Price (with 14-42 mm kit lens) |
• Silver or Black body with the power zoom lens: $949.99
• Silver or Black body with the standard zoom lens: $799.99 |
Price (body ony) |
• $699.99 |
Body material |
Metal |
Sensor |
• 4/3 type MOS (‘Live MOS sensor’)
• 17.3 x 13.0 mm
• 16.6 million total pixels
• 16 million effective pixels
• RGB (Primary) color filter array
• Supersonic wave filter |
Image sizes |
• 4592 x 3448 (4:3)
• 3232 x 2424 (4:3)
• 2272 x 1704 (4:3)
• 1824 x 1368 (4:3 – With 3D lens)
• 4576 x 3056 (3:2)
• 3232 x 2160 (3:2)
• 2272 x 1520 (3:2)
• 1824 x 1216 (3:2 – With 3D lens)
• 4576 x 2576 (16:9)
• 3232 x 1824 (16:9)
• 1920 x 1080 (16:9)
• 1824 x 1024 (16:9 – With 3D lens)
• 3424 x 3424 (1:1)
• 2416 x 2416 (1:1)
• 1712 x 1712 (1:1)
• 1712 x 1712 (1:1 – With 3D lens) |
Image sizes (Motion) |
NTSC TV Regions:
• AVCHD:
1920 x 1080, 60i (from 30fps sensor output) FSH – 17 Mbps
1280 x 720, 60p (from 30fps sensor output) SH – 17 Mbps
• Motion JPEG:
1280 x 720 (30fps)
640 x 480 (30fps)
320 x 240 (30fps) |
PAL TV Regions:
• AVCHD:
1920 x 1080, 50i (from 25 fps sensor output) FSH – 17 Mbps
1280 x 720, 50p (from 25 fps sensor output) SH – 17 Mbps
• Motion JPEG:
1280 x 720 (30fps)
640 x 480 (30fps)
320 x 240 (30fps) |
Aspect ratios |
• 4:3
• 3:2
• 16:9
• 1:1 |
File formats |
• RAW
• RAW + JPEG Fine
• RAW + JPEG Standard
• JPEG Fine
• JPEG Standard
• MPO + Fine (when used with 3D lens)
• MPO + Standard (when used with 3D lens) |
File formats (Movie) |
• AVCHD
• QuickTime Motion JPEG |
Focus modes |
• AFS
• AFF *
• AFC
• Manual |
AF modes |
• Face Detection
• AF Tracking
• 23-Area-Focusing
• 1 Area Focusing
• Pinpoint AF
• Touch AF
• MF Assist (4x picture-in-picture, 5x, 10x) |
AF assist lamp |
Yes, dedicated lamp |
Image stabilization |
Available only on lenses with built-in stabilization |
Extended optical zoom |
Yes |
Digital zoom |
• Up to 4x |
Exposure modes |
• Program AE
• Aperture priority AE
• Shutter priority AE
• Manual
• Auto |
Scene modes |
• Portrait
• Soft Skin
• Scenery
• Architecture
• Sports
• Peripheral Defocus
• Flower
• Food
• Objects
• Night Portrait
• Night Scenery
• Illuminations
• Baby 1
• Baby 2
• Pet
• Party
• Sunset |
Scene modes (movie) |
• Portrait
• Soft Skin
• Scenery
• Architecture
• Sports
• Flower
• Food
• Objects
• Low-light
• Party
• Sunset
If movie shooting is initiated from a scene mode without a movie shooting equivalent, the camera will select an appropriate mode based on shooting conditions. |
Sensitivity |
• Auto
• Intelligent ISO
• ISO 160
• ISO 200
• ISO 400
• ISO 800
• ISO 1600
• ISO 3200
• ISO 6400
• ISO 12800 |
ISO steps |
1/3 steps |
Metering range |
0 to 18 EV |
Metering modes |
144-zone multi-pattern sensing system
• Multiple-Weighted
• Center-Weighted
• Spot |
AE Lock |
• With Fn1 button set to AEL/AFL
• With shutter release half-press |
AE Bracketing |
• 3, 5, 7 frames
• in 1/3 or 2/3 or 1EV |
Exposure compensation |
• -5.0 to +5.0 EV
• 1/3 EV steps |
Shutter speed |
• 60 -1/4000 sec
• Bulb (up to approx 2 mins)
• Flash X-sync 1/160 sec |
Shutter speed (Movie) |
• 1/6000 -1/30 sec (NTSC)
• 1/6000 -1/25 sec |
White balance |
• Auto
• Daylight
• Cloudy
• Shade
• Incandescent
• Flash
• Custom 1
• Custom 2
• Kelvin temp (2500 – 10,000 K, 100K steps) |
WB fine tuning |
Yes (blue/amber bias, magenta/green bias) |
WB Bracketing |
• 3 shots
•+/-1 to +/-3 in either blue/amber or magenta/green axis |
Color space |
• sRGB
• Adobe RGB |
Image parameters |
• Photo Style (Standard, Vivid, Natural, Monochrome, Scenery, Portrait, Custom)
Each with the following options and the ability to save a variant as ‘Custom’
• Contrast (5 levels)
• Sharpness (5 levels)
• Saturation (5 levels)
• Noise reduction (5 levels) |
Drive modes |
• Single
• Continuous SH (20 fps at 4MP)
• Continuous H (4.2 fps)
• Continuous M (3 fps with Live view)
• Continuous L (2 fps with Live view) |
Continuous buffer |
• 9 RAW images
• Unlimited JPEG images with a fast card |
Self-timer |
• 2 sec
• 10 sec
• 10 sec, 3 images |
Flash |
• Manual pop-up
• TTL auto / manual
• Guide no. 7.6 (ISO 160, m)
• Auto, Auto/Red-eye, Forced On, Forced On/Red-eye, Slow Sync, Slow Sync/Red-eye, Forced off
• 1st/2nd curtain sync
• Flash power: Up to +/- 2 EV in 1/3 EV steps |
Flash X-sync speed |
1/160 sec |
External flash |
• Hot shoe
• TTL Auto with FL220/FL360/FL500 (Optional) |
Orientation sensor |
Yes, including non-OIS lenses* |
Viewfinder |
Optional (LVF2*) |
LCD monitor |
• 3.0″ TFT touch LCD monitor (3:2 aspect ratio)
• 460,000 dots
• Approx 100% frame coverage
• Auto Power LCD (optional) adjusts brightness in bright light
• Brightness (7 levels), Contrast and Saturation (7 levels), Red tint (7 levels), Blue tint (7 levels) |
Playback functions |
• Single
• Magnify (2 – 16x)
• Thumbnail display (30,12)
• Slide show
• Title Edit
• Text Stamp
• Video Divide
• Resize
• Cropping
• Aspect Conversion
• Rotate
• Rotate Display
• Favorite
• Print Set
• Protect
• Face recognition Edit |
Microphone |
• Internal, Stereo. With Wind-cut (On/Off) and rec level (4 levels) |
Speaker |
• Monoaural |
Connectivity |
• USB 2.0 (High Speed)
• Video Out (NTSC / PAL)
• Wired remote control DMW-RSL1 (optional)
• HDMI |
Print compliance |
• PictBridge
• DPOF |
Storage |
SD / SDHC / SDXC |
Power |
• 1010 mAh 7.2v Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery
• Supplied charger / AC adapter |
Dimensions |
116mm x 68 mm x 39 mm (4.58 x 2.67 x 1.55 in) |
Weight (camera body) |
Approx. 272 g (9.59 oz) |
Weight (inc 14-42mm lens, card and battery) |
Approx. 413 g (14.59 oz) |