Cameras, Panasonic, SANYO
Panasonic and Sanyo have only been life partners for about a year and a half now, but already the relationship has created a bundle of joy -- of a sort. Hot on the heels of some less-than-chipper financial news comes word that Panasonic is spinning off a portion of Sanyo. Sanyo DI Solutions is the name...

Cameras, Panasonic, Lumix DMC-GF5
Panasonic has unveiled the latest compact system camera to sit in its beginner range, in the shape of the GF5.

The update to the GF3 features what Panasonic claims to be the world's fastest autofocus (0.09 seconds), and a completely new 12 million pixel sensor.

A fast Venus engine combines...

Cameras, Panasonic, Lumix DMC-GF5
Frequent social networkers will tell you that Instagram's usually plastered with food photos and self-portraits, so we were quite surprised to see a product leak over there. After some careful inspection, we're pretty certain that the above picture shows a legit Panasonic Lumix GF5, which from this angle...

Cameras, Panasonic, Lumix DMC-ZS15, Lumix DMC-ZS20
Panasonic used the lead-in to the CP+ show to introduce even more Lumix point-and-shoot cameras past what it showed earlier in the month. The 20X, 24-480mm ZS20 as the flagship hopes to cure some of the problems of compact superzooms with a new internal structure and nano surface-coated lens that hope...

Cameras, Panasonic, Lumix DMC-S2, Lumix DMC-SZ1
Panasonic's Lumix line is celebrating a whole bunch of new entries this week at CES. The FH series is expanding with two new slim additions, the DMC-FH6 and DMC-FH8. Both models do 720p video at 30 fps and rock Leica lenses and 5x optical zoom. The 16.1 megapixel FH8 has a three-inch LCD and shoots HD...

Cameras, Panasonic, Lumix DMC-SZ7, Lumix DMC-SZ1
Pre-CES: Panasonic has announced the Lumix DMC-SZ7 and DMC-SZ1, two 10X 'style zoom' cameras. Both cameras feature 25-250mm equivalent stabilized zoom lenses, 3.0" automatically adjusting LCDs and USB charging. The SZ7 is built around a 14MP MOS sensor with 1080i60 video and has a 460k dot LCD, whereas...

Cameras, Panasonic, Lumix DMC-FH8, Lumix DMC-FH6
The 14.1-megapixel Panasonic FS40 and the 16.1-megapixel FS45 (pictured) are two new ultra-compact cameras featuring 24-120mm equivalent lenses with an f/2.5 maximum aperture at the wide end. Comprising 6 elements in 5 groups - including 3 aspherical lens elements with 5 aspherical surfaces -, this Leica...

Cameras, Panasonic, Lumix DMC-S5
The “simple, smart and stylish” Panasonic S5 is a 16.1-megapixel compact camera with a 28-112mm equivalent zoom lens, optical image stabilisation and “Sonic Speed AF”. Comprising 6 elements in 5 groups, including 3 aspherical lens elements with 5 aspherical surfaces, the lens is claimed to deliver “exceptional...

Cameras, Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, Toshiba, SanDisk
Panasonic, Samsung, SanDisk, Sony and Toshiba today announced that they have reached an agreement in principle to collaborate on a new content protection technology for flash memory cards such as SD cards and various other storage devices.

Cameras, Panasonic, Lumix DMC-GH2
Panasonic has introduced a new firmware upgrade for the GH2 compact system camera and the PHOTOfunSTUDIO 6.0 BD Edition software which is bundled with the GH2.

The new firmware sees the introduction of a new video mode which is suitable for editing video recording at 24Mbps along with new functionality...

Cameras, Panasonic
Panasonic just launched a whole new series of Micro Four Thirds lenses a couple of months ago, and it looks like it might soon also have a new Micro Four Thirds camera to take advantage of them. That photo you see above recently turned up on the Mobile01 forums with a bundle of others, showing a hereto...

Cameras, Panasonic
According to 43rumours, the upcoming Panasonic pro GF model will be called the Panasonic GX1 and will be announced in mid-November.

Panasonic revealed that a pro version of its popular GF line was to come later in the year, effectively splitting the range into two lines, one aimed at professionals.
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Cameras, Panasonic, Lumix DMC-GH2
If you are a hard-core camera geek, you may be the sort that is into hacking firmware to give your camera the features you wish the maker had given it from the factory. There have been some interesting hacks put forward for the Panasonic GH2 in the past and the latest that has surfaced makes the camera...

Cameras, Panasonic, Lumix DMC-G3, Lumix DMC-GF3
A week after posting a firmware update for its G-system cameras, Panasonic has announced firmware updates for its DMC-G3 and GF3 Micro Four Thirds cameras. Version 1.2 improves compatibility of both cameras with Four Thirds lenses when mounted via the DMW-MA1 adapter. The updates are available for immediate...

Cameras, Panasonic
Panasonic's top-end compact camera could be set for an increase in sensor size according to Yoshiyuki Inoue, the company's Senior Engineering Planner.

Speaking to Techradar he said that although the LX3 had been very successful, its replacement the LX5 had not sold as well as Panasonic had hoped....