The major advantage Panasonic digital cameras
has over its competitors is the MEGA Optical Image
Stabilizer. This works to counteract camera shake
due to shaky hands or the use of too slow a shutter
speed (as in low-light shots), and hence helps
avoid blurred shots.
Panasonic claims a release time lag of 0.008
second minimum. You can take up to 5 images in
Standard Mode and 3 images in Fine Mode with full
resolution. In addition, the Unlimited Consecutive
Shooting function lets you continue shooting until
the memory card or built-in memory is full. Record
320x240 pixels movies (no sound) at 30fps (max.
recording time depends on memory card capacity).
Exposure is Program AE with 14 additional Scene
Modes.
The DMC-LS2 can be powered by two AA alkaline
or two rechargeable nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH)
batteries. Included in the box are two Panasonic
Oxyride™ batteries that allow you to take
up to 250 photos. Alkaline batteries let you take
about 175 photos and nickel-metal hydride batteries
allow up to 390 photos. (*1)
The Panasonic LS2 has 14MB of internal memory.
PictBridge™ technology allows you to print
directly to any PictBridge-compatible printer
without going through a PC.
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Panasonic
LS2 |
QuickFact™
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KEY
FEATURES |
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Camera Effective
Pixels |
5.0 Megapixels |
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CCD (Image
Sensor) |
1/2.5"
5.36 Total Megapixel CCD
Primary Color Filter |
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Optical
Zoom |
3x |
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Extra Optical Zoom |
4:3 Aspect Ratio:
3.8x for 3 Mega, 2 Mega, 1Mega, 0.3 Mega
3:2 Aspect Ratio:
3.8x for 2.5 Mega
16:9 Aspect Ratio:
3.8x for 2 Mega |
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Digital Zoom |
4x
(Max. 12x combined with Optical Zoom without
Extended Optical Zoom)
(Max. 15x combined with Extended Optical Zoom) |
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Focal Length |
f=5.8-17.4mm (35mm
equivalent: 35-105mm) |
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Lumix DC Vario
Lens |
7 elements in
6 groups
(3 Aspherical Lenses/ 3 Aspherical surfaces) |
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Aperture |
Wide: F2.8/F5.6
(2 steps)
Tele: F5.0 - F10 (2 steps) |
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Optical
Image Stabilizer |
MEGA O.I.S. (Mode
1 / Mode 2 ) |
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PERFORMANCE
FEATURES |
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Conversion Lens
Compatibility |
No |
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Focusing Area |
Normal: 50cm -
infinity
Macro/Simple/Motion Picture: Wide 5cm / Tele
30cm - infinity |
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AF Metering |
1 point
1 point high speed
3 points high speed
5 points
Spot |
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Focus |
Auto Focus System
Normal/Macro (Dial) |
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AF Assist Lamp |
No |
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ISO Sensitivity |
Auto / 80 / 100
/ 200 / 400 |
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White Balance |
Auto/Daylight/Cloudy/
Halogen/Flash/White Set
White Balance Adjustment (except for Auto
Set) |
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Exposure |
Program AE |
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Exposure Button |
No |
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Exposure Compensation |
1/3 EV Step, ±
2 EV |
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Backlight Compensation |
Yes (at simple
mode) |
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Auto Bracketing
(AE) |
+1/3EV-1EV Step,
3 Frames |
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Light Metering |
Intelligent Multiple |
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Scene Modes |
Dial: Simple,
Normal Picture, Economy, Macro
SCN1, SCN2:(Portrait, Soft Skin, Scenery,
Sports, Night Portrait, Night Scenery, Food,
Party, Candle Light, Fireworks, Starry Sky,
Snow, Baby1, Baby2), Movie, Playback |
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Shutter Speed |
1, 1/4, 1/2, 1/8
- 1/2,000 sec.
Night Scenery: up to 8 sec.
