Thread: New rugged Panasonic TS3 coming out in March

since i just purchased a TS2, it seems the TS3 is coming out soon with some significant upgrades. FML

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1101/11...nasonicts3.asp

Panasonic has announced the Lumix DMC-TS3 rugged compact camera (known as the FT3 in Europe), with built-in GPS, altimeter, barometer and a compass. It sports a new body design and and better waterproofing upto depths of 12m as against 10m of its predecessor the TS2. Like the TS2 it is also dustproof, shockproof against a drop of up to 2m, and freezeproof down to -10°C. The 12MP CCD-based camera with a 2.7 inch LCD and 28-128mm equiv. lens features 1080i60 HD movies (from 30p sensor output) and comes with the company's latest 3D photo mode.

Originally Posted by donkeykong

some significant upgrades.

Maybe. A lot of the upgrades sound kind of gimmicky to me. I am interested in how the new sensor performs. They cut down the pixel count somewhat and that could result in better performance.

yep. i consider the reduced pixel count an upgrade if you ask me.

I lost my much loved TS1 and wasn't quite sure the TS2 was an upgrade to the TS1, but the TS3 looks like an upgrade. I will absolutely buy one of these!!!

hmmmm, according to dpreview, burst mode goes from (ts2)

• Full-Resolution Image
1.8 frames/sec Max. 5 images (Standard mode), Max 3 images (Fine Mode)
• High-speed Burst Mode:
Approx. 6.0 frames/sec (image priority)
Approx. 10 frames/sec (speed priority)
(recorded in 3M for 4:3, 2.5M for 3:2, 2M for 16:9)

to (ts3)

3.7fps, Full resolution

i would consider that an upgrade since if i'm doing the burst, i still want full res pics. Does that mean it runs until the card is full at 3.7 fps?

Originally Posted by powdork

Does that mean it runs until the card is full at 3.7 fps?

i think it's still a limited number of shots at full res, but it's still more than 5 (or 3). can't remember where i read it, but i think it's more like 10-20.

but yeah the full res burst speed is huge, it's too slow on the TS2 and the high speed burst mode isn't at full quality which is annoying.

Do you have a source on that "more than 5 shots"?

Originally Posted by Summit

Do you have a source on that "more than 5 shots"?

http://panasonic.net/avc/lumix/compa...fullresolution

found it. it's 7 shots at full res. a slight improvement