Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX500K 10.1MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black)
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Manufacturer: PanasonicRelease Date: 2008-04-21
Model: DMC-FX500K
Color: Black
Product features:
- 10-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality poster-size prints
- 5x optical zoom; 25mm/f2.8 wide-angle Leica DC lens
- 3.0-inch touch-screen LCD monitor
- Face Detection; Advanced Optical Image Stabilization and Intelligent ISO
- Capture images to SD/SDHC/MMC (not included)
- Transcend 16 GB SDHC Class 6 Flash Memory Card with Card Reader TS16GSDHC6-S5W
- Transcend 8 GB Class 6 SDHC Flash Memory Card with USB 2.0 Card Reader TS8GSDHC6-S5W
- Adobe Photoshop CS5 Upgrade [Old Version]
- Serif PhotoPlus X3
- Adobe Photoshop CS4 Upgrade [OLD VERSION]
Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX500K 10.1MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black)
Customer Review: Very good value for the price
Summary: 5 Stars
For a week I went back and forth between getting this or the DMC-TZ5. What finally decided it for me was that at the time on Amazon this camera was about $60 less than the TZ5, and every review I had read said the two cameras were pretty much the same except:
-The TZ5 has a 10x optical zoom; the FX500 only has 5x.
-The TZ5 has all automatic/preset controls; the FX500 has manual options.
-The TZ5 can zoom during video recording; the FX500 cannot.
-Also the FX500 is about 2/3 the depth of the TZ5 (the extra room is needed for the bigger lense).
For me it just wasn't worth the extra money for 10x zoom and video zoom, plus I wanted a high-quality camera I could carry in my pocket, and the TZ5 is supposed to be a little too bulky for that.
So far I've taken some shots indoors, as well as overcast outdoors and at the sunny beach, and I'll admit I've definitely gotten some bad pictures. But in my experience with the camera, a bad pic means I'm doing something wrong, and there's always a way to adjust to get a crisp, beautiful photo. If you're 100% a point-and-click kind of person, this may not be the best choice because the auto-mode doesn't always choose the absolute best settings, and you have to tinker around with it some to get optimal results. I personally like that aspect, however. I bought this camera for less than $200, and it was definitely a great deal.
Oh, a couple things about the zoom:
-You can't zoom DURING video recording, but you can zoom beforehand; so for example, if you want to record something far away, just zoom in before you hit the record button and voila! It is a little annoying that you have to choose the zoom level in advance, but I was happily surprised when I figured out I could zoom at all in video mode.
-Saying the camera has any more than 5x zoom is misleading. Besides optical zoom there are a couple other kinds (digital and one other, forget the name) that supposedly let you zoom in even more, but all these really do are crop the picture or decrease the quality; After 5x optical zoom, the more you zoom in, the lower the resolution or smaller the pic. Since I always take pictures at max resolution, I don't see the point in ever using the other zoom modes; if I want a picture to be narrowly focussed on a distant object, I'll just crop it after the fact.
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