The Lumix DMC-FX01 is a 6.3-mega pixel camera with a 3.5x optical zoom and a 2.5-inch LCD screen. Trusted Reviews has written a review on the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX01 and they write: “The good looks are more than skin deep too. Like the FX3, the FX01 has a solidly made aluminium case, solidly-mounted controls and a lens that retracts fully flush with the camera body. Measuring just 94.1 x 51.1 x 24.2 mm it’s not quite the smallest camera on the market, but it’s pretty close. It only weighs 153g including card and battery, so it’s definitely shirt pocket portable.

As with the FX3, the control layout is nice and simple, but then the FX01 is a very simple camera. Main shooting modes are selected via the small partially-covered dial on the top right. It has only six positions, including playback and movie mode. Shooting options are standard auto mode, ‘simple’ auto mode, macro focusing and scene mode, which enables the user to select from 17 scene modes including all the usual choices (portrait, landscape, sports, night portrait etc.) as well as soft-focus portrait, starry sky, two modes for photographing babies complete with imprinted age, a high-sensitivity mode and an underwater mode for use with the optional underwater housing.”