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Jessica Watson talks about the Lumix Cameras used on her incredible voyage around the world

Tony Featherstone — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:46:22 +0000

Panasonic Australia Managing Director meets Jessica Watson to find out how she used her Panasonic Lumix products on her succesful bid to become the youngest person to sail solo non-stop and unasissted around the world.

Prior to Jessica’s 210 day trip Panasonic MD, Steve Rust, met up with her to supply her with some Panasonic products to take on the journey. We provided her with 2 DMC FT1 Rugged LUMIX Cameras, 1 FZ35 Camera and 1 HDC -- TM200-K Camcorder to document the trip in image and film.

Panasonic Australia Managing Director Steve Rust recently caught up with Jessica again to see how the Lumix products faired on the round the world journey. She describes the FT1 as being perfect for wet days when it was ‘too dodgy to take anything else outside’, whereas the FZ35 was well suited to taking pictures on ‘those amazing still days’.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=avX9aJ86ziE

We wanted to take this opportunity to congratulate Jessica on a tremendous achievement, Well Done Jess, from everyone at Panasonic Australia HQ! Don’t forget to look out for Jessica’s book ‘True Spirit” which is available from 28th July, and if you would like to meet Jessica in person she will be signing copies of the book at the Sydney International Boat Show on the 29th July.

To view the photos Jess took on her Lumix cameras click here

You can read all our blog updates about Jessica’s incredible journey here, and any video reports on our official YouTube channel here

Jessica Watson Updates!

Tony Featherstone — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:15:44 +0000

15th May 2010 -- Jessica returns to Sydney!

Jessica is now home! She arrived safe and well to much fanfare in Sydney on May 15^th 2010. We were very pleased to have her visit us at the Panasonic Australia head office to tell us all about her trip. Here are a few images she took on her LUMIX FT1 and FZ35 from her trip she shared with us. Stay tuned for further updates from Jess, and how she used her Toughbook Laptop and LUMIX Cameras during her voyage.
You can view more Jessica Watson images over at our offficial Flickr page here

19th February: Jessica cheered up by a huge pod of dolphins

www.youtube.com/watch?v=klMKSuJS6k0

16th January: Mum & Dad pay Jessica a visit out at sea

www.youtube.com/watch?v=STLpZVEeTG4

14th January: Jessica ecstatic as she rounds Cape Horn

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tnFforRbnM

9th December: Perfect conditions as Jessica reaches 6000 Nautical Miles

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekziaTDYPeY

5000 miles and counting! Update from Jessica
Yesterday Jessica reached another milestone having sailed 5000 miles. Below is a video update from the 27th November just after sunset.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6xxCsU_sEI

20th November: Jessica crosses the Equator!
Jessica has reached a significant mile-stone in her trip. Congratulations Jess, we hope you enjoyed your cool off!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6xI1jLmBCs

October Update
Jessica is doing great and is making steady process. She will continue to send us video updates along with photos which we will be publishing in our Flickr Group as well as on our Facebook Page.

Here is a video Jessica took recently whilst out at sea.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_qOqecTTe0

Be sure to check out how Ella’s Pink Lady is going via Jessica’s boat tracker. Click on the map below to see her latest co-ordinates.

For more information about Jessica along with other videos see our previous post

June Update

Jessica is now home! She arrived safe and well to much fanfare in Sydney on May 16th. We were very pleased to have her in the office last Monday morning to tell us all about her trip. Here are a few images she took on her LUMIX FT1 and FZ35 from her trip she shared with us.

Jessica Watson gets ready to set sail with Panasonic

Tony Featherstone — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:14:58 +0000

Jessica Watson testing her Lumix

Jessica’s mission is to be the youngest person to ever sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world.

Jessica will be sailing a 34 foot Sparkman and Stevens yacht 23,000 nautical miles around the world, spending an estimated 230 days alone at sea.

Over the past 2 weeks our Technicians have met with Jessica (and her team) to train her on the various Panasonic products that she will be using to document her voyage and keep in touch with base camp. We were lucky enough to capture some exclusive footage of Jessica whilst she prepares for her voyage and what better place to share this with you than our Blog.

Also keep an eye out for future posts and exclusive updates via our Twitter and Facebook accounts over the next 8 months as we share Jessica’s story with you throughout her voyage.

Sailing Route

Jessica’s route will start from Sydney and will take her northeast across the equator to Washington Island in the North Pacific, around the notorious Cape Horn, below South Africa and the Cape of Good Hope, across the India Ocean and up the east coast back home in to Sydney Harbour.

Catching up with Jessica

Recently we caught up with Jessica to see how she was going with her preparations for the big journey around the world. You can view the photo album on here on Flickr.

Panasonic MD Steve Rust sat down with Jessica to chat about her endeavor, see what they had to see in the video below.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6tz6pKTUdI

Ella's Pink Lady

Panasonic gear Jessica will be taking along

2x DMC-FT1 Rugged LUMIX Cameras

1x DMC-FZ35 Camera with High Optical zoom, manual control and RAW capability

1x HDC-TM200-K Video Camera

4x CF-30 Toughbook Ruggedised Laptops

Jessica will be using the rugged Toughbook on her voyage to communicate with family and friends via email through the boat’s broadband satellite system and to update her website.

Our Toughbooks have previously supported well-known Australians in their endeavours, including Rex Pemberton, the youngest Australian to summit Everest; and James Castrission and Justin Jones, the ‘Crossing the Ditch’ team who were the first to kayak across the Tasman Sea.

She will also upload and send video and photos of her voyage captured using the FT1’s AVCHD video and the high optical zoom FZ35 with manual control for still images and RAW capabilities.

Panasonic will be giving updates through it’s blog as well as Twitter and Facebook accounts, so be sure to join us to keep in touch with how Jessica is progressing.

From everyone at Panasonic; GOOD LUCK JESSICA

--UPDATE--

Jessica takes Panasonic on a tour of Ella’s Pink Lady: