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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS20 reviews
You can find here the most interesting reviews / ratings from the well-known expert sites about the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS20 Camera. Here are the reviewers:
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- 10 July 2008 - |
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- 0 |
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- 07 May 2008 - |
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- 4.5 |
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- 25 April 2008 - |
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- 4 |
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- 25 March 2008 - |
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- 0 |
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- 27 February 2008 - |
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- 4.5 |
Steves Digicams 's conclusion / rating - 10 July 2008 |
The Panasonic Lumix FS20 is an incredibly easy to use and stylish 10-megapixel model. The wide 4x optical zoom and iA shooting mode, gives anyone the ability to take great pictures. The only drawback to this camera is the noise that seems to be present in the dark areas of all the photographs. With a MSRP of US$300, this is a nice camera with excellent features...
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RegHardware 's conclusion / rating - 07 May 2008 |
Overall, we liked the DMC-FS20 very much. It lacks some of the glitz of other models in a similar price range and it doesnt offer a great deal when it comes to manual control. But then again, this is exactly what many digital camera owners are looking for. The next time youre in the market for a digital camera, may we respectively suggest that, in addition to considering the usual suspects, you check out this Panasonic offering as well...
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- 4.5 |
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TrustedReviews 's conclusion / rating - 25 April 2008 |
The Lumix FS20 is a companion model the the FS5, offering a larger LCD screen and slightly better handling. Build quality is excellent, and the overall design is functional but attractive. It is a point-and-shoot camera with a limited but sensible range of features, and performs well in most situations, with good low light capabilities. Image quality is also good, but the price tag is a little high for a rather average specification...
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- 4 |
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DigitalCameraReview 's conclusion / rating - 25 March 2008 |
Each step up in the FS series gives you clear resolution, screen, and/or zoom improvements, and while these are key upgrades rather than feature bloat, at $50 a jump MSRP, these steps aren't exactly cheap to climb. At less than $200, the FS3 played the part of a much more expensive camera. Although it bests its baby brother in several ways, with a $300 MSRP the FS20 seems fairly, but not nearly so impressively, priced especially with lots of tempting options (Panasonic's own FX35, for one) just within reach beyond the $300 mark. While the FS20 addresses some of the minor issues I had with the FS3 (including the addition of a truly stellar compact-camera lens), with pressure from both sides, the FS20 a perfectly good camera in its own right ends up coming off like a Stealers Wheels hit: "stuck in the middle."
Ironically, then, the final word in my mind is that while the three-star FS outperforms the FS3 in many respects, when price is factored in the Lumix FS20 becomes merely a good camera, rather than a great one...
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PhotographyBLOG 's conclusion / rating - 27 February 2008 |
Just like the FX55 camera that it very closely resembles, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS20 is a stylish ultra-compact that you can carry with you wherever you go. It's quite responsive with quick focusing, even in low-light conditions, although the burst shooting mode of 2.5 fps for 3 images seems a little pedestrian these days. Panasonic have included the same clever Intellligent Auto mode that achieves great results in most situations with very little input required from the user. The large, high-resolution 3 inch LCD screen is also very welcome, although I missed having a true optical viewfinder in very bright sunlight. The new 30mm wide-angle lens may not be quite as wide as the 28mm lens on the FX55, or the ultra-wide 25mm on Panasonic's new FX35 model, but it's still much better than the typical 35mm focal length that cameras in this class typically offer. The 120mm focal length at the other end of the zoom range, although hampered somewhat by the slow f/5.8 maximum aperture, is still a welcome addition.
Image quality has once again been slightly improved since the last generation of Lumix models, carrying on where the recent FX55 left off. Panasonic have maintained noise performance, so that ISO 400 on the FS20 is equal to ISO 400 on the older models, despite the increase in megapixels from 8 to 10. I would have preferred to see the FS20 use an 8 megapixel sensor with better ISO performance, though, as the 2 megapixel increase doesn't make an awful lot of difference to your photos. ISO 100-400 still isn't a particularly versatile range, but the usual excellent optical image stabilisation system means that the FS20 is still an adaptable camera, as you can take a photo at a faster ISO speed and therefore a slower shutter speed, and still get sharp results, without adversely affecting the battery life too much. The High Sensitivity mode provides a fastest ISO speed of 6400, but the image resolution is automatically reduced to 3 megapixels and there's far too much noise and blurring of detail at that speed. The extension of the ISO range up to 1600 at full image resolution is more of a marketing strategy than providing any real benefits - you won't want to use the noisy ISO 800 and 1600 settings unless there is no other alternative. The inability to alter sharpness in the camera is also frustrating, as the images are quite soft by default.
It's difficult to see where Panasonic have cut corners with the new FS series of cameras, so much so that the DMC-FS20 is almost identical to the FX55, at a lower introductory price point. The FS20's 4x zoom lens is a little more versatile, and the move up to 10 megapixels provides slightly larger pictures without adversely affecting image quality (although it hasn't really been improved either). So just as with the FX55, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS20 is a fantastic point and shoot digital camera that anyone in your family can use. Panasonic have achieved what they set out to do, offering a very effective combination of ultra-compact size, wide-angle lens and simple ease-of-use at an even more affordable price...
PhotographyBLOG's rating: |
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- 4.5 |
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