Panasonic Lumix Digital Camera Product Review

A Review of the Lumix DMC-FZ28K 10.1 Megapixel Ultrazoom Model

My Kodak EasyShare digital camera began eating its Lithium batteries recently. I contacted Kodak repair service online and the reply wasn't very useful - the rep said to send it to them and for over $100 they would troubleshoot the problem. Repairs would be extra.  No good. I decided to spend the repair money on a new camera.

After much comparative research and Google-exhaustion, I settled on the Panasonic line of digital cameras. One particular model of theirs, the Lumix FZ28K caught my eye as it is in the Ultrazoom class of digital cameras. It has 18x optical zoom and 4x digital zoom.

I take a lot of outdoor pictures, especially wildlife and birds, ergo my need for a zoom lens.

Starting from the beginning, the FZ28 has 10.1 megapixels, scalable down to 2 MP, based on the aspect ratio you select. And, it boasts a premium 27mm wide angle Leica lens that produces superb images on its own.

But wait! There's more! Seriously, this compact digital camera is feature-rich and I'll try to cover the highlights. You can delve deeper into its capabilities at the Panasonic site http://tinyurl.com/68ffsv (I've shortened the 163 character link to the 25 character tinyurl.com link. It's a great utility!)

Here are just some of the many Lumix features:

+ optical image stabilization
+ optical zoom up to 72x when combined with the digital zoom
+ the focal length, in equivalent 35mm range, is from 27mm to an astounding 486mm!
+ 17 scene modes, with an additional 15 advanced scene modes
+ shutter speed down to 1/2,000 of a second
+ image quality: Fine/Standard/RAW/RAW+JPEG
+ automatic face detection
+ automatic face tracking while the image is moving
+ video recording at 4:3 aspect ratio: 640 x 480 pixels 30 fps, 320 x 240 pixels 30 fps/10 fps
+ video recording at 16:9 aspect ratio: 848 x 480 pixels 30 fps
+ the video recording is in 720p high-definition mode!
+ it has a burst shooting mode of: Full-Resolution Image, 2.5 frames/sec Max. 5 images (Standard mode), Max 3 images (Fine mode)

I could go on for quite a while, but this is more than enough of a teaser to pique your interest.