New Panasonic Lumix line official, LX3 debut
Panasonic have loads of new Lumix cameras in the line up, headlined by the well-leaked DMC LX5, the camera that aims to keep what was good about the stylish, high-end LX3 while pushing image quality up a notch, with better image processing and a better lens in front of the same 10.1 megapixel CCD resulting in better low light performance. There’s also HD recording in AVCHD Lite at 720p, making this highly spec’d compact a camera to be reckoned with.
The other brand new cameras in the line up, the FZ40 and FZ100 super zoomers, are very similar in their 24x zoom lenses and 14.1 megapixels, but the latter can record 1080p and pull off some high speed burst shooting, while the former is constrained to 720p. All of the new line up of cameras share metallic housings, and all of them look brilliantly designed.
The rugged Lumix DMC-TS10 is promised to be dustproof, freezeproof, shockproof, and waterproof down to 10ft. This is also 14-megapixel and has the high speed autofocus system found on the LX5.
The TS10 will be out in September for $249 (US), while the LX5, FZ40, FZ100, and FX700 will be out in August for $499, $399, $499, and $399 (US), respectively.
