Dr Gadget - Gadget Shop - Panasonic DMC-FX30EB-S Digital Camera - Silver (7.2MP, 3.6 x Optical) Antishake, 2.5" LCD

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Binding: Electronics Brand: Panasonic EAN: 5025232417384 Is Autographed: 0 Is Memorabilia: 0 Label: Panasonic Manufacturer: Panasonic Model: DMC-FX30EB-S Publisher: Panasonic Release Date: 2007-04-19 Studio: Panasonic
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Why does it take so long to ship? Comment: I bought this camera 3 weeks ago and paid for 1st class postage, so expected it to be dispatched in a couple of days. My order is still showing as shipment date 26th March despite being advertised as "in stock". This looks to be a great little camera but if you are looking for something in a hurry you might want to look elsewhere... Customer Rating: Summary: What a marvellous little camera! Comment: My Casio exilim gave me endless trouble, so I decided to try something else, but budget was an issue. I got this little camera on Amazon for less than £100 - you will be surprised at the quality you get! There is a Leica 3.6x wide angle zoom lens, an unexpected bonus at this price and places it well ahead of similar cameras. The wide angle means you can take inside a room and see the whole room, also especially useful for shots of people at a dinner table. 3.6 x zoom is adequate for most purposes. Startup is really quick, menu and controls are really easy (roll wheel) as well as intuitive and reviews of the last photo are at the touch of a button. Pictures are bright, intelligent iso setting means you can take in dim light without a flash (which my grandchildren hate) without losing too much quality. The anti-blur feature doesn't really do much in dim light, but outdoors it is excellent. Viewing screen is lovely, the only thing missing really is an optical viewfinder, but hey you can't have everything! I can recommend this camera as a really good buy. I was going to use it as an interim solution before saving up for a bigger one, but am not going to do that now, this one will do me for a while yet! Customer Rating: Summary: Cracking compact Comment: Update : 21st May 2008... Just ended up with 130+ flippin good photos from a holiday in Cornwall. No duffers as such - apart from my sometimes wayward composition technique that is! No duffers - and that's with shooting in just about every imaginable set of conditions - blue sky, cloudy, inland fields / greenery etc, coastal cliffs, villages/towns, beach scenes etc. I'm even more impressed with this little camera the more I use it. The exposure meter is mostly spot on but what I tend to do now is to use the exposure compensation button more (so easy to do) if I see that the taken picture looks a little bright on the camera screen. I mostly just go for -1/3 stop but occasionally -2/3 stop if there are some really bright highlights and the pic overall can take -2/3 stop. Try it yourself, shooting identical pics at std exposure and -1/3 stop and -2/3 stop. Then take a look at them on your laptop to see the effects on colour saturation etc. If you're unsure of what looks right, you can usually ensure a spot-on exposure by checking on the camera display for what appears to be a natural skin tone (assuming there are people in the photo that is). So glad I bought this camera. It really is a cracker. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I bought this camera on the strength of it winning the "Best Consumer Compact 2007" in What Digital Camera magazine. I wanted a very compact camera which was well made and which also produced good quality pictures via a high quality wide angle lens. And that is what I got - good quality pictures - and the camera itself is beautifully made, incl a Leica 28-100mm lens (perfect for landscapes and short tele work). Beautifully made? How many cameras can you say that about these days? It's a joy to use too. The menu system is dead easy - I only read the manual out of academic interest in the end (but of course that's the way to get the best out of it). Picture quality is very good indeed for a compact digital, especially so given the tiny size of the sensor in these types of cameras (compared to DSLRs). No complaints from me - I was very pleasantly surprised. I've taken a string of indoor and outdoor shots on this camera and find viewing them on my laptop very satisfying indeed. What I mean is that I'm enjoying the picture rather than being distracted by any apparent lack of picture quality (which there isn't). And I say this as someone who also regularly shoots using a Canon 400D DSLR attached to the new Canon 70-200 F4L IS, a combination which delivers amazing image quality. However, if you want really bitingly sharp image quality then buy a DSLR and be sure to buy the best (sharpest) lens you can afford so as to do the sensor justice. It's a case of you pays your money and takes your choice as far as the compact vs DSLR argument goes - but this is one cracking compact camera that delivers great results which surely 99% of people would happily enjoy. I'm not surprised it picked up its What Digital Camera magazine award. I'm very glad I bought it. Very highly recommended. PS: Please vote for my review if you found it helpful. :-) More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: This is the DMC-FX30 from the Lumix range, with its 5 aspheric glass Leica DV Vario lens and CCD sensor with over 7 megapixels! This camera employs all the latest technology from Panasonic, packing your photos with rich and vibrant colours and details, whatever the lighting conditions. The DMC-FX30 has a Mega OIS optical image stabiliser, which reduces camera shake and blur for really sharp images. The DMC-FX30 also features an ISO function able to reach up to 3200 in high sensitivity, a Venus Engine III image processor and an Intelligent ISO Control mode for even and balanced lighting. The digital diamond also provides you with the opportunity of taking really close-up pictures of your subject, as well as a minimum distance of 5cm for video in wide angle. Its user-friendly modes such as soft skin, sport, night portrait, aerial photo, reception and underwater, as well as its 2.5" screen, make all the difference when you're shot-taking. The high-performance DMC-FX30 is a remarkably slim and stylish camera with a distinctive finish, which you can take with you wherever you go for guaranteed photographic fun!