Powerful camera
 Jan 30th, 2005
Advantages:
Powerful compact camera
Disadvantages:
Not the best looking and no carry case !
Recommendable:
Yes
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This is not the most attractive digital camera I have seen and ours did not come with a carry case! I have however since seen deals on the internet which includes a case so it will be worth looking around. The camera itself was bought online from Panasonic direct for £149.99. We subsequently bought a case for £6 which, although not branded Panasonic, was perfectly adequate and in fact looks good.
The picture is 4.0 mega pixels which gives an outstanding quality. Whilst we are not professional photographers, we have had a number of ‘average’ household digital cameras which, irrespective of the granular definition chosen, come no where near to this sharpness and definition, but which at the time were in the same price bracket. The camera was very easy to set up with a very good and easy to follow manual and easy controls on the camera itself. It comes as basic with a 16 Mb capacity for approx 12 to 16 photos
(depending on the granularity setting chosen) which we upgraded to 256 Mb which allows for approx 145 pictures at excellent granularity for extra sharpness, for an additional £50. The first pictures were loaded onto our computer and viewed quickly and easily
The camera provides a 3 times optical zoom with in addition a digital zoom of 3 times which gives a total magnification of 9 times. It also provides for specific and separate magnification of a particular area of the photograph. It has nickel-metal hydride batteries which I had been informed gave a better than average performance. The manual suggests that it should be sufficient for 320 pictures which has been perfectly adequate for our 'family' use.
Specifications are as follows:
******************************** Size:
Width 8.7 cm
Depth 3.5 cm
Height 6.5 cm
Weight: 162 g
Main Features Resolution: 4.2 Megapixel
Colour Support :
Optical Sensor Type CCD
Total Pixels 4,200,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 4,000,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size 1/2.5"
Light Sensitivity: ISO 100, ISO 400, ISO 200, ISO 50
Digital Zoom: 3 x
Shooting Modes:
Frame movie mode
Shooting Modes Landscape, portrait mode, macro, night
portrait
Special Effects: Cool, Warm, Black & White
Shutter speed:
Max Shutter Speed: 1/2000 sec
Min Shutter Speed: 8 sec
Exposure:
Exposure Metering Multi-segment, spot
Exposure Modes Programme, automatic
Exposure Compensation 12 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
Auto Exposure Bracketing 3 steps in 1/3 EV step
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Cloudy, Flash, daylight, halogen
Digital Video Format QuickTime
Still Image Format JPEG
Continuous Shooting Speed 2 frames per second, 3.3 frames per second
Video Capture 10 fps - QuickTime - 320 x 240 & 30 fps - QuickTime - 320 x 240
Memory:
Memory / Storage Flash Memory 16 MB Flash - SD memory Card
Supported Flash Memory MultiMediaCard, SD Memory Card
Image Storage Fine JPEG 2304 x 1728 & Standard JPEG 2304 x 1728 & Fine JPEG 1920 x 1080 & Standard JPEG 1920 x 1080 & Fine JPEG 1600 x 1200 & Standard JPEG 1600 x 1200 & Fine JPEG 1280 x 960 & Standard JPEG 1280 x 960 & Fine JPEG 640 x 480 & Standard JPEG 640 x 480
Flash:
Camera Flash Camera Flash Built-in flash
Flash Modes Fill-in mode, slow synchro, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction
Red Eye Reduction Built-in
Effective Flash Range 0.3 m - 4.8 m
Lens:
Lens System Type Zoom lens - 5.8 mm - 17.4 mm
Focal Length 5.8 mm - 17.4 mm
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 35 - 105mm
Focus Adjustment Automatic
Auto Focus TTL contrast detection
Min Focus Range 50 cm
Macro Focus Range 10-50cm
Lens Aperture F/2.8-4.9
Optical Zoom 3 x
Zoom Adjustment Motorised drive
Lens Construction 6 group(s) / 7 element(s)
Lens Manufacturer Leica
Features Aspherical lens
Additional Features Self Timer Yes
Self Timer Delay 10 sec, 2sec
Additional Features RGB primary colour filter, auto power save
Viewfinder Viewfinder Type Optical - real-image zoom
Other:
Display Type LCD display - TFT active matrix - 1.5" - colour
Display Form Factor Built-in
Display Format 114,000 pixels
Connections Connector Type 1 x USB & 1 x composite video output & 1 x DC power input
Expansion Slot(s) 1 x SD Memory Card
Software Software Drivers & Utilities, Ulead Photo Explorer
Miscellaneous Cables Included Video cable
Battery Supported Battery AA
Supported Battery Details 2 x AA alkaline battery ( included )
All in all, a powerful compact camera for the price.
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25.04.2005 01:04
good review i am looking for a new cam i will check this one out stephaniexx
26.02.2005 18:32
Thats a bit better, but as Bollinger28 said... need to add more of your opinion etc etc -Shaun
26.02.2005 14:12
I have reread it but I would much rather see more of your personal opinion on this camera rather than a long list of what it does/specifications. Lexy