Panasonic DMC-FX100 punches it to 12.2-megapixel

Edvarcl Heng | May 22, 2007

Though it's just May, but them camera models are flying in, thick and fast. The DMC-FX100 promises high-definition photos (1,920 x 1,080-pixel) that will look good on your equally high-def TV. It offers 3.6x optical zoom and something new called Extra Optical Zoom which can punch up the optical zoom range to 7x when the capture resolution is set at 3-megapixel. According to Panasonic, this feature works not unlike a photo editing software. While the camera is set at 3-megapixel capture resolution, the camera will still shoot at 12.2-megapixel and crop out the area that is to be enlarged.

The introduction of the 12.2-megapixel FX100 also maintains the pace of the global digicam megazoom race. Panasonic promises that its newest camera will be a breeze to use for beginners with its slew of correction technologies designed to correct hand motion blur. At the heart of the new Intelligent Image Stabilization system is the Mega Optical Image Stabilizer (lens shift) and the Intelligent ISO Control (auto ISO adjustment) that acts together in concert to correct such errors.

According to Panasonic, the FX100 is expected to be available in Singapore by July and Japan in June. Read specs here