Sharp and Bright Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZR1 2009
The body of the new Panasonic Lumic DMC-ZR1 is rather thin, the dimension is 5,4x9,7x2,6 cm. Its good to handle because its made from metal. This camera is also lightweight, only 138 grams and suit in your pocket.
In the back panel o f this Lumic DMC-ZR1 , you will see a 2.7 inch LCD screen. Playback button on the right panel, E-zoom, 4 direction navigation, display button and Q menu. This is the default layout by Panasonic.
In the widest condition, the 25 mm lens is capable to take sharp and bright picture. The lens aperture maximum is at f/3.3 (wide) and f5.9 (telephoto). This Panasonic Lumic DMC-ZR1 is using aspherical lense 0.3mm, the first in the world. But this Lumic DMC-ZR1 is not bundled with AVCHD recording capability, its only HD 720p recording capability.
To get started, its only takes 2.57 seconds to be ready to use. But the zoom is little bit slow, it needs 2 seconds after the zoom button pressed. Overall, the picture is bright and sharp, even in telephoto mode. At ISO 400 you can see some noise and at ISO 800 or ISO 1600 the grain is more.