Enjoy stunning photos from 25mm wide-angle to 12x telephoto

iA mode, for beautiful photos and movies - automatically
Just set the camera to iA mode, aim and shoot. The camera does all the rest. It automatically determines the most suitable Scene mode and helps correct blurring, focus, and brightness problems. With iA mode, it's easy to get beautiful, clear results. *In the ZS1, iA mode cannot be used when shooting motion images.

25mm wide-angle LEICA DC VARIO-ELMAR lens with 12x optical zoom
The ZS1 packs a LEICA DC VARIO-ELMAR lens with 12x optical zoom into a compact body. This versatile photographic tool lets you shoot everything from sweeping vistas at the 25mm wide-angle setting to dynamic 300mm telephoto shots. And the lens system's exquisite rendering ability lets you capture even the subtle nuances of the sights and scenes in your travels.

Speicfications

• Camera Type   Super Zoom
• Camera Effective Pixels  10.1 Megapixels
• Optical Image Stabilizer  MEGA O.I.S. (Auto/Mode1/ Mode2)
• Optical Zoom  12x
• Image Sensor Size  1/2.5-inch
• Extra Optical Zoom  14.3x (4:3 / 7M), 17.1x (4:3 / 5M), 21.4x (under 3M)
• Digital Zoom
  • 4x
  • (Max. 48.0 x combined with Optical Zoom without Extra Optical Zoom)
  • (Max.85.6x combined with Extra Optical Zoom)
• Focal Length  f=4.1-49.2mm (25-300mm in 35mm equiv.)
• Lens
  • LEICA DC VARIO-ELMAR
  • 10 elements in 8 groups
  • (2 Aspherical Lenses / 3 Aspherical surfaces, 2 ED lens)
• Conversion Lens Compatibility  No
• Focusing Area
  • Normal: Wide 50cm/ Tele 200cm - infinity
  • Macro / Intelligent AUTO / Clipboard : Wide 3cm / Max 200cm / Tele 100cm - infinity
• AF Metering  Face / AF Tracking / Multi (11pt) / 1pt HS / 1pt / Spot
• AF Assist Lamp  Yes
• White Balance   Auto / Daylight / Cloudy / Shade / Halogen / White Set / White Balance Adjustment (+10steps, except for auto set)
• Exposure  Program AE
• Exposure Compensation  1/3 EV, +/- 2 EV
• Backlight Compensation  Yes (only in Intelligent AUTO mode)
• Auto Bracketing (AE)  +/- 1/3 EV ~ 1EV step, 3 frames
• Light Metering  Intelligent Multiple / Center-weighted / Spot
• Dedicated Button/Mode Switch  [Recording] / [Playback]
• Self Timer     2sec, 10sec
• Auto Review  1sec, 2sec, Zoom, Hold
• Review  Yes
• Picture Adjustment  No
• Color Effect Mode  No
• Color Mode  Standard, Natural, Vivid, Black & White, Sepia, Cool, Warm
• Recording Format
  • Still Image: JPEG (DCF / Exif2.21)
  • Motion picture: QuickTime Motion JPEG
• Image Quality  Fine/Standard
• Unlimited Consecutive Shooting 2  2.0 frames/sec
• Digital Red Eye Correction  Yes
• Easy Zoom/Zoom Resume/Motion Zoom  No/Yes/No
• Still Image Recording with Audio  5 seconds
• Audio Dubbing  Maximum of 10 Seconds
• Real-time Histograms  Yes
• Composition Guide Lines  Yes (2 patterns)
• Scene Mode Help Screen  Yes
• Flip Animation  No
• Travel Date/World Time  Yes/Yes
• Text Stamp/Date Stamp  Yes
• Built-in Flash Type/Mode  Auto, Auto/Red-eye Reduction, Forced On, Slow Sync./Red-eye Reduction, Forced Off 0.6 - 5.3m (Wide/ISO Auto), 1.0 - 3.6m (Tele/ISO Auto)
• External Flash  No
• Viewfinder  No
• LCD Monitor
  • 2.7" TFT Screen LCD Display (230K dots)
  • Field of View : approx. 100%
  • AUTO Power LCD mode, Power LCD mode, High-Angle LCD
• OSD Language  English, Spanish
• Recording Media
  • Built-in Memory
  • SD Memory Card
  • SDHC Memory Card
  • MultiMediaCard (Still image only)
• Microphone  Mono
• Speaker  Yes
• Color  Black
• Battery Life  Up to 320 pictures (CIPA Standard)
• Included Software
• PHOTOfunSTUDIO v3.0
• ArcSoft (MediaImpression / Panorama Maker)
• USB Driver, QuickTime
• Multi-Exposure  No
• Multi-Aspect  No
• Color Bracketing  No
• 2-Speed Zoom  Yes
• Aperture  F3.3 - 4.9 / Iris Diaphragm (F3.3 - 6.3 (W) / F4.9 - 6.3 (T))
• Focus Range Display  Yes
• Max Auto ISO Setting  No
• Continuous Shooting Mode  Full-Resolution Image, 2.5 frames/sec Max. 5 images (Standard mode), Max 3 images (Fine Mode), High-speed Burst Mode: approx. 6 frames/sec (recorded in 3M for 4:3, 2.5M for 3:2, 2M for 16:9)
• Focus Icon Select  No
• Optical Zoom in Motion Picture  Yes
• Macro Zoom  Yes
• Orientation Detector  Yes
• Aspect Ratio  4:3 / 3:2 / 16:9
• Touch Zoom  No
• Thumbnails/Zoomed Playback  12,30-thumbnails / Max 16x
• Calendar Display/Dual-Image Playback  Yes / No
• Set Favorites/Rotate Image  Yes / No
• Playback Still Images with Audio  Yes
• Playback Motion Picture  Yes (Motion JPEG)
• Slideshow Mode
  • All Still Images / Favorites / Category
  • BGM Effect (Natural / Slow / Swing / Urban / OFF)
• Show Histogram  Yes
• Show Highlights  No
• DPOF Print Setting/Set Production  Yes / Yes
• PictBridge Support  Single / Multi / All / Favorites / DPOF