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For photography enthusiasts looking for a point-and-shoot that can provide a long-zoom feature, Panasonic’s new Lumix DMC-FZ28 might actually be the camera they are looking for. The DMC-FZ28 promises a 10.1 effective megapixel CCD sensor with image stabilization feature, a Leica branded 18x optical zoom lens that spans up to 27mm wide angle to a 486mm telephoto and a has a maximum aperture that ranges from f/2.8 to f/4.4. It also allows macro focusing up to one cm. at wide angle or one meter at Tele Macro mode. This camera also comes with a 2.7-inch LCD with display resolution of up to 230,000 dot, and a 0.2” electronic viewfinder.

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28 also boasts of face detection and object tracking feature with its multi-area autofocus system. It has a high ISO sensitivity of 100 to 1600, shutter speeds ranging from 1/2000 to 60 seconds. In addition, it has intelligent multiple, center-weighted and spot metering, nine white balance settings and 37 scene modes for users to take a gander on.

Aside from all those mentioned features, the DMC-FZ28 can also capture movies at 30fps with sound and you can store these movies into the camera’s SD or MultiMedia and SDHC cards. This is in addition to the camera’s built-in 50MB internal memory. The DMC-FZ28 also features USB 2.0 high-speed connectivity, NTSC video output, and high-def component video output.

This new Lumix camera will start shipping sometime in August with an suggested retail of around $400.

Via [Imaging Resource]