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Panasonic's FX700 puts full HD in your pocket

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX700 sounds like a camera created at a feature buffet. For starters, you got your bright f2.2, 24mm-equivalent ultrawide-angle lens with a 5x zoom, your 3-inch touch screen, and your 14-megapixel high-speed MOS sensor.

Next, throw in a full HD 1080p movie mode, recording in AVCHD at 30 frames per second at up to 17Mbps. Pair that with a full-resolution burst mode at 10 frames per second for up to 15 shots and a handheld low-light option for reduced blur and noise.

Then add on a stereo mic and top it all off with the company'… Read more

Two megazooms, no waiting: Panasonic's FZ100, FZ40

Panasonic's FZ35 with its measly 18x zoom was due for a refresh and, well, it looks like Panny thought breaking it into two models would be best.

The FZ100 is the top-of-the-line model:

24x f2.8-5.2 25-600mm-equivalent lens

14-megapixel high-speed MOS sensor

3-inch 460K-pixel rotating LCD and an electronic viewfinder

Built-in stereo mic

Port for an optional stereo microphone

Accessory shoe for an external flash

Mini-HDMI output

Burst shooting at 11 frames per second at full resolution for up to 15 shots

Full HD 1080p movie mode recording in AVCHD at 30 frames per second at up to … Read more

First Take: Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS5

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS5 is a step down from the company's top-of-the-line compact megazoom, the ZS7. The 12x f3.3-4.9 25-300mm-equivalent lens and body size are the same, but the ZS5 sheds the ZS7's GPS receiver, stereo mic, and ability to record HD movies in AVCHD Lite format (it records in Motion JPEG at up to 720p, though). The ZS5 also has a lower-resolution, smaller 2.7-inch LCD.

However, all those cuts lead to a $100 worth of savings, so if you don't need or want those extra features, the ZS5 is worth checking out.

CNET … Read more

GPS, manual controls added to Panasonic 12x megazoom

Replacing the very popular Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3, the company's top-of-the-line compact 12x megazoom, is the DMC-ZS7. The 12x f3.3-4.9 25-300mm-equivalent lens stays the same as in the prior model, but gets a bunch of new extras including built-in GPS.

The GPS will add latitude and longitude to the EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) data and display real-time location information during shooting and playback. Stored in the internal memory are more than 500,000 landmarks, covering 73 countries, that will be displayed on the 3-inch, 460K-dot LCD while taking a picture of the landmark and tagged in the … Read more