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Panasonic is releasing new Lumix camera “DMC-FZ70″ with the world’s first 60X optical zoom on August 22.

“DMC-FZ70″ has 16.1M MOS Sensor and Venus Engine built-in, which minimize the noise generation and create high-definition images. It offers 20mm wide-angle to 1,200mm (60X) long zoom. With the image stabilizer “POWER O.I.S.”, you don’t need to worry too much about camera shake when shooting with 1200mm long zoom.

Price: About ¥48,000
Size: 130.2 x 97.0 x 118.2mm
Weight: 562g (only the body part)
Monitor: 3.0 inch 460000 dot TFT monitor, frame coverage about 100%
Effective pixel: 16.1 million pixels
Image sensor: 1/2.3 inch MOS sensor (16.8 million total pixel)

Panasonic is releasing new model “DMC-GF6″ in its LUMIX series on April 24. It features a 1.6 million pixel Live MOS sensor and LUMIX’s unique image processing engine “Venus Engine” that improves resolution, so you can take a high-quality photo/movie in a dark area.

NFC and Wi-Fi is built in.

3 models will be out on April 24 with 3 different colors (white, black, red):
DMC-GF6 – Camera only
DMC-GF6X – Camera with electric-powered zoom lens
DMC-GF6W – Camera with standard/tele lens

LCD touch panel has adjustable angle; 180-degree to upper direction and 45-degree to down direction. It takes only 0.5 seconds to be able to shoot after turning the camera on, so you can release the shutter right after you find an object you want to take a picture of. Speed of continuous shooting is 4.2 times per second.

It has an improved version of the “Omakase iA” feature that helps the user choose the best shooting mode depending on the target object and it has added a food recognition function to make pictures of dishes look delicious.

There are several other functions to enable you to enhance photos, including 19 different kinds of filter functions.

Size: 111.2 x 64.8 x 38.4mm
Weight: 323g
Camera: 4/3 inch Live Mos senser, 1.6 million effective pixels
ISO: ISO160-25600