Starry Sky: 15, 30, 60 sec. |
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Self Timer |
10 seconds / 2
seconds |
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Auto Review |
1 sec/3 sec/zoom |
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Review |
1x/4x/8x |
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Picture Adjustment |
Natural, Standard,
Vivid |
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Color Effect Mode |
Cool, Warm, Black
& White, Sepia |
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Recording Format |
Still Image: JPEG,
DPOF corresponding
Motion Image: QuickTime® Motion JPEG |
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Image Quality |
Fine/Standard |
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Motion Image (Quick
Time? Motion JPEG) |
30 or 10 fps (320
x 240 pixels);
Max. recording time depends on Memory Card
capacity |
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Recording Image
Size (Pixels) |
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4:3 Aspect Ratio
(Still Image) |
2560 x 1920
2048 x 1536
1600 x 1200
1280 x 960
640 x 480 |
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3:2 Aspect Ratio
(Still Image) |
2560 x 1712
2048 x 1360 |
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16:9 Aspect Ratio
(Still Image) |
2560 x 1440
1920 x 1080 |
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CONVENIENCE
FEATURES |
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Mega Burst Shooting
Mode |
Full-resolution
image:
Standard Mode: Up to 9 images at 3 or 2 frames/sec.
Fine Mode: Up to 5 images |
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Unlimited Consecutive
Shooting |
Yes
(Number of shots may vary depending on memory
card size, battery power, picture size, and
compression. The consecutive shooting speed
varies depending on the memory card or the
built-in memory.) |
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Still Image Recording
with Audio |
No |
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Real-time Histograms |
Yes |
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Composition Guide
Lines |
Yes |
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Built-in Memory |
14MB (Usable capacity
will be less.) |
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Scene Mode Help
Screen |
Yes |
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Auto Angle Detection |
Yes |
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Flip Animation |
Yes |
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Economy Mode |
Yes (Dial) |
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STANDARD
FEATURES |
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Built-in Flash
Mode |
Auto, Auto/Red-eye
Reduction,
Slow Sync./Red-eye Reduction
Forced On/Off
Wide: 0.3 - 3.7m (ISO Auto)
Tele: 0.3 - 2.1m (ISO Auto) |
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External Flash |
No |
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Viewfinder |
N/A |
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LCD Monitor |
2.0" Diagonal
Polycrystalline TFT LCD Display (85k pixels)
Field of view: approx. 100% |
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Playback Mode |
25, 16 or 9-Thumbnail
Display
Zoomed Playback (16x max)
Image Rotation
Slide Show
Favorite Pictures
Resizing
Trimming, Copy, Protection
DPOF Setting |
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OSD Language |
English, Spanish,
Japanese, Chinese (Traditional), German, Italian,
French |
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Recording Media |
Built-in Memory
SD Memory Card
Multimedia Card |
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Microphone |
No |
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Speaker |
No |
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Interface |
DC Input, Video
Output (NTSC/PAL), USB |
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Direct Print |
PictBridge |
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Color |
Silver |
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Power Supply |
Included:
Two Oxyride™ AA Batteries
Optional:
AA Ni-MH Rechargeable Batteries
AA Alkaline Batteries
AC Adaptor (Input: 110-240V AC) |
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Battery Life (*1) |
Up to 250 pictures
(CIPA Standard) with included AA Oxyride™
Batteries |
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SOFTWARE |
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ArcSoft® PhotoImpression™ |
Yes |
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ArcSoft® PhotoBase™ |
Yes |
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USB Driver |
Yes |
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Lumix® Simple
Viewer |
Yes |
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ACCESSORIES |
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Batteries |
Two AA Oxyride
Batteries |
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Cables |
Video & USB |
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Strap |
Yes |
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Dimensions (W x
H x D) |
110.5 x 53.5 x
30.9 mm
(4.35 x 2.11 x 1.22 inch)
(Not including protruding parts) |
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Weight |
138 g (0.3 lb)
(Body) /
186 g (0.41 lb) (with Battery and SD Memory
Card) |
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MSRP |
US
$199.95 / CDN $299, available in March 2006 |
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Specifications are subject to change without
notice.
