Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX100 - Photography Digital Camera Reviews
October 16th, 2008 at 07:54pm Under Panasonic
Design 7 / 10
Qualita finish 6 / 10
Rich functionality 8 / 10
Access Profiles 8 / 10
Qualita image 8 / 10
Battery 9 / 10
Quality Report price 8 / 10
Overall Assessment 8 / 10
Pro: Mega ois; from 12.2 mp sensor, sensitivity up to ISO 6400, ISO sensitivity up to 6400; Photos and video in 16:9 format
Cons: No viewfinder; Photos and video in 16:9 format
Conclusion: An interesting compact digital camera full of features, that also allows you to take pictures in 16:9 format, to display perfectly on the new LCD TVs that have all of this visual format. To reveal the image stabilizer, sensitivity up to ISO 6400, many shooting modes, new image processor and support the new SDHC cards, in addition to the course from 12.2 megapixel sensor. Pity for the poor zoom.
Design Lumix DMC-FX100
The new Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX100 is a camera that captures many innovations and technical excellence in a compact body, light and thin. Measure is 96.7 mm, 54 mm in height and 24.5 mm thick, with a total weight of 148 grams. As for the display, a 2.5-inch LCD and a resolution of 207,000 pixels.
Features and functionality Lumix DMC-FX100
The manufacturer Panasonic has recently launched a compact digital camera designed to make history, namely the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX100. The main innovation of this model lies in the image sensor, which presents not only a non-regular, 1 / 1, 72 inches, but above all a very effective resolution of 12.2 megapixels, a record in the field of digital photography. With this camera you can take pictures at a maximum resolution of 4000:3000 in 4:3, 4000×2676 pixels in 3:2 aspect ratio and 1920×1080 in the brand new 16:9 format, ideal for viewing full-screen on the new LCD televisions . The DMC-FX100 also has an objective Leica DC Vario ELMARIT composed of seven elements in six groups, including an EA lens and four lenses with five aspherical surfaces. This presents a focal length equivalent to 28 - 100 m in size 35 mm and a maximum of f2.8-f5.6. As for the ability to zoom, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX100 offers an optical zoom 3.6 x and a 4x digital zoom, for a total capacity discreet but not excellent. Among the features offered by this camera, instead, it should be mentioned first the intelligent system of image stabilization, which combines Mega OIS, already seen on other cameras, Panasonic, and intelligence ISO Control.
The new Mega OIS is able to separate the hand-shake from other movement of the camera while Intelligent ISO Control fights sfocature movement by noting the movements of the subject and adjusting accordingly the values ISO. Underlying all is the image processor Venus Engine III that promises a minimum noise and high speed response. This new processor supports, in addition, a new High Sensitivity mode that lets you take pictures with a maximum sensitivity of ISO 6400, enough to photograph subjects in almost total darkness without using the flash. Finally, this new processor is efficient ance in terms of energy, since you can take up to 320 images with a single recharge. Do not forget also that with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX100 can also create video with a resolution of 640×480 pixels and up to 30 frames per second in 4:3 aspect ratio and resolution 1280×720 and up to 15 frames per second 16:9. Many, finally, the shooting modes including landscape, portrait, candle, fire, beach, sunset etc. The camera has also an internal memory of 27 MB, expandable through cards of the type Secure Digital, MultiMediaCard or SDHC. The package includes rechargeable lithium battery, charger, storage battery, AV cable, USB cable, power adapter cable, strap and CD-ROM.
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