Panasonic Lumix FX500 ‘a classy little camera’
26 Jun 2008
A new camera from Panasonic has ten-megapixels and a three-inch touchscreen display, according to a review in the Washington Post.
The Panasonic Lumix FX500 comes with a brushed metallic appearance and a slim flash, offering 21 preset scene modes and playback options.
Users can just touch any area of the screen and zoom in or drag the selection around the screen using arrows. The touchscreen is not so sensitive that a slight brush leads to accidental selections, according to the review.
The camera also has a four-way toggle switch to change settings and fully charged it is good for 240 shots.
Using the stylus is another option to operate the camera and there is Intelligent Auto mode which lets the user leave all the settings to the camera.
Video can be shot in widescreen or traditional 4:3 ratio and it is possible to extract individual frames as photos. The Panasonic Lumix FX500 gives a recording time of up to 2GB of continuous video footage.
