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Panasonic Releases Slew of Cameras for Beginners, Techies

Chris Gampat
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01/06/2010
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Last Updated on 01/06/2010 by

Today, Panasonic announced their new cameras aimed towards techies, enthusiasts and beginners. Those of you who read this blog and consider yourselves mid-level to entry-level users may want to take a look at these. Outstanding features include a touchscreen on one, better/improved battery life, sleek profiles and other features that will appeal to this segment of the market. Additionally, they also announced their new SDXC cards. More after the jump.


Lumix F3

– 12.1 MP sensor

– 4x optical zoom with digital image stabilization

– 720p HD video at 30p

– Windows 7 compatible

– “Unwanted red-eyes are digitally corrected and backlight compensation automatically activates.” -Press Release

Lumix FP3 and Lumix FP1

– 14.3 MP sensor

– 3 inch touchscreen

– Mega O.I.S. image stabilization

– 720p HD video

– Quick Menu button for quick setting adjustments

– Should take up to 300 pictures (mamarazzis should stay away then, unless it can be optimized for better battery performance.)

No real differences were stated in the press release.

Lumix FH20, Lumix FH3 and Lumix FH1

– FH20 and FH3 have 14.3 MP sensors while the FH1 has a 12.1 MP sensor.

– FH20 has an 8x optical zoom, the others have 5x.

– 720p HD video at 30p

– This new lineup of cameras uses the new Venus IV image processing engine. This is similar to the one in the Micro Four Thirds line-up, but those are the Venus HD engines.

SDXC Cards

– 64GB and 34GB cards will be released.

– Class 10 speed

– “Panasonic’s SDXC Memory Card robustness is reliable even under severe temperature condition from -13°F to 185°F” – From the Press Release.

– These cards should allow you to record more than enough footage then you’ll ever need.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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