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Panasonic's 3 Key Factors for High-Quality Pictures
Lens
Leica Dicomar Lens

The Leica Dicomar lens was developed jointly by world renowned Leica Camera AG and Panasonic to clear stringent quality standards as an ideal lens system for HD camcorders.

* Leica is a registered trademark of Leica Microsystem IR GmbH, and Dicomar is a registered trademark of Leica Camera AG.


* Photo shows the TM300

Multicoated Lenses
The multicoated lens is able to suppress diffused reflection.
Low-Dispersion Glasses
It minimizes color aberration caused by focal deviations in the light after it enters the lens. This suppresses both color bleeding and false color.
O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabilizer)

The O.I.S. cancels the hand-shake effect by stabilizing the image that reaches the sensor. Unlike the electrical stabilization system, the optical stabilization system causes almost no deterioration or unnatural touchup. This also works for still images with megapixel resolution*1, for which it doubles*2 the corrective power compared with moving images. As for the Advanced O.I.S., it checks and compensates for hand-shake around 4,000 times per second. With this enhanced correction capability, even zoomed images are incredibly clear, sharp and beautiful.

*1 Only for the HD camcorders.
*2 Panasonic comparison.
With Hand-Shake
Hand-shake moves the optical axis on the sensor surface, resulting in a blurry image.
With O.I.S.
The corrective lens moves in the direction to cancel the optical axis shift and suppress hand-shake.
There's almost no image quality degradation because the correction takes place before the image enters the sensor, so the sensor can be fully used in shooting.
You can tell the difference in scenes like these...
Telescopic Shots
Shots Following a Moving Subject
Sensor
3MOS System

Three MOS sensors, with their large light-receiving area, are used.
Each of the three primary colors is processed just the way it is.
That means there is almost no light loss and the color information is accurate.
What Are the Three Primary Colors of Light?
Image Processing LSI
Panasonic Crystal Engine

The HD Crystal Engine renders highly precise, life-like colors while new noise shaping filters further improve processing precision. This high-speed processing unit not only handles huge volumes of data, but also enables a wide dynamic range that suppresses blown highlights and blocked shadows to give you natural, lifelike images.
MPEG2 Engine
Panasonic has developed its own Wide-Range Motion Search Engine with Variable Bit Rate System. It renders fast-moving subjects with outstanding precision. It also reproduces MPEG2 images in LP mode with the same level of resolution as images in SP mode.

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