Panasonic Lumix DMC-LC1 at CEATEC

Mark Goldstein | Digital Compact Cameras | October 3, 2003 | 8 Comments |

The German website digitalkamera.de have spotted another new development from Panasonic, shown at the Japanese entertainment electronics fair CEATEC. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LC1 seems to be a 5-megapixel digital camera with a 28-90mm Leica lens that has a constant aperture of f/2.0. It looks like being a very classy camera to me. The Lumix DMC-LC1 has not been officially announced yet and probably won’t be released until next year.

Website: CEATEC

Website: digitalkamera.de

UPDATE 05/10/03
This camera and a few more details about it is now appearing on some of the other photography websites:

Website: letsgodigital.org

Website: Photoxels

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#1 Marco F.

ah, what I would give for a digital version of the M leicas.
this one looks very close..

7:17 pm - Friday, October 3, 2003

#2 Mark Goldstein

It does look nice doesn't it? It looks like a very grown-up kind of camera. Lets hope that it performs OK too (and doesn't cost too much!).

9:00 pm - Friday, October 3, 2003

#3 Ed Garrard

This is very interesting. My favorite lens is a Vivitar Series 1 28-90mm. I hope it close-focuses like the Vivitar. No bird pics, but for everything else? This looks to be awesome!

7:41 am - Saturday, October 4, 2003

#4 Mark Goldstein

Could be good for candid street photography if everything on the camera is nice and quiet

2:57 pm - Saturday, October 4, 2003

#5 Marc

i don't think it is but if the lens was interchangable then this would be a cool camera

10:16 am - Sunday, October 5, 2003

#6 jake peters

I read that the DMC-LC1 will have excellent features, most exciting to me is the promise of minimal shutter delay. Mechanical manual focus, wide angle, f2.0 at 28 through 90, hot shoe and 5 magapixels all suggest a dream camera. My greatest concern will be the battery issue. A dead proprietary battery makes all the above dead weight. I hope that the DMC-LC1 will operate on AA's. Battery type was the fatal flaw that led me to select the Olympus C5050Z as my first digital camera.

8:14 am - Tuesday, October 21, 2003

#7 jake peters

I neglected to mention that I was considering the current Digilux and Lumix cameras and it is the batteries in them that led me to choose the C5050Z.

8:20 am - Tuesday, October 21, 2003

#8 Mark Goldstein

Coincidentally I have an Olympus C-5050 in for review at the moment As Jake has already alluded to, it uses 4x AA Nimh batteries, which are relatively inexpensive and easy to get hold of.

4:07 pm - Tuesday, October 21, 2003