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Description:
The DMC-FZ30's Leica DC Vario-Elmarit lens features 14 elements in 8 groups, including 3 aspherical lenses and an ED lens which helps to suppress the color bleeding that often occurs in telephoto shots, plus a 12x optical zoom . This combines with the large, 1/1.8 diagonal 8-megapixel CCD to give you enormous expressive power. The new Extended Optical Zoom, which minimizes the image degradation that normally occurs with digital zooming, gives you up to 19.1x power in 3-megapixel photos, and up to 15x power in 5-megapixel photos. Plus, the 12x optical zoom can be used together with the 4x digital zoom to produce a maximum of 48x zooming power.
Quick Glance
Memory Type: Secure Digital (SD) Card, MultiMediaCard (MMC)
LCD Screen Size: 2 in
Camera Type: Bridge Camera
Megapixels: 8 Megapixel
Image Stabilization: Optical
Lens Mount: Fixed
Optical Zoom: 12
Weight: 26.08
Summary
Product Title: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30 8 Megapixel Bridge Camera - Black
Manufacturer: Panasonic
Lowest Price: $999.95 from exporience
Power Score: 4.2 | 36 Reviews
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Product Reviews (15)
dmc fz30 review by jeffvu. 8-25-06
Strengths: great images, well build, easy to use...
Weakness: noise in shadows details.
im the owner of fz10, fz15, fz20, fz7 and fz30.got my fz30 used from ritz camera for 398$ in excellent condi. its no boubt the best of the bunch.nice size , good build, easy to use.great range , fast zoom ring.awesome leica lens, abit noise in shadows area, but very sharp images.flip out lcd helps on lower shots, i bought the adapter ring to use with my raynox wide and tele, now i can shoot from...
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By kool100vr4 - Aug 25, 2006
Figuring out the
Strengths: As I bought the camera only a couple of days ago, I can't really judge strenghts or weaknesses yet.
Weakness: It's a pity the LCD doesn't open sideways and doesn't rotate towards all sides, like Canon's LCD. I read somewhere that Canon has a patent on it, but I'm not sure if that's true.
I bought the camera because of its "completeness" and of course the Leica super zoom (although the lens is designed by Leica, it's actually not made by Leica but by a manufacturer in Japan -- I read this in another review and it seems to be true -- what doesn't mean that the lens is less staggering!). What I wanted to say about the EVF: Desperately searching for 2 days and nearly wanting to...
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By daniiela - Jul 11, 2006
This may be the best camera made...
Strengths: quality of workmanship, sharp pics at all ISO settings, great lens, well thought out controls, High resolution LCD and viewfinder, well balanced. Light weight for the size, sliky smooth zoom & focus.
Weakness: Manual is not very intuitive no ft/m readings on manual zoom (very minor gripe)
This may be the best camera made for the dollars. I have taken quite a few pictures including a lot of test shots just to see about this noise I have heard some reviewers talk about above ISO 200. True, all digital cameras with this size sensor will have some noise, but I did not notice that much noise at ISO 400 and none at ISO 200. I can make the camera have noise which I am almost thinking...
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By bear740 - Oct 26, 2005
Quality photographic tool
Strengths: Ergonomics are excellent. Feels good in my hands. I think it is just the right size for a camera. Easy to use. I was taking good pictures as soon as the battery charged. The manual is easy to follow.
Weakness: I wish they would include a larger storage card with the camera. Strap seems kind of flimsy, don't know if I would trust it around my neck.
I have followed discussions about the noise problems on this camera, but decided to check it out at the store. I rarely print 11 by 14's so the noise did not really make a difference to me. The features on this camera are really first rate and the lens makes taking pictures a lot of fun. I would recommend this camera to those who don't want to go the DSLR route, but still want a camera that they...
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By scott73 - Nov 3, 2005
Probably the BEST Prosumer Camera Available
Strengths: High quality Leica lens. Excellent image stablization. LCD folds in for protection. Very high resolution LCD and EVF display. Manual zoom. Manual focus. Hot shoe. Metal body. RAW mode availabl
Weakness: Display gains down when using high shutter speed with flash. Supplied 32M SD card has to be a joke, right Panasonic? Propriatary battery.
Ok, I admit, it is NOT a dSLR. Most dSLR have a sensor that is much bigger than the one on the FZ30. Bigger sensors mean less noise. They also mean more money and smaller zooms. To get the same zoom coverage with a dSLR and additional lenses, you will be paying 4-5 times as much as the FZ-30. Do not be scared off by complaints about noise, however. Almost all the reviews that have complaints on...
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By pjclifford - Feb 15, 2006