The DMC-FX55 is a well-built camera, with a high quality plastic body and controls. The camera's design is dominated by the lens on the front and the large 3 inch LCD screen on the rear. There is no optical viewfinder, which follows a recent trend in digital cameras, and this does make the camera a little difficult to keep steady at the telephoto end of the zoom, especially given the disappointingly slow maximum aperture of f/5.6 at the telephoto focal length. Panasonic have introduced a new joystick control instead of the more traditional navigation pad, which is a little unresponsive but generally pleasant to use. There aren't any other weak-points in terms of the DMC-FX55's design and build-quality - for once the battery compartment and SD card slot are both well implemented.
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