Monday, June 13, 2011

postheadericon Panasonic LUMIX GF3 Camera with12.1MP Micro-4/3 gets even smaller

6:15 PM | Posted by Tecnewslogi | | Edit Post

Panasonic‘s new LUMIX DMC-GF3 comes as little surprise, but it does bring plenty to the micro four thirds table. The third-gen camera tips the scales at a mere 7.83oz despite packing a pop-up flash, and shoots 12.1-megapixel images along with 1080/60i Full HD video. It’s also 16.7-percent smaller and 16.2-percent lighter than our perennial favorite, the LUMIX GF2, despite keeping the 3-inch touchscreen.
 
In fact the only thing you do lose is the hot-shoe – the flash has shuffled across to replace it atop the lens – and so there’ll be no playing with Panasonic’s external viewfinder. Still, the GF3 is intended more as a step-up from your old point-and-shoot, with ISO 160 to 6400 support, a 0.18 second Contrast AF system and an even faster 0.1 second Light Speed AF system that boosts the sensor’s drive speed to 120fps. For macro shots, a Pinpoint AF system uses the touchscreen for easier focal-point selection.
There’s also AF Tracking, user-adjustable autofocus area, a virtual mode dial, continuous autofocus while video recording, integrated effects like Miniature Effect (for faux tilt-shift shots) and HDR, and the boosted iA Plus system which not only preconfigures the basic settings to the most likely preference for the current scene, but throws in defocussing around subject’s faces, exposure compensation and other arty tweaks.

The LUMIX GF3, like all the CSC in the LUMIX G Series of digital cameras, is compatible with other Micro Four Thirds lenses and the full sized Four Thirds System standard via an optional mount adaptor. Other accessories available to the LUMIX G Series include external flashes, PL and ND filters, leather cases, straps, and more. The Panasonic LUMIX GF3 will be available in black, white, red and brown bodies for a suggested retail prices of $699.99 with the 14mm lens kit system starting in July 2011, and $599.99 with the 14-42mm lens kit system starting in late August 2011; and. For more information on Panasonic LUMIX G Series compact system cameras, please visit www.panasonic.com/lumix.

The Panasonic LUMIX GF3 will go on sale in July, in black, white, red or brown, as a kit with the 14mm lens for $699.99. It’ll be followed in August as a kit with the 14-42mm lens, for $599.99.
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