32mm Wide-Angle Lens with 5x Optical Zoom
With both a 32mm wide-angle Leica DC Vario-Elmar lens and a 5x zoom, this is one camera that does it all. You can fit more in the photo than you can with a 35mm lens, so you can get more of a sweeping landscape in a single shot. The 5x zoom is great for capturing dramatic shots of small or distant subjects. There's also an Extra Optical Zoom function that boosts zoom power to 8.9x in 3-megapixel resolution mode.

Manual Control for More Creative Freedom
The DMC-LZ8 Lumix digital camera gives you a choice of four exposure modes: Program AE (P), Aperture Priority AE (A), Shutter Priority AE (S) and Manual (M). This gives you the flexibility and creative freedom to capture more expressive shots. You can also fine tune the settings in the Scenery, Portrait, Sports and Night Portrait scene modes on the mode dial to better suit the shooting conditions. This makes it easier to capture the exact image you have in mind.

Intelligent Auto Mode Helps You Get Great Shots in Any Situation
Simply set the Lz8 to iA mode and let the camera do the rest. Intelligent Scene Selector chooses the mode that best fits the situation; MEGA Optical Image Stabilization (O.I.S.) helps prevent blurring from hand-shake; Intelligent ISO Control helps prevent motion blur; and Face Detection helps produce clear portraits by optimizing the focus and exposure settings.

Quick Settings Without Taking Your Eyes Off the Subject
You can easily change settings such as auto focus, light metering, white balance, ISO sensitivity, image size, image quality and so on. There's no need to switch to the menu screen.

Intelligent LCD Adjusts Brightness to Match Surroundings
The brightness and contrast of the large 2.5" diagonal LCD adjust automatically in 10 steps as ambient light conditions change, so images are clear, bright and easy to see day or night, indoors or outdoors.
 

Specifications:

