Joining the ranks of the few wide-angle compact cameras on the market, Panasonic eschews its traditional telephoto zoom lens for a 3.6X, f/2.8 28mm-to-100mm version. The Lumix DMC-FX01's lens group includes four aspherical lenses--in a zoom lens system, more aspherical lenses theoretically deliver better results--while most digital cameras use just two or three. It'll be interesting to see what the distortion looks like on this baby.
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