Panasonic Lumix GF6 : The entry of NFC in an entry level camera

Panasonic Lumix GF6; the latest entry level camera from the world’s favourite firm joined the market in May 2013. As I said it’s an entry-level range Compact Camera.

By introducing such an entry-level camera Panasonic aims to fine-tune the main features of each level of its Lumix G Series CSCs to suit their target users more clearly, with the GF6 being aimed at smartphone users who want to share their images instantly.

One of the special features of the camera is it comes with WiFi and NFC on the new camera, for the question why NFC is featured in this camera the company argues that NFC is very common now and many smartphones uses it, with camera.

There are other two cameras from the same maker Panasonic which has NFC and WiFi specification. The two others are the Panasonic TZ40 compact camera and Panasonic GF5.

Let's take a look at the GF6's specs and features

Size and Build

The device looks slightly chunky in the first look, its new fold-out screen make this. But if we look the Lumix GF6 closer we can see the effort made by the company to manage the improved screen without making too much bulk to the camera chassis.

The Panasonic Lumix GF6 is available in both white and black colours.

Features

A new 16 Megapixel Live MOS sensor is sported in the camera; this is high when compared to its older brother Lumix GF5, which’s sensor is 12.1MP.The sensor also has an ISO range that can be extended up to 25600.

The camera has various ranges of filter effects, giving the total to 19. A great feature of the GF6 is some of the basic effects such as monochrome and sepia can be used while shooting in panoramic mode.

The new camera has a feature called food recognition mode, which make the dinner-photographers pleased. This feature targets people who like to take pictures of parties, dinners etc.

The camera also has an extra shooting mode which automatically applies the most suitable settings for the current snap.

An improved burst mode is another feature of the Panasonic GF6; it also had a new function lever for one-hand use. There is also full autofocus on the touch screen, which gives you the freedom to point out from any part of the screen.

Screen

Like camcorders the GF6 sports a screen that can be folded out up to 180 degrees from the camera body. This folding screen is very useful for handy Self portraits and helps shooting in right positions.

The resolution of the camera screen is 1040k-dot. A dedicated video button which records full HD video at a resolution of 1920 x 1080 in AVCHD is also in the camera.

After Words

There are many other features in the camera such as the features of the panoramic shoot. The build in WiFi and NFC are also great with such a camera. The phone is available in two versions with kit lens and twin lens pack. 

The device is available in markets from May 2013.The ‘with kit lens costs £499 and the twin lens pack costs £649. The device is a very nice one and the features of the device also make it great.

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