Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-TZ20 (or ZS10 as it’s known in North America) is the latest version of its enormously popular travel zoom camera. Announced in January 2011, one year after the best-selling Lumix TZ10 / ZS7, the new model may physically resemble its predecessor, but now features a broader 16x optical zoom range, a touch-screen display,…
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The Lumix GX1 is Panasonic’s fourth ‘pocketable’ camera to employ the Micro Four Thirds standard it co-developed with Olympus. Like all Micro Four Thirds models, it’s a mirror-less compact system camera, or CSC for short, which packs a DSLR-sized sensor into a relatively small body; in this case, the 16 Megapixel sensor of the Lumix…
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Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-FZ47 (or FZ48 as it’s known in Europe), is a 12.1 Megapixel super-zoom camera with a 24x stabilised range, Full HD video capabilities and a detailed 3in screen. Launched in July 2011, it replaces the popular Lumix FZ40 (or FZ45 as it was known outside North America). Over recent generations of the FZ-series,…
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Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-TZ18, or ZS8 as it’s known in North America, is the simpler and more affordable version of the flagship Lumix DMC-TZ20 / ZS10. Announced alongside the TZ20 / ZS10 in January 2011, it replaces the earlier TZ8 / ZS5. Like its predecessor, it offers the same optical zoom range as the higher-end TZ…
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The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 is a high-end compact camera aimed at enthusiasts. Announced in July 2010, exactly two years after the classic LX3, the new LX5 takes the same concept of packing a high-sensitivity sensor, bright and wide lens, flash hotshoe and a wealth of manual control into a small and light body.…
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Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-G3 is a compact interchangeable lens camera with a DSLR-sized sensor and HD video capabilities. Successor to the Lumix G2, it’s the first of Panasonic’s third generation of ‘EVIL’ cameras, and like its predecessors, it’s based on the Micro Four Thirds standard. Like the Lumix G2 before it, the G3 employs the…
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The Panasonic Lumix 3D1 is the world’s smallest 3D camera for stills and video with twin lenses. The 3D1 employs folded optics to squeeze two identical 4x optical zoom lenses into a thin body, which work together to capture stills or Full HD video in 3D. It’s also possible to capture stills or video in…
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The Lumix GF3 is Panasonic’s third ‘pocketable’ compact to employ the Micro Four Thirds standard it co-developed with Olympus. Announced in June 2011, it comes only seven months after the Lumix GF2, and like that model packs a large sensor into a small body with a removeable lens mount. Marketed as ‘The World’s Smallest &…
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Panasonic’s Lumix FZ150 is a 12.1 Megapixel super-zoom camera with a 24x stabilised range, 1080p video capabilities and a fully-articulated 3in screen. Launched in August 2011, it replaces the Lumix FZ100, and like its predecessor is positioned as a premium version of a simpler model with the same lens range, in this case the cheaper…
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The Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 is a 7.2 Megapixel compact which houses a huge 10x optical zoom with image stabilisation. Announced in January 2007, the TZ3 is the successor to last year’s 5 Megapixel Lumix TZ1, which also sported a 10x optical zoom. An extra two Megapixels aside, the biggest difference with the new TZ3 is…
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