Digital Camera FX36 from Panasonic

Features:

1. Intelligent Auto Technology: Intelligent Auto (iA) mode offers Intelligent Exposure and Digital Red-eye correction for even better shooting results.
2. 25mm wide: It packs in twice the area compared to a 35mm lens. Ideal for taking group shots and landscapes.
3. Leica DC lens, 4 ASPH lenses, 4X optical zoom: The 25mm Leica DC VARIO-ELMARIT lens offers f/2.8 brightness and 4x optical zoom. This advanced lens unit comprises 7 elements in 6 groups, including 4 aspherical lenses with 6 aspherical surfaces.
4. HD Photo: All Lumix cameras can take 1920 x 1080 pixel HD (high-definition) photos that perfectly fit a wide-screen (16:9) HDTV for full-screen viewing. You can create slideshows with a variety of change effects and matching music. This camera will add background music, giving you a choice of natural, slow, swing or urban.
   
   The FX36 can record motion images with sensational 1280 x 720 HD resolution at 30 frames per second (fps). Just connect the camera to an HDTV and you're ready to view your still shots and motion images in high-definition beauty.
   
   This is in addition to WVGA (848 x 480) and VGA (640 x 480) video.
5. 10.1 Megapixel : The more pixels that exist in an image the higher the resolution and therefore the greater the quality of the image. 10.1 megapixel is on higher side.
6. 0.005 Shutter release: Fast response time means that the shutter release time lag for the DMC-FX36 is as short as 0.005 second. This quick response makes it easier to capture sudden, spur-of-the-moment photo opportunities.
7. MEGA Optical Image Stabilization (O.I.S.): It helps prevent blurring from hand-shake, Intelligent ISO Control helps prevent motion blur and Face Detection helps produce clear portraits by optimizing the focus and exposure settings.
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Lumix DMC-FX36 details:
Sensor: 1/2.33" Type CCD/ 10.7 million pixels total/10.1 million effective pixels
Image sizes:
4:3 Aspect Ratio: 3648x2736,3072x2304,2560x1920,2048x1536,1600x1200,640x 480 3:2 Aspect Ratio: 3648x2432 pixels, 3072x2048, 2560x1712, 2048x1360 16:9 Aspect Ratio: 3648x2056, 3072x1728, 2560x1440,1920x1080
Movie clips:
4:3 Aspect Ratio: 640 x 480 pixels, 320 x 240 30 fps, 10 fps 16:9 Aspect Ratio: 848 x 480 pixels 30 fps, 10 fps HD（16:9 Aspect Ratio）: 1280x720 30fps, 15fps
File formats: PEG (EXIF 2.21)/QuickTime (Motion JPEG)
Lens: 25 - 100mm (35mm equiv.)/ 4.4 - 17.6mm/ Wide: F2.8 - 5.6/LEICA DC VARIO-ELMARIT/7 elements in 6 groups (4 Aspherical Lenses / 6 Aspherical surfaces)
Image stabilization: MEGA O.I.S lens-shift stabilization
Conversion lenses: No
Digital zoom: Yes, up to 4x
Optical Zoom: 4x
LCD Monitor: 2.5" Diagonal Polycrystalline TFT LCD Display (230K dots)
Focus: Normal/ Macro/ Quick AF On/Off
AF area modes: Face/ 9-point/3-point high speed/ 1-point high speed /1-point/ Spot
AF assist lamp: Yes
Focus distance: Normal: 50cm – infinity/ Macro / Intelligent AUTO: Wide 5cm / Tele 50cm - infinity
Metering: Intelligent Multiple
ISO sensitivity: Auto/100/200/400/800/1600/High Sensitivity Mode : Auto (1600 - 6400)
Exposure compensation: ± 2EV, 1/3EV steps
Exposure bracketing: ± 1/3 EV ~ 1EV step, 3 frames
Shutter speed: 8-1/2000 sec/Starry Sky Mode: 15, 30, 60sec
Aperture: Wide: F2.8 - F8 Tele: F5.6 - F8
Modes: Intelligent AUTO/Normal Picture/Motion Picture/Clipboard /Scene
Built-in Memory: 50MB

Terminology:

AF - Auto Focus. A system that automatically focuses the camera lens.

Aperture - The lens opening formed by the iris diaphragm inside the lens.

Digital Zoom - Cropping and magnifying the center part of an image

EV - Exposure Value, a very complex thing but in the digital camera world it usually means the ability to override the auto exposure system to lighten or darken an image.

Exposure Bracketing - the camera automatically takes a series of 3 or 5 pictures and slightly varies the EV for each frame. This insures that at least one of the pictures will be as close to perfectly exposed as possible.

Exposure Compensation - Lighten or darken the image by overriding the exposure system. Also known as EV Compensation.

Image Stabilisation - An optical or digital system for removing or reducing camera movement in telephoto zoom lenses.

ISO - The speed or specific light-sensitivity of a camera is rated by ISO numbers such as 100, 400, etc. The higher the number, the more sensitive it is to light. As with film, the higher speeds usually induce more electronic noise so the image gets grainier. ISO is the abbreviation for International Standards Organisation.

Lag Time - The pause between the time the shutter button is pressed and when the camera actually captures the image(exposes the shot). Lag time varies according to camera model.

Metering - Used to calculate the exposure from the existing light conditions.

Optical Zoom - Means that the camera has a real multi-focal length lens, this is not the same as a "Digital Zoom" which magnifies the centre portion of the picture and degrades the image

Shutter - The physical device that opens and closes to let light from the scene strike the image sensor. Digital cameras use both electronic and mechanical shutters.

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