Panasonic FX66 / ZX3
 

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Shimomura's back :S

Source: Panasonic

I suppose these were taken before she left for London...

So he's not really "back"...

wow am surprised that she's still endorsing Panasonic

those pics reminded me of A BEST 2 but those are way better to me imo

ooh I guess this means we're getting a new song from her soon yay

I wish she would've kept the dark hair for longer.. oh well. First picture looks like A BEST II WHITE mirrored.

it's kind of A-BEST 2 like but she actually looks pretty here and not like a freak

Yep it definitely looks like A BEST 2 -WHITE- just better because you can see more of ayu <3

I wonder how the song will sound =D

The rumor said that the CM will air only on the 15th of Feb right? (well the product will be released on the 19th) >_>

Thank you!

OoOOooOO~ ive always adored this look~
the first picture is gorgeous to me~
;)

i love the pictures! and just like everyone else, it reminds of a best 2. looking forward to the cm~

LOL I didn't know Ayu pierced her ear there too... anyway I kinda like the pics :P

new CM! http://www.kolobok.us/smiles/standart/dance4.gif
She looks like Koda... no?

No, she doesn't.

No is right :no

btw where is the CM? don't we usually get the CM at the same time we get these pics?

This is like the better version of A BEST II-white- and no she doesn't look like koda. Can't wait for the cm! more like the new song preview!

They actually JUST debuted the cameras today... (an hour ago...) and they are coming out sometime in mid-February.

The CM / wallpapers should come in a few weeks or so.

NEXT LEVEL's photos came out 2/17/09, and then the CM was out by 2/19/09... so who knows!

Also, it doesn't look like there is an "Ayu wa _______" this time around... and rather, it's a pun on what people say when taking photos and the function of the movie digital camera. (Hi Cheese! and Hi-Vision! seem to be the phrases this time.)

^You're always so informative
~Thank you
:)

hahaha...yes.its so a-best 2 -ish :D
nice photoshoot!no CM?

pretty :D i like these, no weird/bad photoshopping haha.

and also the make up is seems like back to the old ayu :P

meh, they're meh for me.

I like the color scheme.

I'm very glad they didn't over photoshop her nose. These could have been much worse.

The photoshoot really reminds me of A BEST 2.
And no doubt its Shimomura. :\

I like the color scheme they used by the way. :D

:luv2 very A BEST 2 pictures
The first one especially

As a lot of people said it: It's looks like A BEST 2 covers!
thanks for sharing.

OMG the first pic is like a true Kuu copy!

those picts like A BEST II era

A note about the CMs: It seems that a few days (3 or so) before the product's release date is when we usually get the CMs...

Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~: July 28th is when we found out via a Karaoke site, CM came out August 17th/18th. camera came out August 21st
NEXT LEVEL: February 17th is when we found out, CM came out February 19th, camera came out February 20th
GREEN: August 18th is when we found out, CM came out August 21st, camera came out August 22nd

And looking at this:
New song: January 26th is when we found out, CM will come out in mid-February, camera comes out February 19th

Hm... I hope it's a little earlier though, even though data before seems to point at the CMs only coming out when the cameras are close to coming out...

really A Best II-ish!
i love the 1st pic!

=_= i wonder..what different the older LUMIX with this one..=_= i bought one the older version but little different i spec...@_@ anyway, love her eyes~ XD~

Well, thanks for sharing anyway...

I was going to say that, too. In the first picture she does look like Kuu. (imo)
But she looks really good here, it does remind me of A BEST 2.
Thanks for sharing~

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...ordior3cd4.jpg http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...1004607149.jpg

They're always the same photos... I'm starting to hate her Panasonic promotion.

Better to have promotion / an outlet for new songs and a brand to be an image character than none at all, imo. Love or hate them, they're new material. Would you rather nothing come out?

She's been holding a camera and such since 2002, so I doubt that they'll change much. However, whoever was in charge of Because of You's campaign is welcome to come back. That was amazing.

yupp A Best 2...

and yayyy new cm means new song ^^

ya.at least there is some promotion for the song.its always better than nothing>.<

I don't see how people think she looks like kuu unless you're thinking of the Driving hit's cover pose/hairstyle which was similar to ayu's A BEST 2 anyway..so ayu's just looking like herself. Their faces look nothing alike o_o

I always LOVE the A BEST 2 look :luv2. It works for me. I dunno why some people think it's koda kumi tho. Kuu isn't the first person to have this hair style anywayz (and so does ayu), and tbh.. ayu is in a more elegant way, while kuu goes to the sexy department.

Yes, I was gonna talk about Because of You poster as well. I wish they dun just put ayu in the white background (or whatever plain color bgd).

Eh, the creative director probably changed hands or something. I think the commercials were WAY better before 2004 rolled around and we had the Ayu -> vibrating platform commercials. Just look at the change in CM backgrounds as time went on: http://www16.ocn.ne.jp/~monochro/CM/CATALOG/CATALOG.HTM (Scroll down.)

Anyways, they're okay now (as commercials) since she's in exotic locales and not just standing in some vibrating mat. But they really have to switch photographers, haha. It's WAY too obvious that Kazuyoshi has been doing the last few....

To me, at first glance I thought she looked like Kuu in the first picture only. But now that I look at it more, nah. It looks like Ayu. But I really like these shots. No over dramatic faces or anything.

i kinda like it especially the zx3...
i like it

It looks like eahc consists of two pictures o.0 One being her face and one her hands + cam

O.O

1st pic really looks like Koda Kumi... hahaha
but that photos are beautiful.. love them all... ^^

i hope this commercial will have 2 different songs to promote.... hahahahaha

can't wait for the new song... ^^

as if these were taken from A BEST 2, SERIOUSLY

although they aren't the worst panasonic pics :)

I like these! I really love this look. <3

for the first glimpse, i thought i saw Kuu...

