Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ8 Digital Camera

Panasonic is pleased to introduce a new 7.2-megapixel Lumix digital camera, featuring a powerful 12x LEICA DC VARIO-ELMARIT optical zoom lens (equivalent to 36-432mm on a 35mm film camera) with f/2.8 brightness.

Panasonic DMC-FZ8 measures 112.5 x 72.2 x 79.0 mm and weighs 310g (no battery). It comes with 27MB of built-in memory, and accepts SD memory cards with capacity over 2GB.

The Panasonic DMC-FZ8 features Panny’s Venus Engine III image processor and delivers a 7.2-megapixel CCD sensor, optical image stabilization, RAW file format support, ISO 1250 sensitivity, and the ability to shoot 848 x 480 video at 30fps. It’s at the ready with a 1.8 second startup time, 0.005 second shutter release lag, and a burst mode that shoots at a rate of 3 frames per second at full resolution until your memory card is full or the 380-shots.

Available in March for $349.

Source from Panasonic (Press Release)