MEGA O.I.S.

Helps Keep Your Shots Steady, Even If You're Not

Jitter from shaky hands is far and away the biggest single cause f blurry shots. LUMIX cameras help solve this problem with an dvanced optical image stabilizing system that we call MEGA O.I.S. This system uses built-in gyrosensors to detect even tiny camera movement and then shifts a lens in the opposite direction to compensate. The system is completely optical - it does not affect the CCD or image processing - so you get sharp, clear images without deterioration. It lets you shoot at shutter speeds up to three steps* slower than what you could use without it. It helps achieve high-quality images in a wide range of shooting conditions such as telephoto, macro or low illumination.

_{*Varies with the shooting conditions.}

VENUS ENGINE III

Superior Noise Reduction without Losing Image Details

A newly designed noise reduction
system detects chromatic noise and
luminance noise separately. This lets
you capture crisp, high-resolution
images with no graininess even when shooting at a high ISO setting. Enhanced Resolution for More Beautiful Images in the previous Venus Engine image-processing LSI, we improved diagonal resolution by 50% over earlier models by extracting luminance signals from all of the pixels - red, green and blue, and now vertical resolution has been increased by about 10%. Images are rendered in fine detail and without visible color bleeding.

Quick Settings without Taking
Your Eyes Off the Subjects

Press the FUNCTION button, and you can easily change settings such as auto focus, light metering, white balance, ISO sensitivity, image size, image quality, and so on. There's no need to switch to the menu screen.

LEICA DC VARIO-ELMARIT -
World's Slimmest* 28mm Wide-Angle Lens

Featuring five aspherical lenses with six aspherical surfaces including an extra-high refractive index aspherical lens, this lens system made it possible to create a 28mm wide-angle lens with 3.6x optical zoom that's compact enough to fit in a camera with a superslim 22mm profile. And we added the Extra Optical Zoom feature, which boosts zoom power to as high as 5.3x**.

_{*As for a digital still camera with optical zoom lens compatible with 28mm wide angle as of 31st January, 2007. **In 3-megapixel resolution mode.}

LEICA DC LENS

The high-quality Leica DC lens carries on the proud tradition of its namesake, the German camera maker renowned for lenses that combine superb performance with compact size. LUMIX cameras feature LEICA DC VARIO-ELMARIT and LEICA DC VARIO-ELMAR lens. These lenses systems include several aspherical lenses to compensate for spherical aberration. In addition, an advanced multi-coating process is applied to the Clear Image Rendering with Minimal Distortion lens surfaces to help prevent fogging caused by flare and ghosts that can  occur at excessively high light levels.

INTELLIGENT ISO CONTROL

Detects Movement, Prevents Blurring
With most cameras, if a subject moves while you're shooting, you're liable to end up with a blurry photo. Not with LUMIX. All new LUMIX models feature Intelligent ISO Control, which utilizes subject-motion detection circuitry inside the Venus Engine III image processor to automatically adjust the ISO setting to a preset 400, 800, or 1250 maximum. The higher ISO level lets the camera shoot at a higher
shutter speed, preventing motion blur. If the subject is not moving, the ISO setting remains as-is and you capture a beautiful, naturallooking image with minimal noise.