Camera Type	Runs on AA Batteries
KEY FEATURES
Camera Effective Pixels	8.1 Megapixels
Optical Image Stabilizer	MEGA O.I.S. (Mode 1 / Mode 2 )
Optical Zoom	5x
Image Sensor	1/2.5", 8.32 Total Megapixels CCD, Primary Color Filter
Extra Optical Zoom	4:3 Aspect Ratio: 6.4x for 5 Mega, 8.0x for 3 Mega, 2 Mega, 0.3 Mega 3:2 Aspect Ratio: 6.4x for 4.5 Mega, 8.0x for 2.5 Mega 16:9 Aspect Ratio: 6.4x for 3.5 Mega, 8.0x for 2 Mega
Digital Zoom	4x (Max. 20.0 x combined with Optical Zoom without Extra Optical Zoom) (Max. 35.6x combined with Extra Optical Zoom)
Focal Length	f=5.2-26mm (35mm Equiv.: 32-160mm)
Lens	Leica DC Vario-Elmar
Aperture Range	Wide: F3.3 / F8.0 (2 steps) Tele: F5.9 / F8 (2 steps)
PERFORMANCE FEATURES
Conversion Lens Compatibility	No
Focusing Area	Normal: Wide 50cm/ Tele 100cm - infinity Macro / Intelligent AUTO: Wide 5cm / Tele 100cm - infinity
AF Metering	Face / 1-point/ 1-point high speed/ 3-point high speed/ 9-point/ Spot
Focus	Normal / Macro, Quick AF On/Off
AF Assist Lamp	Yes
ISO Sensitivity	Auto /100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 (High Sensitivity Mode : Auto(1600 - 6400) )
White Balance	Auto / Daylight / Cloudy / Shade / Halogen / White Set / White Balance Adjustment (+10steps, except for auto set) (Selectable at Portrait, Soft Skin, Self-Portrait, Sports, Baby, Pet, High Sensitivity, and Highspeed Burst mode)
Exposure	Program AE Aperture Priority AE Shutter Priority AE, Manual
Exposure Compensation	1/3 EV Step, ? 2 EV
Backlight Compensation	Yes (at Intelligent AUTO mode)
Auto Bracketing (AE)	+/- 1/3 EV ~ 1EV step, 3 frames
Light Metering	Intelligent Multiple / Center-weighted / Spot
Dedicated Button/Mode Switch	Dedicated Button: Macro Mode Switch: Shooting, Playback
Shooting Mode (Mode Dial)	Dial: P(Program AE) Mode, A(Aperture Priority AE) Mode, S(Shutter Priority AE) Mode, M(Manual Exposure) Mode, Custom, Intelligent AUTO
Scene Modes	SCN (Portrait, Scenery, Sports, Panning, Night Portrait, Self-Portrait, Food, Party, Candle Light, Fireworks, Starry Sky, Beach, Aerial Photo, Snow, High Sensitivity, Baby 1&2, Sunset, Pet, Hi-Speed Burst)
Advanced Scene Mode	Portrait, Scenery, Sports, Night Portrait
Shutter Speed/Shutter System	8 - 1/2,000 sec. Starry Sky Mode: 15, 30, 60 sec.
Self Timer	10 seconds / 2 seconds
Auto Review	1sec, 3sec, Zoom, Hold
Review	No
Picture Adjustment	Contrast +2steps Sharpness +2steps Saturation +2steps Noise Reduction +2steps
Color Effect Mode	Cool, Warm, Black & White, Sepia
Color Mode	No
Recording Format	Still Image: JPEG (design rule for camera file system, based on Exif 2.21 standard), DPOF Corresponding Image with audio: JPEG (design rule for camera file system, based on Exif 2.21 standard)+ QuickTime Motion Picture: QuickTime Motion JPEG
Image Quality	Fine/Standard
RECORDING IMAGE SIZE (Pixels)
4:3 Aspect Ratio (Still Image)	3264 x 2448 2560 x 1920 2048 x 1536 1600 x 1200 640 x 480
3:2 Aspect Ratio (Still Image)	3264 x 2176 2560 x 1712 2048 x 1360
16:9 Aspect Ratio (Still Image)	3264 x 1840 2560 x 1440 1920 x 1080
Motion Image (4:3 Aspect Ratio)	640 x 480, 320 x 240 30 fps, 10fps
Motion Image (16:9 Aspect Ratio)	848 x 480 pixels - 30 fps, 10 fps
CONVENIENCE FEATURES
Burst Shooting Mode	Full-Resolution Image, 2.5 frames/sec Max. 7 images (Standard mode), Max 4 images (Fine Mode) High-speed Burst Mode: approx. 10 frames/sec (recorded in 2M for 4:3, 2.5M for 3:2, 2M for 16:9)
Unlimited Consecutive Shooting	Yes
Intelligent Exposure	No
Digital Red Eye Correction	No
Easy Zoom/Zoom Resume/Motion Zoom	Yes/No/No
Still Image Recording with Audio	No
Audio Dubbing	No
Real-time Histograms	Yes
Composition Guide Lines	Yes (2 patterns)
Built-in Memory	approx. 27MB
Scene Mode Help Screen	Yes
Auto Angle Detection	Yes
Flip Animation	No
Travel Date/World Time	Yes/Yes
Title Edit	Yes
Text Stamp/Date Stamp	Yes/Yes
STANDARD FEATURES
Built-in Flash Type/Mode	Approx. 27MB/ 0.6 - 6.3m (Wide/ISO Auto), 0.3 - 3.1m (Tele/ISO Auto)
External Flash	No
Viewfinder	No
LCD Monitor	2.5" Diagonal Polycrystalline TFT LCD Display (230K dots) Field of View : approx. 100% AUTO Power LCD mode, Power LCD mode, High angle mode
Playback Mode	30 & 12-thumbnail display, Calendar Display, Zoomed Playback (16x max.), Playback of Favorite Pictures, Category Playback, Slide Show, Image Rotation, Resizing, Trimming, Protection, Aspect Conv. DPOF Print Setting
OSD Language	English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese
Recording Media	Built-in Memory SD Memory Card SDHC Memory Card MultiMediaCard
Microphone	Yes
Speaker	Yes
Interface	DC Input, A/V Output (NTSC/PAL), USB
Direct Print	PictBridge
Color	Black
Power Supply	Batteries (x2): AA Alkaline
Battery Life	Up to 160 images with Alkaline Batteries Up to 260 Images with Oxide Batteries
ACCESSORIES
Included Software	PhotofunStudio -viewer-, ArcSoft MediaImpression, ArcSoft Panorama Maker, QuickTime, Adobe Reader, USB Driver
Standard Accessories	Two AA Alkaline Batteries, AV & USB Cables, Strap, CD-ROM
SPECIFICATIONS
Dimensions (H x W x D)	2.44'' x 3.84'' x 1.31''
Weight	0.31 lbs