Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30

Panasonic's professional camera for amateurs! I bought this camera for the sole reason that it had a 12x Optical Zoom. A higher optical zoom always creates better quality photos than digital zoom, and at the time this camera was the only one on the market with such a high optical zoom. The camera is remarkably easy to use for one with such a bevvy of functions. Along with being able to manually manipulate the lens and shutter settings, there are pre-programmed "modes" to help the non skilled amateur like myself take professional quality photos. Amongst the modes, are Night, Sport (excellent when also using the feature for ...  Read the complete review

This camera deserves a fancy name like that. The camera I have came with a 1gb memory card so that the camera could take about three hundren 8 mega byte pictures, thats good! The camera has a 12x zoom. This camera is especially good and has all the different settings for you to be able to take wildlife photography or pin-sharp nature photographs, you can use this camera to take pictures of bike rides or still pictures. Some of the settings are: Baby - Photographing soft skin. The age can be displayed with the photograph. Candle light - Photographing candle lit subjects and getting the atmosphere. Party - For photographing indoors. Firework - ...  Read the complete review

When faced with the question whether to buy a digital camera or to buy a camcorder, many people get in a fix. Digital cameras offer high resolution while camcorders offer flexibility and steady performance. But the trade-off of resolution in still picture is sometimes too much to take. Panasonic Lumix FZ300 gives the users the ability to use the camera as a video recorder that obviously eliminates the need for having a camcorder. Of course, that is not the main feature of it, but surely it helps in deciding between digital camera and camcorder. Now what does this Lumix FZ300 offer? It is a digital camera that has 8-mega pixel image resolution, built-in flash ...  Read the complete review