Testseek.com have collected 73 expert reviews of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 and the average rating is 83%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18.
January 2008
(83%)
73 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(92%)
64 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
The lens is superb. It has true wide angle and a phenomenal telephoto reach of 504mm (film equivalent). The image stabilisation is effective and hand held photos at full extension are possible. Sharpness and contrast are exemplary and focus
Even at fu...
Huge zoom
Sharp pictures
Good noise performance
Intelligent auto mode is great for beginners
Intelligent Auto mode was spot on most of the time
Solid build
Good overall performance
The editors didn't like
The Achilles’ heel of Panasonic cameras has been image noise and it still is. However
By reducing sharpness and contrast by one notch and dialling in one step of noise reduction we got clean images at ISO200. The company’s claim of usable ISO...
Over-sharpening issues
Barrel distortion The Final Word Panasonics FZ18 is a solid ultra-zoom camera. While the price tag is high
Many users would be better served spending that money on an SLR
Whereas those after a huge zoom lens and a mass of fea...
Abstract: Panasonic is a dominant force in the ultra-zoom digital camera market, and with the launch of the Lumix DMC-FZ18 it looks set to stay that way. The headline specification is an 18x zoom, optically stabilised lens, which stretches from a wide-angle 2...
Abstract: The obvious attraction of the Panasonic DMC FZ18 is its 18x optical zoom lens. This is one of the first digital cameras to increase the lens length on a consumer digital camera beyond 12x. The lens is supported by image stabilisation to help cut down ...
Zoom 18x with optical stabilization, 1 cm macro mode, Quality of images in low sensitivity (100 ISO), Overall a reactive camera, RAW and RAW JPEG modes
No zoom when recording video, No rotating LCD screen, Mediocre video quality, Imprecise viewfinder, Slow to startup and recording
Abstract: An unfalteringly good design with huge zoom. The FZ18 is one of a few compacts with 18x zoom range. With focal lengths from 28 to 504mm, you can shoot a close-up of a face from 15 metres away, or a group of a dozen people from a couple of paces bac...
Excellent telephoto lens, Good all-round image quality
Not the fastest
Digital SLRs may be making all the headlines but rumours of the death of the compact camera have been greatly exaggerated. Panasonics latest super-zoom revitalises the category with a mighty 18x optical zoom, spanning a range from useful wide-angle (2...
Very good image stabilization, Great overall image quality, Intelligent Auto mode
Noise reduction engine affects image sharpness
Ive always personally considered superzooms a better option for amateur hobby photographers than D-SLRs, primarily because you get so much more right out of the box. If you still feel limited, there are quite a number of add-ons you can use. Now with ...
Intelligent Auto mode was spot on most of the time; solid build; good overall performance.
No hotshoe; no flip-out screen.
Its ease of use is of note for a user who isnt prepared to delve into a cameras manual exposure settings, but who wants something better than a point-and-shoot.
Construcción sólida y de calidad, Controles fáciles, Excelente pantalla LCD 2,5", Óptica LEICA gran angular de gran calidad y panorámica, Modo Inteligente Auto con detección de escenas y de caras, Zoom excelente de 18x
Precisión limitada en modo macro, Alteración de colores en determinadas circunstancias,
Una vez revisados los aspectos principales de la cámara y los resultados obtenidos llega el momento de emitir un veredicto acerca del producto.Una vez más contamos con un producto con una construcción que a primera vista nos ofrece una sensación de rob...
Abstract: El éxito de las cámaras megazoom ha llevado a mejorar el concepto y a equipar las pequeñas cámaras con zooms 18x. La resolución de 8 Megapixels es suficiente para copias de gran tamaño. La inmensa popularidad de las megazoom es prueba suficiente de qu...
