Key features of Panasonic’s new Lumix DMC-FZ150 consumer camera include full-HD video, 24x optical zoom and a 25mm ultra-wide-angle lens.

With a 12.1-megapixel MOS sensor, the FZ150 has been upgraded from the previous FZ47 to shoot full 1920 x 1080, 60p HD video. While filming, users can also adjust the zoom and take stills.

Additionally, the FZ150 nano-surface coating technology helps minimize light reflection that causes ghost and flare. The unit also includes 3-D photo mode, which takes 20 panning shots and then selects the two most suitable images — one for the right eye and one for the left — to form a composite 3-D image...

A unique breed of rugged cameras, Panasonic's new 12.1-megapixel Lumix DMC-TS3 has been tailored to endure even more extreme outdoor conditions than prior models.

For example, Panasonic boasts that the TS3 remains waterproof up to approximately 40 feet (many comparable cameras can handle only up to 10 feet), is shockproof to approximately 6.6 feet, is freeze-proof to...

Even without the accompanying camera body, Panasonic has begun development on “the world’s first interchangeable 3D lens.”

The company’s “twin lens” is scheduled to be released this year, and will eventually be developed to work with the Lumix G Micro System line.

This 3D lens will feature two optical systems installed within the diameter of the lens mount, creating stereoscopic images from the left and right lenses that will then be viewable with any 3D-image processing system.

Panasonic has created the 10.1-megapixel Lumix LX5, a compact digital camera with a high-sensitivity CCD sensor and an f/2.0 Leica lens.

With the ultra-bright, ultra-wide-angle 24mm Leica DC Vario-Summicron lens, the LX5 minimizes image distortion and offers up to 3.8x optical zoom.

The camera also offers HD video capture in AVCHD Lite — a format that allows for nearly double the amount of HD video storage — and enhanced video with an array of...

Panasonic has added the Lumix DMC-FZ100, a 24x optical zoom and 15.1-megapixel MOS sensor camera, and the Lumix DMC-FZ4, a 24x optical zoom, 14.5-megapixel sensor camera, to its FZ-series line. As the company’s inaugural hybrid compact digital cameras, both units come with improved shooting speeds and focusing capabilities.

When using the mechanical shutter mode, users can shoot stills at up to 11 frames per second (fps); in 3.5-megapixel recording mode, images can be shot at up to 60 fps. For action shots, images can be photographed in continuous autofocus mode at...

Panasonic has created the LUMIX G2, a 12.1-megapixel, interchangeable lens system camera with a 3-inch, movable LCD touch-control screen.

With a wide-viewing angle that rotates 180 degrees from side to side and tilts 270 degrees up and down, the camera offers an almost 100 percent field of view. The new touch screen also allows for more easily accessible controls with...

Panasonic has added the 12.1-megapixel Lumix DMC-ZS5 and ZS7 consumer cameras to its ZS super-zoom series, and the Lumix DMC-TS2 and DMC-ZR3 to its outdoor line.

The ZS5 has a 25mm ultra-wide-angle Leica lens; 12x optical zoom, which is operable even in video mode; and intelligent resolution, which analyzes outlines, textured areas and gradation to get...

Panasonic has released the new DMC-ZR1 with ultra-wide-angle 8x optical zoom and Power OIS (optical image stabilization) to its line of Lumix cameras. The camera has 12.1-megapixel resolution.

The 25mm ultra-wide-angle Leica DC Vario-Elmar zoom lens, is useful for landscapes, wide indoor shots and...

Panasonic has released the Lumix DMC-FZ38 12.1-megapixel camera featuring HD movie capabilities, a 27mm wide-angle, 18x optical zoom lens and upgraded optical image stabilizer (OIS) technology.

The FZ38 has two HD movie options: HD Motion JPEG format and ACVHD Lite mode. In Lite settings, the camera can record twice the...

Panasonic has added the DMC-GF1 to its Lumix G Micro System line of digital interchangeable lens cameras. This model, more compact than its predecessors, has 12.1-megapixel resolution, HD video capabilities and a body that is one-third of the size of previous GF1 models.

In HD mode, the GF1 records in 1,280 x 720-pixel resolution. Video clips can also be shot in Lite movie mode when...