Digital Camera News and Reviews

Panasonic Lumix DMC-G10

Photography Blog has reviewed a new Micro Four Thirds digital camera from Panasonic. The camera is called Panasonic Lumix DMC-G10 and is the smallest with an eye level viewfinder.

Some key features for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G10:
-12.1 megapixel image sensor
-Electronic viewfinder
-720p HD video recording
-3″ LCD screen
-Live View
-ISO sensitivity from 100 to 6400
-Uses SD, SDHC and SDXC memory cards
-Pop-up flash and hot shoe

Photography Blog ends up giving the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G10 a “Recommended” rating with 4 out of 5 stars. The G10 scores highest on image quality and ease of use while scoring a little lower on design, features and value for your hard earned money. The G10 seems like a very good camera that I’m considering buying, but the Samsung NX10 is a strong competitor at a lower price. It will be very interesting to see how the market will react to all the new systems being released.
Read the full review of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G10 Micro Four Thirds camera here.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ10

Photography Blog has tested the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7 (also known as Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ10) compact digital camera. This digital camera has a massive 14.5 megapixels and is able to shoot with three aspect ratios: 4:3, 3:2 or 16:9. It also has a built-in GPS unit.

Some key features for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7 / Lumix DMC-TZ10:
-14.5 megapixel image sensor
-12x optical zoom lens (25-300mm)
-3″ LCD screen
-Image stabilization (Power O.I.S)
-Three aspect ratios 4:3, 3:2 or 16:9
-Built-in GPS unit

Photography Blog ends up giving the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7 / Lumix DMC-TZ10 a “Highly Recommended” rating with an overall score of 4.5 stars out of 5. The camera gets a perfect score on features, very high on design and ease of use while getting a little score on image quality and value for your money. The ZS7 seems to be an excellent travel camera with it’s useful zoom range, GPS unit and it is able to take pictures of good quality.
Read the full review of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7 / Lumix DMC-TZ10 digital camera here.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS11

CNET UK has reviewed the pocket friendly digital camera Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS11. This small camera from Panasonic features 14.1 megapixels and 5x optical zoom lens in addition to 40MB of internal memory.

Some key features for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS11:
-14.1 megapixel image sensor
-5x optical zoom lens (28-140mm)
-2.7″ LCD screen
-Records 720p videos
-Uses SD, SDHC and SDXC memory cards
-40MB of internal memory

CNET UK ends up giving the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS11 an overall score of 6.7 points out of 10 possible. The reviewer finds the camera to have a solid construction and easy controls, but on the downside they find that the pictures have a lot of noise and the FS11 do not have any manual controls. Overall it seems like the Panasonic camera fits people who are inexperienced and people that do not care about the technical aspects, but if you want something more out of your photography you might want to look elsewhere.
Read the full review of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS11 digital camera here.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FP3

Photography Blog has tested the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FP3 digital camera. This camera from Panasonic features lots of megapixels and a large touchscreen.

Some key features for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FP3:
-14.1 megapixel image sensor
-4x optical zoom lens
-Optical image stabilization
-3″ LCD touchscreen
-HD movie recording (1,280 x 720 pixels at 30 fps)
-Compatible with SDXC memory cards

Photography Blog ends up giving the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FP3 a “Recommended” rating with an overall score of 4 out of 5 stars. The camera scores highest on value for your money, ease of use and design while scoring lower on features and image quality. The FP3 comes at a very nice price tag, but it is by no means revolutionary and does not give you very good pictures at ISO levels above 400. Still, it seems like a nice touchscreen camera if that is what you are looking for.
Read the full review of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FP3 compact digital camera here.