The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ38 (DMC-FZ35) features a high power Leica 18x optical zoom lens with the POWER O.I.S. image stabilisation to deliver excellent images with ease. With a 35mm equivalent focal range from 27mm to 486mm, you can capture everything from wide-angle landscape shots to ultra-zoom details of far away subject. With an ultra high-speed AF and a high resolution 12.1 megapixels CCD image sensor, image quality is practically guaranteed given the addition of the improved Venus Engine HD which also delivers HD movie in AVCHD Lite format. Shooting with the Panasonic FZ38 (FZ35) is also remarkably easy with the iA (intelligent auto) mode for both still and movie shooting. Other excellent features include the Face Detection AF/AE with Face Recognition, AF Tracking, Intelligent Scene Selector and a 2.7-inch Intelligent LCD with a wide-viewing angle.