Panasonic DMC-LX2 - Manual (Page 3)

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recording capabilities. The world’s first incorporation* of this I.I.C. allows the
automatic adjustment of the suitable ISO setting and shutter speed that best suits the
situation by analyzing the speed of subject movement. If the subject is moving, the
ISO setting would automatically rise to allow high shutter speed. On the other hand, if
the subject is still and no movement is detected, you can take beautiful natural
images with a low ISO setting.
___ Accordingly the new LUMIX automatically takes the best countermeasures
against any causes of blurred images with MEGA O.I.S. compensating for hand-
shake and the I.I.C. compensating for movement of the subject. Image stabilizing
system is further evolving with LUMIX.
*For a digital still camera, as of July 19, 2006.
3. Dramatically reduced noise with Venus Engine III
The DMC-LX2 adopts the Venus Engine III to realize high sensitivity recording
at max. ISO 1600 at full resolution. The noise reduction system is greatly improved
by removing noise at the processing stages in series. First, critical noise is roughly
undraped and the chromatic noise and the luminance noise are separated to
respectively go through the supplemental noise reduction process so that the
remaining noise is appropriately minimised.
Despite the significantly increased performance of the camera, the Venus
Engine III consumes only 80% of the power utilized by the Venus Engine II and is
able to achieve a longer battery life of 300 pictures (CIPA) on a single charge. With
its multi-task image processing capability, the Venus Engine III also boasts
outstanding response time with a shutter release time lag of as short as 0.009 sec*.
minimum and the shutter interval of 0.6 sec*. The DMC-LX2 enables easy capture of
those spur-of-the-moment shots. The DMC-LX2 also allows unlimited consecutive
shooting up to the capacity of the SD/SDHC memory card**.
* Not including the time for AF.
**The number of recordable pictures depends on the memory card size, battery life, picture
size and image compression.
4. Joystick-operated intuitive full manual control
The easy-to-use joystick operation and good design, which were part of the
highly acclaimed trademarks of the predecessor, are inherited by the DMC-LX2. The
joystick was incorporated to facilitate operational ease and thereby get the best
technical advantage of the multitude of functions offered by the camera. With the
joystick it is possible to set focus and exposure manually, and also quickly shortcut to
frequently used variables by just pressing and holding the joystick even while
monitoring a subject on the LCD. The predecessor LX1 contained white balance
adjustment, ISO setting, image size setting and compression format in its shortcut
menu, and the light metering and AF mode settings are now added for the new LX2.
It also allows the exposure compensation and selection of one out of nine focusing
areas.
A switch on the side of the lens barrel lets you quickly change the focus mode