Panasonic's CES Lumix sextet leaked: FP and FH models galore

Looks like some Asian website, as Photo Rumors puts it, made a boo-boo and published its Panasonic point-and-shoot a tad early. Specs for six (and press photos for four) Lumix cameras have come to light. Here's what's the gang reportedly found, in a nutshell: the very compact, 14.1-megapixel FP3 has a 3-inch touchscreen LCD, 4x zoom, shoots 720p 30 frames per second video, and comes in a variety of colors; the FP1 similar in stature but with 12.1 megapixels and a 2.7-inch non-touchscreen LCD instead. The Lumix F3 drops the "very compact" look of the FP1 but is also 12.1 megapixels / 3x zoom, 720p 30fps video, and 2.7-inch LCD. The FH20 has a 14.1 megapixel sensor, 8x zoom, 720p video, and a Venus Engine IV image processor, which is also reportedly claimed by the FH1 (12 megapixels, 5x zoom) and FH3 (14.1 megapixels, 5x zoom). It's just that time of the season, eh?

[CJ Posted Jan 4th 2010 10:21PM]

I've always been a fan of the Venus engine used in the Lumix/Panasonic point-and-shoots, good colour reproduction and decent noise handling.

I can only hope this new version keeps up the good work.

[Kiwi Posted Jan 4th 2010 10:38PM]

Any sign of prices ?

[Cronny Posted Jan 4th 2010 10:51PM]

"Venus Engine IV image processor"

[bebop Posted Jan 5th 2010 12:03AM]

@Cronny

Probably VI, but I admit I lost interest a while ago.

[Cronny Posted Jan 4th 2010 10:52PM]

Sorry for double post, but for some reasons my word did not show up: "I think Panasonic has Venus Engine V already, no?"

[yerand Posted Jan 4th 2010 10:54PM]

Wow, I love the name
sext...et

[Koneck Posted Jan 4th 2010 10:56PM]

Can someone call the damn plumber to fix these leaking

[Gabe Posted Jan 4th 2010 11:00PM]

are one of these the successor to the sz3?

[Wwhat Posted Jan 4th 2010 11:18PM]

I think that article was put in a very muddled way, midway I was already losing track of which one is which, perhaps a simple list might help in these cases.

[tamahome Posted Jan 5th 2010 12:12AM]

any word on the prices??