Wow, they remind me of A BEST 2 era *_* I really love her huge eyes xD

I hope he's not back to stay though, she almost always has bad shots when he's involved... :(

Yay fun with new CM and stuff! This promotion is good promotion! :heart

ooh, i like these pictures, also reminded me on dior shoot and a best 2 covers lol..
so pretty

i like the pics! :yes
i wanna see the cm now:laugh

wow... these really remind me of A BEST 2, but it's so much more better this time... I really love the natural make up. :D

AYU's perfect!!!Looking forward to the CM~^^

That cartilage piercing really fits her face ^^ :heart (It's new, right? >>) I don't mind that these look like A BEST II/Dior Addict shoots because, well, I wasn't expecting anything visually mindblowing from a Panasonic commercial. :laugh

new album to be released soon.

this is posted in livedoor

She's actually had it a while. :)

Riozz, great news. :)

^-Oh right, she had it in the Sunrise PV already :doh :laugh Thanks for the info Riozz!

I'm guessing it'll be released sometime in late March like NL was. I can't wait!

love Ayu's earrings & piercings!!! very nice~
too bad that Lumix ads always use so much photoshop

thx for sharing!

Reminds me of A BEST 2
At least I like the blue camera :innocent

LOL its the way he takes the photos i think. It ends up with that same pose and..he always gets her to make her eyes bigger i bet lol

Looks like a better version of A BEST 2 -white- :yes
I'm looking forward for the CM :D

thanks for sharing btw

Very nice!! I like these pictures
Thanks for the info!

I can't wait to see the cm and to hear which song is used for it

For a moment I thought I was looking at A BEST 2 -WHITE-'s cover.

Wow, new Ayu camera advertising! Lovely.

Hello A BEST 2 ^^

Oh, but she wears som kind of silver sparkly outfit! looks cool!! reminds me of what she was wearing in evolution in AT 09...

Wow her and Koda could be twins in these!

A BEST 2 covers lol anyway
I'm glad she's promoting yah!!!
I like the first pic!

prettyyy

It doesn't mean I HAVE TO LIKE PHOTOS. I'm so happy that new song is coming out, but I'm not happy that I see something like this. Can't I expect better photos?

Okay. the last message was short, I was at school XD

This is so.. weird XD Both pics are so much NEW-x-A BEST II-x-Dior pictures.. it's just like, it's something we've seen before..

The first one.. if I didn't know, it was ayu, I think I would actuallythink it's Kuu. She looks amazingly much like her D: Not a bad thing, but it's kinda scary XD

And the second pic, just makes me think of like every other LUMIX picture.. It's just like GREEN and NEXT LEVEL wallpapers again. XD

i loveeee the first pic. simple yet stylish ^^

I don't really like the photos but they could be worse lol.

Do you look forward to the panasonic shoots or something? lol..
Even if she came out with a better photo shoot the pics would still be useless because the camera would be in the way, so I wouldn't get too upset about it.

AAA A BEST kind of pics~~ I hope this is no hint of a new a best coming out soon~~~~thanks for sharing

why does everyone here think she looks like Kuu?
I think she's waaaaayyy prettier than Kuu and it's a very gorgeous photo, so let the poll begin.. :D

Ayu, please stop to open your eyes that wide, looks a bit insane.

I don't like the first one because of the eyes.
The second one is much better!

How come she's promoting TWO cams this time? i hope we get two songs HAHAH

She already promoted 2 cams before ^^ For the Panasonic CM with Sunset in it.



and it was the same CM for both cameras XD

Yay, I hope we get an announcement sometime next month. :D

I'm loving the wallpapers ^^

Echoing everyone else, I'm getting the A BEST 2 vibe here as well. :yes

very nice! :) they remind me of A BEST 2 -WHITE-.

It doesn't even look like she's holding the camera for some reason O_o But I like how its similar to A BEST 2

can't wait for the new CM

I love them. I love A BEST 2 covers, I love these. I like the second one more because she's like, "A-ha ha! Check out my camera!" xD;

it looks like the less scarier version of A Best II lol! Hope that the new song for this cm will be good!

The pics are good, I love them.

Clicking the link and looking at the catalogs make me wanna cry (lol). Ahhh I'm so in love with those old cms... Panasonic (old ones), VISEE, TU-KA, beauty clinic... Those was the golden era for ayu CMs. Oh and those morinaga cms. They're just too good compared the recent ones :P. Not to mention the old album/singles cm as well...

It's not fresh or natural at all but it's graphic, artistic and esthetic I really appreciate =3

Honestly, when I saw the first picture in someone's signature, I thought it was Koda photoshopped with Ayu's features. :shrug

the style is very like those photos ayu shoot for Dior on magazine~

Woow, a new cm, i can't wait 4 a new song

wow i like it! thanks

reminds me of that Dior photoshoot she once had....was that shot by Kazuyoshi too?

I like the pictures! Like many others are saying, they look like a nicer version of the A BEST 2 photos. :)

I'm assuming the new song we'll hear in this CM will be the same song she's filming the PV for in London? I wonder if it's a new single or if it's part of the new album she's supposedly releasing soon?

Haha, I thought I was looking at Kumi too in the first picture.

when I saw the pics, first thing I thought of.

http://www.nautiljon.com/images/gale...asaki_1206.jpg

this :yes
can't wait to see the CM and hear the new songs :luv2