The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1 is a digital bridge camera announced by Panasonic on September 29, 2002.
The FZ1 featured a Leica-branded lens with a constant minimum aperture of f/2.8 over its full 12x (35–420mm equivalent) zoom range.[3] It was the first Lumix camera to include Panasonic's image stabilization technology, which they dubbed Mega O.I.S.[4] In addition the FZ1 could capture 320 × 240 (QVGA) video.[3]