The FX48 features an enhanced iA mode that includes Face Recognition*, a function that "remembers" registered faces. When there's a familiar face in the frame, it optimizes the focus and exposure so that the face is in sharp focus and bright. iA mode also activates a host of functions (see list at right) that make it easy to get great shots.

The 25mm wide-angle lens in this super-compact camera captures almost twice the area of an ordinary 35mm lens, making it ideal for shooting group photos indoors or wide landscapes outdoors. The 5x optical zoom pulls distant subjects up close, and the exquisite rendering of the Leica DC lens lets you capture nuanced, expressive photos.

Thanks to Face Recognition technology, the camera can find photos of people and sort them in Category Playback mode. This makes it easy to display only photos of a particular person, or to set up a slideshow with just those photos.

A Panorama Assist mode makes it easy to take a series of images to combine into a panorama shot, while checking the degree of overlap between adjacent shots. This is great for shooting landscapes that are too wide to capture in a single shot. *ArcSoft® Panorama Maker™ software (included with the camera) can be used to stitch the images into a single panorama photo.