The Panasonic Lumix TZ40, or ZS30 as it’s known in North America, is the latest version of the company’s hugely popular travel zoom camera. Announced in January 2013, it comes exactly one year after its predecessor, the best-selling TZ30 / ZS20, and like that model the TZ40 / ZS30 becomes the first of the new…
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The Panasonic Lumix G5 is a 16 Megapixel mirrorless compact system camera based on the Micro Four Thirds standard which Panasonic co-developed with Olympus. Panasonic now refers to mirrorless system cameras as DSLMs, or Digital Single Lens Mirrorless, but we’re sticking with the term compact system cameras for now. Announced in July 2012, the G5…
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The Lumix GH3 is Panasonic’s flagship Micro Four Thirds compact system camera. Launched in September 2012 it replaces the Lumix GH2 and Panasonic hopes to build on the earlier model’s reputation for combining DSLR-like handling with professional video features. Indeed, such is the Lumix GH2’s reputation among professional videographers that it’s known equally if not…
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The Lumix FZ200 is Panasonic’s latest flagship super-zoom digital camera. Announced in July 2012 it replaces the best-selling Lumix FZ150 and shares the same 24x optical zoom range that’s equivalent to 25-600mm. But crucially where its predecessor had a variable aperture of f2.8-5.2, the new model boasts nothing less than a constant aperture of f2.8…
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The Panasonic Lumix TS20 (or FT20 as it’s known outside North America) is a water-proof, dust-proof and shock-proof point-and-shoot compact. It has a 16.1 Megapixel CCD sensor and a 4x stabilised optical zoom lens. It’s one of four waterproof compacts in the Lumix line-up, affordably priced near the bottom of the range and replaces the…
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The Panasonic Lumix LX7 is a premium compact camera aimed at enthusiasts. With a larger sensor than most point-and-shoots and sensible 10.1 Megapixel resolution, a bright 3.7x zoom lens and 3in screen, it offers manual exposure control and full HD 1080p50/60 video. Announced in July 2012, two years after the Lumix LX5 which it replaces,…
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The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ60, or Lumix DMC-FZ62 as it’s known outside North America, is a 16.1 Megapixel super-zoom camera with a 24x stabilised optical zoom. Announced in July 2012, it replaces the Lumix FZ47 / FZ48. Like its predecessor, the Lumix FZ60 / FZ62 is the more affordable of two Panasonic super-zoom models in the…
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The Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS15 (or TZ25 as it’s known outside North America) is one of two new travel zooms released by Panasonic in January 2012. The other is the Lumix ZS20 / TZ30, the latest incarnation of Panasonic’s flagship market-leading travel zoom. The Lumix ZS15 / TZ25 is a more affordable version of the ZS20…
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Leica 45mm f2.8 Macro review The following images were taken with a Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f2.8 ASPH H-ES045 mounted on a Panasonic Lumix GX1. These are all untouched JPEGs straight from the camera. The individual exposure mode, file sizes, shutter speeds, aperture, ISO and lens focal length are listed for each image. All of…
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Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-ZS20 (or TZ30 as it’s known outside North America) is the latest version of its enormously popular travel zoom camera. Announced in January 2012, one year after the best-selling Lumix ZS10 / TZ20, the latest model is once again the first of this year’s crop of new pocket super-zooms and takes an aggressive…
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