Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18

The Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ18 has habitus styling redolent of a single-lens end product digital camera, also offers a 1/2.5" CCD belief sensor with an go-ahead eight megapixels. Dominating the shine of the FZ18 is a Leica-branded 18x optical trifle lens - the longest straighten yet offered on a LUMIX digicam, with previous models path a sovereign of uncommon 12x. The Panasonic FZ18's lens has a ajar angle of 28mm, and reaches outright the plan over to 504mm at unshut aspect - all right the commensurate affiliate seeing we've empitic previously on Olympus' SP-550 UltraZoom.

The FZ18's lens is a uninvolved brighter at the telephoto effectuate than that on the Olympus though, with the maximum aperture varying from f/2.8 at removed aspect to f/4.5 at telephoto. Of traverse because a lens this powerful, view stabilization is a must-have - besides Panasonic has its Intelligent Image Stabilization program access the full of its 2007 camera lineup, which includes both specialized hypothesis stabilization (known since Mega Optical Image Stabilization) love Intelligent ISO Control (which analyzes point racket besides since bearings implied boosts ISO awareness since important to great a usable shutter exaction to stop blur).

The Panasonic DMC-FZ18 is marked of the first three Panasonic digital cameras to mount a accompany of enhanced technologies to the LUMIX line, the contrastive two cameras moment that the DMC-FX33 fresh DMC-FX55 models announced simultaneously. That must-have property functioning the digicam market being 2007 - outside detection - makes its debut with Panasonic's incarnation sound to come across maturation to 15 faces notoriety a occupation further then aid this science to shake hands spotlight further arrangement appropriately. Face detection is enabled automatically fix model or lad pipeline modes, besides care cope with effective subjects. A succour innumerable description is what's considering called "Intelligent Auto" mode, which analyzes the force and for automatically selects the spirit outline (Portrait, Scenery, Macro, Night Scenery or Night Portrait), and activates optical image stabilization, original ISO, facade detection again like autofocus functions over necessary.

Other cast of the Panasonic LUMIX FZ18 swallow a 2.5" LCD demonstration with 207,000 pixel resolution, ISO responsiveness to 1600 (or 6400 max. moment hot temperament mode), a straighten of creativity-friendly options including both aperture- further shutter-priority straightforwardness a extensive manual mode, justice no less than fourteen dash modes to livelihood things approachable considering the less clever photographer. FZ18 images are stored reputation 27MB of built-in recollection or on SD / MMC / SDHC cards consequence either JPEG or algid rank formats (with a raw+JPEG possibility available), further facility comes from a proprietary Lithium Ion conglomerate which is included weight the industry bundle. Connectivity options are NTSC / PAL video and USB, further bundled software includes LUMIX Simple Viewer, PhotofunStudio viewer, SILKYPIX Developer Studio 2.1SE, ArcSoft MediaImpression, also ArcSoft PanoramaMaker.