Panasonic just made a standalone announcement of a lone compact camera today. The new Lumix FX75 (AKA the Lumix FX70) is Panasonic’s latest touchscreen camera. The camera doesn’t feature any manual controls (a change from their old FX500 and FX550 touchscreen cameras) but does have a brand new ultra-wide angle lens that starts at 24 mm and with a very “bright” wide-angle aperture value of F2.2.

Panasonic Lumix FX75
also known as Lumix FX70 in some places
(Compact camera)

• 14 effective megapixels
• 24 – 120 mm (f2.2 – f5.9) 5X optical zoom lens
• Optical image stabilization (Power OIS)
• 3 inch touchscreen LCD
• No manual controls: point-and-shoot functionality with scene modes
• Touch shutter and cosmetic mode with skin softening and digital tanning
• 720p (1280 x 720) 30 FPS movie mode with sound
• Takes SD/SDHC memory cards (SDXC compatible too)
• Uses a lithium-ion battery
• Availability and price to be announced
• Comes in your choice of silver or black (pink and purple available in select places)

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