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After the success of its Toughbook line, Panasonic has today unveiled a new Lumix camera that can withstand the harsh outdoor environment.


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The Lumix DMC-FT1 is Panasonic’s new concept camera geared for ‘active outdoor photography.’ This camera features a 28mm wide angle lens, a 12.1-megapixel sensor, 4.6x optical zoom, an iA (Intelligent Auto) mode, and claims to be waterproof to a depth of 3.0m, shockproof from falls up to 1.5m, and dust-proof.

Panasonic has improved its Intelligent Auto mode by including Face Recognition and AF Tracking features. The FT1 features Face Recognition, a function that “remembers” faces. When a familiar face is recorded several times, the camera will prompt you to register the face. Once complete, if the familiar face appears into your frame again, the camera will display the name you specified for that person and prioritize focus and exposure so that the registered face is bright and in sharp focus.

During registration, you can change the icon that indicates when the registered subject is in focus. You can also specify the age of the registered subject and have both the name and the age of the subject stamped onto your photos. And with AF Tracking, the FT1 can lock onto any subject and keep it in focus even if it moves.

 

In addition, the Mega O.I.S. now has an AUTO mode to select between the conventional Mode 1 and 2 depending on which mode best suits the zoom ratio being used. Intelligent Exposure optimizes the exposure for each part of an image, preventing blocked shadows and blown highlights and helping ensure that gradation and details are reproduced beautifully.

It now features an automatic backlight compensation function that activates whenever the subject is in backlight. Intelligent Scene Selector automatically detects the five most common shooting situations – Portrait, Night Portrait, Scenery, Night Scenery and Macro – and switches to the appropriate Scene mode.

The DMC-FT1 HD motion-image recording is available in AVCHD Lite allowing longer video recordings with breathtaking HD visual and audio quality. Panasonic’s Intelligent Auto mode is now also available in movie recording, allowing the camera to automatically select the most suitable Scene mode and helps to correct handshake, focus and brightness problems.

The adoption of AVCHD Lite lets users enjoy watching not only still images but also HD movies just inserting the SDHC/SD memory card from the camera in the VIERA Image Viewer (Built-in SDHC/SD Memory Card slot) on a VIERA HDTV to start playback. Alternatively, simply connect the camera via an optional mini-HDMI cable to a VIERA Link-equipped TV and use the TV’s remote control to run slideshows including both still and motion images in the timeline.

 

The FT1 features a 2.7-inch, 230,000-dot Intelligent LCD with a wide viewing angle, improving visibility during recording and playback by automatic brightness control according to the situation.

Menus are now cleaner and easier to navigate, even for seniors, thanks to the new “Display Size” option. Thanks to the Venus Engine HD, smooth image playback at very high speeds is now available approximately 17x faster for thumbnail and approximately 4x for single image even the image resolution is as high as 12.1-megapixel.

The portrait images taken with the camera’s Face Recognition function are organized neatly in the folder of the name registered with the camera. Not only that, the software also features an independent Face Recognition function that recognizes the faces in the picture stored in your PC to sort the photos by the face.

You can also enjoy slideshows with a variety of effects and use your iTunes music library as background music. Motion pictures can be uploaded directly to YouTube using the built-in YouTube uploader.

See: www.panasonic.com.au

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