Panasonic’s newest slim and stylish touch-screen digital camera, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX580 (the successor to DMC-FX500), features 12.1-megapixel resolution, 25mm ultra-wide-angle LEICA DC lens with F2.8 brightness, 5x optical zoom, large 3-inch touch sensitive LCD screen and newly developed Venus Engine V processor that includes twin CPUs to boast approximately 2.4x processing capability.
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX580 may look like Just Another Ultra-Compact Camera, but it has two features that most cameras in its class do not.
The first is a 3-inch touchscreen LCD display.
While many camera manufacturers have touchscreen cameras, the FX580 is somewhat unique in that it doesn’t force you to use the touchscreen for everything — there are “regular” controls too.
Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-FX580 features:
- 12.1 effective megapixel CCD
- 3-inch LCD screen display (230,000 pixels)
- 25mm ultra-wide-angle LEICA DC lens with F2.8 brightness and 5x optical zoom
- New touch-screen interface and conventional operation system with the cursor key for intuitive control
- Panasonic’s new advanced iA (Intelligent Auto) mode incorporates a system of technologies, including MEGA O.I.S., Intelligent ISO Control, Face Detection, Face Recognition, AF Tracking, Intelligent Exposure and Intelligent Scene Selection
- Panasonic’s newly developed Venus Engine V processor
- High sensitivity up to ISO 6400
- Records High Definition (1280 x 720p) motion images at 30 fps
- New Panorama Assist scene mode allowing users to shoot a number of consistent photos, either vertically or horizontally, by aligning them according to a guide that overlaps the screen
- Bundled PanoramaMaker software
The DMC-FX580’s touch-screen is a hybrid operation system combining the new touch-screen interface and a conventional operation system with the cursor key for intuitive control, and it comes in an aluminum body in silver and black colors.
The Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-FX580is available now with huge savings for $209.95 – that’s 40% less (you save $140.00)!
