List Price:
$599.99
Details
- In agreement with Secure Digital (SD) and MultiMedia (MMC) memory cards; 16 MB SD card included
- 4.0 megapixel sensor captures sufficiency detail to create photo-quality prints up to 11 x 14
- Powered by rechargeable lithium-ion battery-operated (CGA-S002A); connects to PCs and Macs via USB 1.1
Description
Finest Lumix digital cameras have an incredible 12x optical zoom (the similar of a 420mm zoom on a 35mm camera) that lets you capture the ins and outs of a distant subject up close and personal. The DMC-FZ10S is the industry's first 4-megapixel consumer digital camera with a 12x visual zoom. Plus, its F2.8 brightness across the entire 12x zoom radius provides extraordinary image-rendering performance and puts you in curb over a wide variety of shooting techniques. You can capture bimbo, sweeping landscapes with wide-angle shots, or portraits that fix the responsible for in a sharp focus while a softer-focused background provides the consummate contrast.
The 4-megapixel Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ10 offers a horde of professional features at an affordable price. It includes a 12x optical zoom with dead ringer stabilization, full manual controls (with a manual spotlight ring), a hot shoe accessory connector, and movie mode with audio. This Lumix exemplar (the DMC-FZ10S) has a silver body; the DMC-FZ10K has a black body.
Optics and Resolution
With its 4-megapixel CCD sensor, you can take hold of up to a 2304 x 1728 pixel image for prints up to 11 x 17 inches. It equally has 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, and 640 x 480 pixel judgement settings (and 1920 x 1080 for display on HDTV wide partition off TVs with a 16:9 aspect ratio).
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| No Zoom | 3x Zoom | 6x Zoom | 9x Zoom | 12x Zoom |
The Leica DC Vario-Elmarit lens features an F2.8 exuberance throughout the entire 12x zoom range, which is equivalent to a 35-420mm zoom lens on a traditional 35mm film camera. (The DMC-FZ10 also has a 3x digital zoom.) Its precision lens, exceptional telephoto features and no-lag processing speed enable this camera to seize every detail of distant or quick-moving subjects with matchless brightness and clarity. The Lumix DMC-FZ10 image stabilization system uses gyroscopes within the camera to reason camera shake and shift the lens elements to compensate for the downward movement--thus enabling you to shoot at a slower shutter speed.
| Hither Panasonic's MEGA Optical Image Stabilizer |
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Handheld telephoto shots, or streak-
ing in low-light conditions, often magnifies unintentional hand move house-
ments into blurry images (above, top). This visual technology (bottom) provides precise compen-
sation for these movements without any deterioration of image quality. |
Movie Mode In addition to taking even now photos, the DMC-FZ10 can also record 320 x 240 movie clips at either 30 or 10 frames per girl Friday (fps) with audio. Your video length is limited not by the size of your memory card. The included 16 MB Christmas card can hold 25 seconds of 30 fps video.
More Features
In withal to the variety of convenient automatic controls, the DMC-FZ10 has full manual tiller for exposure, focusing, and white balance. Manual exposure talent gives you complete freedom for capturing images according to your preferences, including purposeful overexposure or underexposure. The manual focus ring provided on the lens vat, like traditional camera lenses, allows you to focus on the close part of your subject according to your preference. Ahead of its time histogram functions on the DMC-FZ10, like a digital light meter, take under one's wing a graphic representation of the luminance level of the pixels composing an Doppelgaenger for more precise exposure control for quality photos.
Incredibly alert, the DMC-FZ10 captures consecutive shots nearly as quickly as a motor-incited film camera. As soon as the camera's CCD captures the image timer, Panasonic's multi-tasking Venus Engine LSI simultaneously displays images on the LCD while critique data to the memory card, significantly reducing lag time relating shots. To capture sudden events as they unfold, Panasonic's leaving aside Mega Burst recording feature enables consecutive prompt-fire shooting, capturing 4 frames per second with undiminished je sais quoi from frame to frame.
Other features include:
- 2-inch LCD flaunt with 130,000-pixel resolution
- Flash modes: Car, Red-Eye Auto, On, Red-Eye On, Red-Eye Slow Sync
- Focus modes: Auto Blurry System, Manual Focus, Normal/Macro (Dial), Stain AF On/Off (Spot Mode), Continuous AF On/Off
- Audio recording with images up to 5 seconds
As an supplementary bonus, Panasonic includes a lens hood, which comes in convenient when you're shooting outdoors. The lens hood is threaded for 72 mm filters, as sedately.
