Panasonic Unveils World’s First 12.2MP Digicam
Sunday, August 12th, 2007
The new DMC-FX100 combines a superb, 28mm wide-angle Leica DC lens that features a 3.6x optical zoom (equivalent to 28-100mm on a 35 mm film camera) with f/2.8 brightness and 1/1.72-inch large CCD and it is the world’s first digital camera that archives 12.2 megapixel high resolution recording. At the heart of the FX100’s super -easy operation is intelligent images stabilization combines two distinct features aimed at making it easy to capture perfect image.
First i Mega O.I.S(Optical Images Stablilizer) a syatem that help eliminate blurring due to hand shake. Mega O.I.S is particularly critical when shooting high-resolution picture, whre the effect of even slight hand-shake are readily visible. The new advance Mega O.I.S system in the DMC-FX100 can even detect and separate hand-shake from other movement of camera to raise both precision of detection and corrective effect.
The FX100 also incorporates the Venus Engine III, Panasonic’s advanced images processing LSI that helps render exquisite images with minimal noise. Also providing exceptional respone speed., the Venus Engine III make possible the newly developed High Speed Burst shooting mode that lets you snap off a lighting-fast eight shots per second, as well as new High Sensitivity mode that provides a maximum ISO setting of 6400. In addition, when using High Sensitivity mode, the built-in flash reaches as far as 16m, letting you capture clear images even in dim lighting.
The FX100 lets you shoot high define 1920×1080 pixel still images and high quality 1280×720 pixel moving images. Both perfectly fit the wide-screen (16:9) Tv’s that are popular today, giving you an impressive viewing of the photos and motion images that you have shot. The FX100 is available now and comes in techno silver, ebony black and champagne gold.