Panasonic announces smart phone with best camera specs

[Robert Keeth]

Panasonic just announced a smart phone with impressive camera specs. Digital Photography Review reports the following:

The Lumix DMC-CM1 comes with the largest imaging sensor we have seen on a smartphone. Its 1"-type 20MP chip has the same dimensions as the sensors in premium compact cameras such as Sony's RX100 or Nikon's 1 series, and is around seven times larger than the 1/3"-type sensors that are common on more conventional smartphones. The large sensor is coupled with an F2.8 Leica lens that offers an equivalent focal length of 28mm. This is by far the best camera specification on any smartphone and the 20MP resolution should even allow for a good-quality digital zoom. The CM1 is also capable of recording 4K-video and Raw images. Focus, aperture, shutter speed, ISO and white balance can all be adjusted manually, and there's a mechanical click-wheel around the lens ' barrel' on the front of the camera/phone.

See the full article here: http://connect.dpreview.com/post/7107523787/panasonic-announces-lumix-dmc-cm1-smartphone-with-1-inch-sensor

[Bob Gross]

Is this a smart phone with camera capabilities, or is it a camera with smart phone capabilities?

With a sensor this size, it will be difficult to get any long focal length action.

–B.G.–

[Ian]

I don't even care to know what OS it's running. Behold my next camera.

[Mitchell Ebbott]

Color me skeptical. I won't say that specs are totally irrelevant for cameras, but there are some really crappy cameras out there will great-looking numbers on the box. Quality isn't easily quantified.

[Daniel D]

OPINION Stop shoving big cameras into smartphones

From the comments of the above link.

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/why-the-panasonic-lumix-dmc-cm1-is-a-bad-idea-1265639

[William Chilton]

I don't think the writer of that piece took the potential usefulness to some backpackers into consideration.

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