Panasonic Lumix DC-ZS200

The Panasonic ZS200 (known as the TZ200 outside of North America) is launched in India. It is a compact travel zoom camera with a 24-360mm equivalent lens. It has a larger 1 inch CMOS sensor(crop frame) with a resolution of 20.1MP, for brighter and more colorful photos. There's a large 3.0-inch touchscreen on the rear of the camera. The device comes with dimension as 4.38 x 1.78 x 2.61in.(W x H x D), and weighs approx. 531g. It caters 4K capture up to 30p, while Panasonic's 4K PHOTO mode lets users extract single still frames from 4K burst files shot at 30fps before saving them as 8MP-equivalent images.

      The ZS200 features creative control. That incorporates Scene modes and filter modes, adding creativity. While traditional aperture and shutter priority modes allow for background defocus or eliminate sports motion blur. It has in built electronic viewfinder, with an ability to cover maximum area. With built-in WiFi and Bluetooth, users can instantly transfer a photo or MP4 movie to your smartphone or tablet. It also comes with 15x optical zoom range. And to avoid the risk of camera shake at such large zooming range. It features Power OIS stabilization system, which counteract unwanted movement for stills photography. And there is five axis hybrid OIS stabilization for video.

       For even more creative photography, the LUMIX ZS200 integrates a new L.Monochrome mode in Photo Style, to create an impressive monochrome image with rich gradation like that of black-and-white film. With high sensitivity sensor and LUMIX Venus Engine processor, ISO is expanded up to 25600. Thus, resulting crisp and vibrant images with noise effectively reduced. The entry level LUMIX ZS200 is priced at Rs. 78,280 in Indian market.