Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Panasonic Announces Slew of Cameras; LX5 Leads the Pack
Posted by Lee Yuan Sheng in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 12:44 PM
"You ready to get Lumix'd to the max? Panasonic has five new point-and-shooters prepped for this fall, headlined by the well-leaked LX5. That camera 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."
Well, this isn't quite Photokina news yet, but Panasonic has launched a whole slew of cameras. The LX5 as leaked is a premium compact, with the new 24-90mm equivalent lens, an updated sensor from the LX3 (there are mentions of a new layer of microlenses), and finally a command dial in place of the old joystick. Though I have to say, the command dial looks rather tiny and recessed into the camera body. dpreview.com has image samples, so go on and take a look there as well. Read on for the rest. Read more...