Panasonic has unveiled a new compact system camera for selfie lovers. Its called the Panasonic GF8. The GF8 is a variant of the GF7 but more emphasis is on selfie taking. It consists of beauty functions which offers modes from Soft Skin, Defocusing, and Slimming effects. Some of the features of the GF8 includes a 16 megapixel CMOS sensor with Micro Four Thirds lens mount and flipping touchscreen 1.04M dot display. The sensor is capable of ISO 25600 sensitivity with contrast AF system that has face as well as eye detect. It can also record 1080p60 video and has Wi-Fi for wireless image transfers. With the flip display, you can flip the camera to self portrait mode.
After capturing the selfie, you can tweak the picture further with Aesthetic Retouch, which lets you clear any blemishes on your skin, whiten your teeth or even give yourself a face-lift. You can auto-engage the shutter as well with the Face Shutter and Buddy Shutter functions, which essentially snap a picture if you wave your hand in front of the lens or if the camera detects two faces close to each other in the frame. These effects are usually part of selfie apps in a smartphones camera.
Though Pricing and availability is yet to be revealed for this new device, the camera will be available in a number of colour trims like brown, pink and orange.
