Panasonic Announces Lumix DMC-CM1 Smartphone with 1-inch Sensor

Panasonic have unveiled the LUMIX CM1 Smart Camera at Photokina 2014 event in Germany.

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-CM1 smartphone boasts a 1 inch 20MP sensor, which is likely the same imaging used by other recent high-end compact cameras like Sony’s Cyber-shot RX100 III.

Panasonic CM1 smart camera or smartphone features a 20 megapixel 1-inch sensor, 4K video recording, Venus image processing engine, 4.7-inch Full-HD Touch screen with 6,220k dots, manual lens control ring, a fixed 28mm f/2.8 Leica lens, 16GB internal memory and microSD support.

The Panasonic LUMIX CM1 will only initially be released in France and Germany in Q4, 2014.

Panasonic Announces Lumix DMC-CM1 Smartphone with 1-inch Sensor

Panasonic Lumix DMC-CM1 Smartphone Specifications

• 20MP 1-inch CMOS sensor
• F2.8 aperture
• 28mm equivalent focal length
• ISO 100-25,600
• 4K-video
• Raw capture
• 1.1MP front camera
• 4.7-inch 1080p display
• Android 4.4
• Qualcomm Snapdragon S801 quad-core processor
• 2GB RAM
• 16GB built-in memory
• microSD cards up to 128GB
• 2600mAh batttery

Panasonic LUMIX Smart Camera DMC-CM1