoom can go up to 12.5x, when you shoot images at 3-megapixel resolution. Pretty good as digital cameras go. The camera uses Leica DC F2.8 lens, and like the other Lumix models, features Mega O.I.S. (or Optical Image Stabilizer).

You get a standard 2.5" preview LCD at 200k pixels with enhanced features for viewing even in low-light conditions. On a single charge, you can get nearly 250 photos, provided you don't use the LCD too much.

The TZ1 also allows you to capture action so that videos are not distorted when viewed on a wide-screen TV. It also provides 18 different scene modes, making it an ideal amateur point-and-shoot camera. Integrated 13.4MB memory (useful for - hmm, nothing actually) is available but it'd be wiser to invest in a separate SD memory card.

Available from March this year in silver, gold and comfort blue colors, more info about the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 is available from Panasonic's website.

  DMC-TZ1
Lens Constitution 12 Leica DC VARIO-ELMARIT lens 10 groups
(3 aspherical lenses) optical type hand blurring revision mechanism built-in
Optical zoom 10 times
EX optical zoom (EZ) Maximum of 12.5 times(300 ten thousand pixels [ 3M ] at the time below)
Digital zoom Maximum of 4 time variable digital zoom (adjusting to EX optics, maximum of 50 times)
Open contraction value F2.8 (wide edge) - F4.2 (tele edge)
Focal length F=5.2 - 52 mm (35 mm format conversions 35 - 350 mm suitable)
Photographing possible range Normality: The W edge 40 cm/T edge 2 m - XXINF, macro/the can it is it is/at the time of animated picture mode: W edge 5 cm/T edge 1 m - XXINF
The number of camera effective pixels 500 ten thousand pixels (1/2.8 type suitable areas use)
Image pickup element 1/2.5 type CCD entire pixel several 637 ten thousand pixels,
Primary color filter
Focusing Usually/macro (the mode dial)
9 points/high-speed 3 point/high-speed 1 point /1 point/spot and continuous AF change
AF auxiliary light
Record ISO sensitivity At the time of automatic/80/100/200/400/800 (high sensitivity mode: 800 - 1600)
White balance The automatic/fair weather/it becomes cloudy,/the incandescent lamp/set mode
White balance fine control ±10 step (at the time of automatic other than)
Exposure Program AE
Exposure revision 1/3 EV steps, -2 - +2 EV can it is it is at the time of mode: Backlight revision
Automatic bracket 1/3 - 1 EV steps, 3
Photographing mode The can it is you are/normality photographing/macro/animated picture/scene 1 scene 2 (the person/beauty skin/scenery/sport/night scene & person/night scene/by your,/cooking/the party/the candle/the fireworks/the starry sky/the beach/the sky ?/baby 1 baby 2 snow/high sensitivity/ underwater)
Photometry system Intelligent appraisal photometry/central importance photometry/spot photometry
Contraction 2 step changes (wide edge: F2.8/F5.0)
Shutter
Speed
8 - 1/2000 seconds (at the time of starry sky mode: 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 60 seconds)
Self-timer 10 second /2 second
Automatic review 0 (1 second /3 second/zoom)
Review 4 time /8 time enlargement indicatory possibility
Quick deletion 0
Picture quality adjustment Natural/standard/??????
Graphics file
Type
Still picture: JPEG (DCF/Exif2.2 conformity) /DPOF correspondence and audio equipped still picture: JPEG (DCF/Exif2.2 conformity) + QuickTime, animated picture: QuickTime Motion JPEG
Record picture prime
(Still picture)
[ 4: 3 ] 2560×1920 pixel (5M), 2048×1536 pixel (3M), 1600×1200 pixel (2M), 1280×960 pixel (1M), 640×480 pixel (0.3M)
[ 3: 2 ] 2560×1712 pixel (4.5M), 2048×1360 pixel (2.5M)
[ 16: 9 ] 2560×1440 pixel (3.5M), 1920×1080 pixel (2M)
* The can it is it is at the time of mode with quality and set change (to pull, to extend, L size [ 3: 2 ] E-mail)
Picture quality mode
(Quality)
Fine/standard
Animated picture photographing
848×480 pixel (16: 9) 640×480 pixel 320×240 pixel (4: 3) 30 scenes or 10 scenes/second, audio attaching animated picture: Continual record time in memory card active capacity dependence (only SD memory card correspondence)
* At the time of built-in memory use only 320×240 pixel record possibility.
Connected copying photographing High-speed connected copying (H) 3 scenes/second maximum of 5 scenes (standard) maximum of 3 scenes (fine)
Low-speed connected copying (L) 2 scenes/second maximum of 5 scenes (standard) maximum of 3 scenes (fine)
Free connected copying mode (XXINF) to card active capacity connected copying possibility and connected copying speed depend on card entry speed all the way. It corresponds to the 2GB SD memory card.
Audio attachment
Still picture photographing
5 seconds
Postrecording Maximum of 10 seconds
Flash Luminous mode Automatic/red eye reduction automatic/forcing radiation/red eye reduction slow synchronizer/radiation prohibition
Flash
Photographing range
Approximately 0.3 - Approximately 3.7 m (wide angular sides), approximately 1.0 - approximately 2.4 m (telephoto sides) at the time of /ISO automatic setting
Other photographing functions Slow shutter change and color effect mode, real time histogram indication and highlight indication (at the time of review), photographing guideline indication and scene taking animation function, the hand blurring revision change (OFF/MODE1/MODE2), vertical position detection function, travel date, echo mode (conservation of electricity mode), world time
Liquid crystal monitor 2.5 Type 20.7 ten thousand pixel low temperature polysilicon TFT liquid crystal range of vision ratio approximately 100% power LCD functions/high angle mode
Playback Playback mode 25 picture playbacks, 9 picture playbacks, calendar playback and zoom playback (maximum of 16 times), picture revolution indicatory, DPOF print setting, protect setting, favorite setting and sliding show, resize, copy, trimming and photographing information display, playback picture histogram indication and aspect conversion
Deletion 1 deletion/plural deletions/all the picture deletions/all the deletions other than favorite
Record media Built-in memory (approximately 13.4 MB) /SD memory card/multimedia card (only still picture correspondence)
Interface DC input and AV output (NTSC/PAL), USB (mass storage /PTP)
Printer cooperation PictBridge
Power source Lithium ion battery pack (attachment, 3.7V and 1000 mAh), AC adapter (selling separately and 100 - 240 V correspondences)
Photographing possible quantity CIPA standard: Approximately 250
(Attachment battery pack)
Charge time
(Attachment battery pack)
Approximately 170 minutes
External size The width approximately 112 x height approximately 58.1 x depth approximately 40.2 mm (spines are excluded)
Mass Approximately 234 g (the substance)/approximately 262 g (the memory card, the battery it includes)
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 Digital Camera