Setup guide

PANASONIC
DMC-FZ1
DIGITAL CAMERAS
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EQUIPMENT LEASING AVAILABLE
PHOTO - VIDEO - PRO AUDIO
2.1-Megapixel ‘Lumix’ Digital Camera with 12x Optical Zoom and
Leica DC Vario-Elmarit Lens
A high-performance, quick-response camera ideal for sports and wildlife
photography, the DMC-FZ1 features the DC Vario-Elmarit 12x optical zoom
lens (equivalent to a 35-420mm lens on a 35mm camera), allowing it to
take ultra-telephoto shots that capture the dynamics of a
distant subject. Available in black or chrome, the
DMC-FZ1 features a 2-megapixel CCD, advanced
MEGA Optical Image Stabilizer, 8 shooting modes
including a special panning mode, 4 frames per second
“burst” shooting, and a supplied lens hood to diminish
flare and ghosting when photographing extremely
bright scenes. And the DMC-FZ1 packs all this
technology into a body weighing only 11.2 oz. With its
superb image rendering and brilliant telephoto performance,
this incredibly lightweight, easy-to-use camera opens the door to exciting new creative possibilities.
FEATURES
Venus Engine LSI
◆ Conventional LSI systems generate a lumi-
nance signal using only the green compo-
nent of the image captured by the pri-
mary color CCD. Panasonic’s Venus
Engine LSI improves on this by generating
a signal using all three colors (red, green,
blue) for improved diagonal image resolu-
tion resulting in rich, expressive images.
◆ When the luminance signal is extracted
from the pixels by conventional engine,
there is a tendency for colors to bleed
due to false signals generated at the color
borders. The Venus Engine solves this
problem by applying a low pass filter to
areas where colors change. The resulting
images are beautifully smooth, with sharp
color edges.
◆ This LSI also handles image processing,
LCD functions, and even writing data to
the memory card all in parallel, for an
overall quick camera response—so you
never miss a shot.
◆ Shutter time lag is reduced to just 0.1 sec-
ond. Shutter interval is also improved,
giving the FZ1 a quick, responsive per-
formance ensuring you don’t miss any
sudden shooting opportunities.
Continuous AF
◆ Continuous AF function automatically
tracks the focus to the camera’s move-
ment. You get a clear, sharp focus at all
times—even when shooting a moving
subject. Spot AF Switching focuses on a
single part of a subject, and AF Lock
makes it possible to adjust the focus in
advance to simplify composition changes
and catch sudden photo opportunities.
MEGA Optical Image Stabilizer
◆ Using technology developed by
Panasonic in their digital video cameras,
the MEGA Optical Image Stabilizer offsets
unintentional hand movement while
you're taking pictures to give you clear,
sharp images even when taking handheld
telephoto shots or shooting at night.
◆ The DMC-FZ1 features an optical image
stabilizer in which a gyro sensor detects
even tiny amounts of hand motion and
integrally links the lens control to camera
movement.
◆ Unlike digital systems and their “pseudo”
compensation, this optical system pro-
vides precise, accurate compensation
with no image quality degradation.
Accurate Exposure
◆ To assure perfect exposure, multi-meter-
ing mode divides the frame into 60 blocks
and then determines the exposure setting
according to the brightness distribution,
color temperature, and focus information
for all 60 blocks.
◆ Added to this is an intelligent metering
function that helps to assure proper
exposure in difficult conditions, such as
shooting against a bright background.
Also offers a spot metering mode.
◆ Adjust sensitivity with ISO settings of
Auto, 20, 100, 200 and 400.
◆ ±2 EV manual exposure compensation in
1/3 EV increments
◆ Selection of white balance modes include
Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Halogen and White
Set. Picture adjustments include Natural,
Standard and Vivid. Color Effects mode
includes Warm, Cool and B&W.
◆ Features Auto (AE) bracketing which
automatically change the exposure of
each shot in a series of consecutive
shots. You can shoot 3 or 5 shots and the
exposure will automatically change for
each shot in steps of 0.25 to 1 EV.