Digital Camera Review

First Impressions Review

Jan 12, 2006 - By Patrick Singleton
The Panasonic Lumix LS2 pushes the price point for optical image stabilization, with Panasonic's full-blown MEGA O.I.S. in a 5 megapixel compact camera for under $200. The small, 3x zoom camera would be price-competitive without stabilization as it is – with it, the camera should be awfully interesting to snapshot users on a budget. On top of that, the Lumix LS2 has a white balance system that's surprisingly more flexible than the ones on most DSLRs.
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Picture Quality / Size Options
In its native 4:3 format, the Lumix LS2 offers image sizes of 2560 x 1920, 2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960 and 640 x 480. In 3:2 format, it offers 2560 x 1712 and 2048 x 1360. In 16:9, the choices are 2560 x 1440 and 1920 x 1080. The compression options are Fine and Standard. The Lumix LS2 writes JPEGs only.

Picture Effects Mode
“Picture Adjust” controls saturation and offers three settings: Vivid, Standard and Natural, in order of decreasing saturation. “Color Effects” makes more obvious changes. Its options are: Black and White, Sepia, Cool and Warm.

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