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| Designed for action shots, Panasonic's Mega Burst imaging captures up to eight plump-resolution shots in two seconds. |
Storage and Transfer Images are stored on either Solid Digital (SD) or MultiMediaCard (MMC) memory cards. A 16 MB SD card is included with the DMC-FZ10. At the 2304 x 1728 pixel environs, the 16 MB card can hold 8 images at Fine Quality system or 16 at Standard Quality mode.
Images can be downloaded to either a Mac or PC via USB 1.1 connectivity, which means the camera can be to the point to any USB-based Windows Me/2000/XP and Mac OS 8.6 or later computer without installing any software.
Power and Dimension
The camera is powered by a rechargeable lithium-ion battery (included). It provision 3.4 x 5.5 x 4.2 inches and weighs 19.4 ounces (550 grams).
What's In The Box
This package deal includes the Lumix DMC-FZ10S (silver) digital camera, 16 MB Secure Digital retention card, rechargeable lithium-ion battery (CGA-S002A), AC adapter/battery stallion, lens hood, lens cap, neck strap, USB and A/V cables, and 139-period printed manual. It also includes the following software:
- ArcSoft PhotoBase--Deliver images from an SD Memory Card to a PC that "footnotes" and splendour them in a list
- ArcSoft PhotoImpression--Adjust colors and proceeding images to create calendars, cards, etc.
- ArcSoft Panorama Maker--Commingle separate photos to create a single image
- ArcSoft PhotoPrinter Pro--Tiptop numerous photos to print together as one group
- SD Viewer for DSC--Makes it easygoing to check image data on an SD Memory Card. Use it to create landslide shows and save them on an SD Memory Card (For Windows)
Customer Reviews
Indestructible beyond belief
This is my fourth year using this camera. It's been roughly the world, been dropped, been used on the beach, in the thunder-shower, on a bike (taken falls off the bike with me). It even then works perfectly. Although the LCD is raised, it does not participate in one scratch. And the picutres! It still takes better pictures than most new cameras. Neat, better than slide film and SLR, as far as I'm concerned. Makes me look like a able. Worth every penny.
2007-05-06
| eringatang (USA) | Helpful Votes: 3 | Rating: 5
Earnest Amateur
I ardour this camera! This is my 3rd digital upgrade since opening with digital cameras. I am not a pro in photography, and have no real petition to get into the nitty gritty of apatures and all the tech stuff... but I sadness deeply about getting some great pictures. SO.. I large as much as I have to with the technical. I especially love honest people shots, and do a lot of indoor photography in places where unflagging flash is undesirable, such as weddings and other church services.
I discovered that what aids this the most is a big lens, stabilization and solicitous zoom... which led me to this camera, and I was NOT disappointed.
The larger lens has certified me to get the most amazing indoor with no flash pictures. Yes there are still limitations, and I even so get a percentage of blurred photos, but not anywhere near as many as I use to. And the zoom!!! I reasonable returned from AZ where I took a river boat execute, and a flock of mountain sheep was spotted high on the canyon walls. I could only see them with my naked eye.. could only really comedos them from movement, but I zooming in fully, and kept clicking. Wow! I got the most stunning pictures. I've also gotten some great pictures infatuated from those tiny airplane windows as the plane is winning off and landing. Some great overviews of the San Francisco bay... and was adept to zoom into some boats on the water even. The feel embarrassed is great!
You ever try taking people pictures of people who don't like having their pictures captivated... like family and friends? With this camera I turned off all normal, use no flash, and am able to zoom in easily from across the live, and I get the best family and friends candid pictures! Also the most superbly thing I did besides buying this camera was to get an extra battery-operated, and buy a 1MB media card. I seldom run out of room or battery power (over this)even when I'm on an extended vacation. Even behind schedule 2 weeks in AZ, I just took my SD media card to WalMart and had it put onto a photo CD.. and cleared it for more pictures. I only needed to do this once... and took over a thousand pics (unqualified) on vacation! All in all I'm now drooling over the newer and improved models of the despite the fact camera!!
Pros: Large lens, great zoom, wonderful color, very stable, comfortable grip, good settings and talented to take great pictures while you are still learning them. A immense point and shoot camera for non technical people who still want flagrant pictures.
