Panasonic LX series remains in 2010 lineup

10 Comments

1. NikoDoby
   Posted February 5, 2010 at 9:56 am | Permalink

   What about their GH and GF camera lines? I don’t see them listed. Does that mean they are going to stop making them in 2010?

   • Enche Tjin
     Posted February 5, 2010 at 11:12 am | Permalink

     GF and G Series are not compact camera line.

     • NikoDoby
       Posted February 5, 2010 at 12:18 pm | Permalink

       GF series is more compact than the FZ series and besides aren’t the GH and GF still LUMIX cameras? The title of the slide says a LUMIX for everyone.

2. Eric
   Posted February 5, 2010 at 12:41 pm | Permalink

   Japanese companies really need to learn how to simplify. I’m not going to say companies need to go all Apple on their product lines and trim down to less than 4 models, but is this really necessary? I could see them making a case that one camera for each of those markets is needed, but they’ll have 3+ models in most of those sections. On top of that, it’s not like there’s a huge difference in most of those P&S cameras in the first place.

   • Global
     Posted February 5, 2010 at 1:39 pm | Permalink

     All of these companies make understanding their products too difficult. Maybe I am being American in my tailoring requests, but we just want to know some very basic things VERY quickly:

     Portraits 2-2.8F:35-105:1.6K:10
     Nickname: Panasonic Portraitshots10
     (Type, Low light, normal-tele zoom, high ISO, year)

     Events 2.8-3.5F:24-70:1.6K:10
     Nickname: Panasonic Eventshots10
     (Type, Low light, high iso, wide-normal zoom, year)

     Travel 3.5-5.6F:28-200:800:10
     Nickname: Panasonic Travelshots10
     (Type, Day light, extended tele-zoom, decent iso, year)

     And so on…….

     I don’t know why they just use made up terms instead of the ones we already know. And anyone who DOESN’T know these things isn’t usually going to do the real research anyway, so you may as well just use the use-type (“travel”) in the name plus the year so you know if its a new model or an old model (idiot/executive summary version).

     • Eric
       Posted February 5, 2010 at 9:31 pm | Permalink

       Exactly. I sometimes wonder if their marketing branches have ever read usability reports. As a web designer/software interface designer I have to read those things, and one of the key things they harp on is don’t use “made up” terms. People are always trying to reinvent the wheel and it just makes things too confusing…and then there’s Panasonic here taking it to a whole other level:

       “For day trips”
       “For family memories”
       “For travel”
       “For Parties”

       Seriously, WTF? Each camera in those subgroups pretty much does the exact same thing, they just have different styles and prices. How about this:

       Enthusiast Compact
       Super Zoom
       Stylish compact
       Weather resistant
       Entry Level

       Call them what they are and trim the product lines down a touch. Who wants to plow through that many models just to find the right one especially when they are all pretty much the same? Sheesh.

       • dyna
         Posted February 9, 2010 at 9:58 am | Permalink

         100% agreed. Companies are far too concerned with shelf space and impressions, still believing that marketshare will someday = profitability (look at Nikon hemorrhaging money year in and year out, thank god they’ve got that market share!!)…

         There are too many cloned or clone-ish cameras out there. Smart dealers pare down the lineup per manufacturer to 4-6 models and even then they have to deal with the colors in the line as well.

         Totally ridiculous.

3. Mark
   Posted February 5, 2010 at 7:36 pm | Permalink

   Wow with all those series of cameras I will need to go back to college and get another degree just to be smart enough to keep up with all of them.

   Mark

4. dude
   Posted February 5, 2010 at 9:28 pm | Permalink

   LX4 with 1/1.6″ back illuminated cmos pls.

5. spam
   Posted February 6, 2010 at 6:13 am | Permalink

   Horrible portrait