Say hello to the world's First 12.2-Megapixel 28mm Wide-Angle Premium Compact Digital Camera. That's what the Panasonic DMC-FX100 best described as. It boasts of a newly developed 28mm wide-angle LEICA DC VARIO ELMARIT lens featuring f/2.8 brightness and a 3.6x optical zoom 3 plus a 12.2-megapixel CCD. With the Leica DC lens users get a chance to capture high-resolution images that are crisp and clear. The Easy Zoom feature is at the touch of a button and shifts the lens instantly to full 3.6x zoom power. A second touch of the button activates the Extra Optical Zoom function and extends zoom all the way to 7x 4. Other features include an Optical Image Stabilizer, Intelligent ISO Control and Venus Engine III that features 0.009-second shutter release time lag. With FX100, you can shoot hi-definition 1920 x 1080 pixel photos that project comfortably on a 16:9 TV. It records wide aspect VGA (640 x 480) and WVGA (848 x 480) motion images at 30 frames per second plus wide-aspect HD (1280 x 720) motion images at 15 frames per second thus enabling you to view the pictures on a widescreen HDTV.

The Panasonic DMC-FX100 also offers the DMW-SDP1 HDTV Photo Player to view a slideshow of Lumix photos in 1080i high definition quality. Simply connect the SDP1 via a component cable to a HDTV and slip the SDHC/SD memory card into the slot. It comes in either sleek silver metallic or cool black metallic and will be out in July.