Cons: I usually use the auto focus and there is a temporize of a few seconds while the camera focuses before I can snap the show. This is a pain sometimes, and I miss some great push of the moment pics because of it. The lens cap is a pain, too, as it is not attached. I refuge't yet, but am afraid I will lose it. I wish the camera was smaller, but wouldn't commerce off the larger lens for lesser quality.
2006-03-13
| Helpful Votes: 4 | Rating: 5
A harmonious good camera
I bought this camera back in May of 2004, and I bear not had any problems since. One thing I have learned is that mega pixels are not all things. I bought my father a 4MP minolta S414 and the pictures are not as sharp as my camera. I evaluate that has something to do with the lense. The long zoom is barest nice. Up until today I never printed out a picture bigger than 8X10 Today I paid for a epitome to be blown up to 16X20 and it looks pretty darn good. Certain things like the give in grip and resolution could be improved (and they have been with the newer models) I was judgement of replacing this camera with something like the FZ20, FZ30 or the new 8MP samsung with the 3.5" partition. However after seeing how nice my 16X20 blow up turned out to be, I create I will keep it for a while.
2005-10-05
| jharris1 (IL) | Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 4
Passion it!!!
This camera brings the steady beauty of pictures if you edit them with software and on various types of filters. Visit my gallery at http://www.betterphoto.com/terrace/dynoGallByMember.asp?mem=74482 and you'll know what I mean.
2005-01-16
| SJ (Hong Kong) | Helpful Votes: 3 | Rating: 5
A wonderful piece of engineering!
When Panasonic released this camera in the in of 2003, I couldn't wait for it to be available for sale. A couple of months passed and it was soul sold out even before it was available anywhere in the market. At that pith, I couldn't wait and I contacted a Panasonic dealer and reserved one right somewhere else. I was on the waiting list for 2 more months and I finally got it in Jan 2004. A 12x stabilized visual zoom at that time was unheard of on a consumer camera. It was affecting! I could take pictures at full 12X without a tripod and the stabilizer made effective the pictures were perfect. For $599 it was the best digital camera out there. It has barely been a year since I bought this camera and I am even now in love with it; but I wish I had waited. When Panasonic came out with the constant camera but with a 5.0 mega pixels at the same toll earlier this year, I was kicking myself for being so instinctive. Nevertheless, it is a great piece of engineering. The camera feels like a tank- entirely solid but not all that heavy at the same time. I have captured some of the most staggering pictures with this camera, which I will gem for the rest of my life.
If you don't really care about all the features and even-handed want a small digital camera to carry around and take away pictures with, I wouldn't recommend this camera for you. This is more like a camera you would yen to take to your trip to the Grand Canyon and capture the soup taking shots or the perfect sunset that you always wanted to capture and maintain it blown up. There are so many features in this camera, it desire take a good couple of weeks for you to read the manual and get in use accustomed to to them.
I am not going to list all the features this camera has; you can review about them on the product description page or you can go to the Panasonic homepage and get a more particularized description of all the cool features you can find in this camera. Manner, I do want to make a couple of points:
This camera uses a Leica lens. For those of you who are not in with this brand, Leica Camera AG is a world-celebrated German camera and lens maker. Just the name Leica, in the photography sphere, is synonymous with durability, quality, and optical precision. Leica makes lenses that expense thousands of dollars for high-end professional cameras so for Leica to peculiarity its lens in this Panasonic camera tells it all.
One thing a lot of people don't look at when they are buying a digital camera is if you can add further lenses and filters like you can with a 35mm SLR. Although a 12X optical zoom (interchangeable to a 36mm to 432mm in a 35mm camera) will be more than enough for most of us, some of us energy want to add conversion or teleconversion lenses or filters and YES you can with this camera. Let me issue you an example of what a 12X zoom can do: How many times have u been to a NFL or a baseball daring and have taken pictures only to find out that you can't uniform make out what number jersey a player is wearing when u get the pictures? Reasonably, with this camera, I have been talking pictures at games and let me put you, they are just amazing! Besides all the close-up shots of all my partiality players, I could even capture those priceless facial jargon when someone makes a hit or at that moment when a recipient catches the ball for a touchdown.... it's truly amazing!
You cannot go askew with this camera!
2004-12-05
(Odenton, MD, USA) | Helpful Votes: 7 | Rating: 5
