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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30EB-K Digital Still Camera - black [8MP, 12 x Optical Zoom]

by Panasonic
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Autofocus: Yes
  • Battery Model: Camera Specific Powerpacks
  • Bluetooth: No
  • Built-in Flash: Yes
  • CD-R / CD-RW: No
  • Camera Resolution Heigth in Pixel: 2448
  • Camera Resolution Width in Pixel: 3264
  • Changeable Lens: No
  • Chip Type: CCD
  • Compact Flash Card: No
  • Depth in mm: 138
  • Digital Zoom (Ratio): 4
  • Effective Pixel (in Megapixel): 8
  • Height (mm): 86
  • Highest Focal Length in mm: 420
  • Image Stabiliser: Yes
  • LCD Monitor Resolution in Pixel: 235000
  • LCD Monitor Size in Inch: 2
  • Longest Shutter Speed: 60s
  • Longest Shutter Speed in s: 60s
  • Lowest Focal Length in mm: 35
  • MP3 Playback: No
  • Maximum Aperture Tele: 3.7
  • Maximum Aperture Wide: 2.8
  • Maximum Pixel (in Megapixel): 8.3
  • Memory Stick / Memory Stick Pro: No
  • Memory Stick Duo / Duo Pro: No
  • Memory Type: Internal + External
  • Micro Drive: No
  • Mini Secure Digital Card: No
  • Movie / Voice Recording: Movie + Voice
  • Multimedia Card: Yes
  • Optical Zoom (Ratio): 12
  • PC Card: No
  • Photo Resolution Height in Pixel: 2448
  • Photo Resolution Heigth in Pixel: 2448
  • Photo Resolution Width in Pixel: 3264
  • PictBridge: Yes
  • RAW Format: Yes
  • Range Finder Type: Optical / Electronic Viewfinder + LCD
  • Reduced Size Multimedia Card: No
  • Resolution Heigth in Pixel: 2448
  • Resolution Width in Pixel: 3264
  • SLR / Compact: Compact
  • Secure Digital Card: Yes
  • Secure Digital High Capacity Card (SDHC): No
  • Sensor Size: 1/1,8''
  • Serial Shot Mode: Yes
  • Shortest Shutter Speed: 1/2000s
  • Shortest Shutter Speed in s: 1/2000s
  • Size of Internal Memory in MB: unknown
  • Smart Media Card: No
  • Transflash Card: No
  • Video Resolution Heigth in Pixel: 480
  • Video Resolution Width in Pixel: 640
  • Weight in Grams: 674
  • WiFi Connectivity: No
  • Width (mm): 141
  • XD Card: No
  • Zoom Type: Optical + Digital
  • microSD/ TransFlash Card: No
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Product details

  • Item Weight: 671 g
  • Boxed-product Weight: 907 g
  • Item model number: DMC-FZ30EB-K
  • ASIN: B000B4MOBS
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 1 Jan 2001
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 164,374 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

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Product Description

Manufacturer's Description

Panasonic is proud to introduce the 8-Megapixel, 12x optical zoom LUMIX DMC-FZ30 inheriting MEGA O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabilizer) as an up-and-comer to its creative super zoom FZ double-digit line. The DMC-FZ20, released in 2004, has been internationally

Product Description

No. Advanced Optical Image Stabiliser No. Leica DC Vario-Elmarit Lens No. 8 Megapixel CCD No. 12x Optical zoom No. 2 LCD The award winning Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30 is one of the very few compact cameras to fulfil the promise of being an SLR Replacement . Having a Leica lens, and 8 megapixels, you have to spend a lot of money to get much better than this.

Customer Reviews

4.2 out of 5 stars
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83 of 85 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Probably the best prosumer camera on the market. 3 Nov 2005
By "bitterstar"
With a feature list that's nearly endless, it's hard not to consider buying this camera. I can tell you, that it does not disappoint! With an incredible 12x zoom, which if used to capture 3MP photos jumps to 19.1x! The sensor does pickup considerable noise because 8MP are crammed in, but for any similar camera on the market, this is a problem and it is to be expected. The only way to eliminate this problem, is to buy a digital SLR and that is costly.

Picture quality is sharp and accurate. Out-performing many competitors! It is helped by optical image stabilization to eliminate hand shake blur.

The controls are all very well laid out and easy to use with full manual controls. Automatic shooting modes are also available. A great flip screen, and mechanical zoom!
Camera perforamce is very good, with good startup times and shot-to-shot times being fast too. I have found the battery life is good.

The camera also supports RAW format, but can be alittle slow when using this mode, but again that is to be expected.

Build quality is very good indeed, it feels rock solid. it also supports 55mm filters and conversion lenses!

I have taken some amazing photographs using this camera, and Panasonic have impressed me so much, I've already got my name down for the next camera in this series!

This is like a pro's camera, at the fraction of a price!

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99 of 102 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars SLR OR NOT? 18 Mar 2006
By mark winter
Having spent months reading mag after mag trying to work out weather or not to buy a SLR or try to save money and go for a top spec prosumer I opted to go with the panasonic FZ30.What a choice this turned out to be.First trip out for the camera was two weeks in the snow in cacada down to minus 27. the snow or temp never bothered the camera a bit-the snow setting in scene mode is fantastic.Every thing i tried to do with the camara turned out exellent, the built in flash is the most powerfull I have ever used,the zoom and lens is exellent-anti shake copes with hand held at 12x zoom , totally sharp crisp pictures every time.Cant fault the camera at all.The menue is so easy anyone could use this camera.Exellent.
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95 of 103 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Good - but not THAT good 29 Oct 2005
By Mr. Michael Scott
I got one of these a few days after it was released in Japan, and have taken it with me (and a FZ5) on a safari/beach holiday in Kenya. I have found that both cameras (including the FZ30) with one- or three-spot metering tended to produce slightly under-exposed pictures in virtually all lighting conditions and with nearly all subjects. I haven't tested the FZ30 with other metering set-ups, but I was slightly disappointed to find the results were quite dull. Since the Auto mode ought to produce good results, at present, I am not convinced that this is the case.
Having said all this, about 5% of the 400 or so photos were just about right, and the camera is easy to handle; the zoom is good; the detail is great; colour balance is neutral; the OIS is excellent; and the autofocus didn't fail me once!! The much-vaunted noise doesn't seem to be an issue.
One other thing worth noting is that the 8M pixels are only available for photos at 4:3 ratio (OK for 8 x 6 prints), but if you want the standard 6 x 4 or 5 x 7 you'll have to make do with fewer pixels (only 7M for 3:2 ratio). As things stand, this means (when compared with Nikon and one or two other Digital cameras) the 'usable' number of pixels (in the most common format) is probably being overstated.
Ultimately I have found it necessary to spend a lot of time post-processing the images to a) get acceptable images and b) cropping to suit 6 x 4 photo 'cards'.
(I am not a camera expert, and maybe I expected too much of the camera in Auto Mode)
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