June 15th will not only be the launch date of Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-FS2 digicam, it’d also be the day when you can start seeing the new brown-colored Lumix DMC-TZ3 digital camera on the Japan market. This compact camera sports a 10x optical zoom lens, 28mm true wide-angle, a 3.0-inch LCD display with viewfinder, a 7.2 megapixel CCD sensor, and Venus 3 processing engine. The company doesn’t mention about the price on its press release, but I bet it won’t be much different than the price of the other TZ3 series digital cameras.

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Want to update your Lumix DMC-FS1 digital camera? Well, starting from June 15th, you can check the nearby store for the new Lumix DMC-FS2 from Panasonic. According to the press release, this 7.2 megapixel camera will come with a 3x optical zoom lens (Leica DC VARIO-ELMARIT), a 4x digital zoom, a 27MB onboard memory with SD/SDHC/MMC media card slot, and a 2.5-inch display. The still image will be saved in JPEG format, while the video will have QuickTime format.

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DXG, a Taiwan-based manufacturer, recently launched a 7.1-megapixel digital camera named DXG-711 (probably means “1st 7.1mp cam from DXG“). Priced at $149.99, the digicam sports a 2.5-inch color display, a 3x optical zoom lens, a built-in microphone for voice recording capability, and a 32MB onboard memory. Not sure about the supported media card type.

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Here’s the latest 12.1-megapixel digital camera from Casio, the EXILIM ZOOM EX-Z1200 model. It sports a 2.8-inch colors display, a 3x optical zoom lens, and a 11.4MB internal memory with SDHC and MMC media card support for additional storage. Furthermore, the camera supports H.264 video format, as well as UHQ video mode with 848×480 resolution @ 7MBps (DVD-like quality).

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Panasonic has just announced the launch of its new 12.2 megapixel digital camera, Lumix DMC-FX100 model. This compact digicam boasts the ability to record movie in HD (High-Definition format) at a resolution of 1280 x 720 @ 15fps. Unfortunately, it is only equipped with a 27MB onboard memory, so users will definitely need to use SD media card for storing those fat HD video. When it comes to still image, FX100 can take photo in 4:3 mode and 16:9 widescreen mode for a whopping 4000 x 2248 image resolution.

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Along with VLUU i70 Slide, Samsung Techwin also unveiled “VLUU i7 Rotate” during Photo & Imaging 2007 event in Korea. This one comes with the same 7.2 megapixel CCD sensor, but different design. Instead of sliding, VLUU i7 has rotating mechanism, making it looks quite stylish and futuristic. Good job, Samsung!

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Samsung Techwin, during Photo & Imaging 2007 event in Korea, showcased a slim 7.2 megapixel digicam with sliding design, the “VLUU i70 Slide”. This artistic camera, due to its Victorian pattern, sports a 3-inch wide LCD display and a stainless steel materials. Personally, I really love the look of this digital camera.

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Logicool (widely known as Logitech outside Japan) recently unveiled two new webcams, the QCam (model: QCAM-30V) and QCam Deluxe (model: QCAM-130V). Nothing special with the specs — 1.3 megapixel sensor, up to 640×480 resolution, instant snapshot button — but both cams definitely have a cool stylish design. The price is set at 5000 Yen and 7000 Yen respectively.

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Panasonic is going to display its latest shoulder-mounted HD camcorder, “AJ-HPX2100″, at the upcoming KOBA 2007 event. The camcorder boasts P2 memory card adoption and features a DSR (Dynamic Range Stretcher) functionality, along with an enhanced digital image treatment technology and a 12 linear matrix color compensating function. Moreover, it supports 2/3-inch HD progressive 3CCD technology, as well as F11 (2000lx) sensitivity video recording. Sounds good.

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Sony will soon release DSC-W200 digital camera in Japan. This 12.1 megapixel digicam sports a 3x optical zoom Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens, a 6x digital zoom, up to ISO 3200, various scene modes (Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Landscape, Beach, Snow, Fireworks, High Sensitivity, Extra High Sensitivity, Soft Snap), white balance, red eye reduction, a 2.5-inch 115k pixels LCD display with viewfinder, and USB interface. Measures 91 x 58.5 x 27.3 mm and weighs 142 grams, it also features a 31MB onboard memory with Memory Stick / Pro Duo media slot, PictBridge direct printing support, and rechargeable Lithium-ion battery.

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Measures 61 x 90 x 135mm and weighs 435g, “DZ-HS300A” is the latest camcorder from Hitachi. What make this 1/6-inch CCD camcorder special is that it can record the video in either DVD or its built-in 8G hard drive (up to 3 hours in fine-quality mode). It can also dub the movie from the HDD directly to DVD at 1.5x speed with no PC require.

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