Panasonic's New Touchscreen Camera

The whole world's gone touchscreen. Panasonic today announced its first touchscreen digital camera, the Lumix DMC-FX500.

The new offering offers a 3-inch LCD touchscreen, a 10.1 megapixel CCD sensor, 5x optical zoom, a wide-angle 25mm Leica lens, and Panasonic's Venus Engine IV image processor.

According to a press release, the camera will feature joystick input in addition to the LCD touchscreen. The DMC-FX500 will also ship with a stylus and feature a touchscreen keyboard for tagging photos in-camera.

The DMC-FX500 will be available in May for $400.

Other features include the ability to shoot 720p high-def video; face detection for up to 15 faces per shot; optical image stabilization; and automatic exposure, red-eye, and scene correction.

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Send me one please!
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gaysaac

March 18, 2008

7:08 PM PT

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