| | |  | Point-and-shoot Digital Cameras | Home » » » » Panasonic DMC-FZ7 6MP Digital Camera with 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black) | | | | | | | Description: | | The Panasonic Leica DMC-FZ7K 6MP Digital Camera with 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom features a Leica DC Vario-Elmarit Lens with a remarkable 12x optical zoom, equivalent to a 35 to 430 millimeter lens on a 35mm film camera. While a film camera with an optical zoom this powerful would be so big and heavy you couldn't handle it with one hand, the digital Panasonic Leica DMC-FZ7K small, lightweight and easy to handle. It also has Panasonic's Extended Optical Zoom feature. While causing minimal deterioration by using the center part of the high-resolution CCD, this function magnifies the image to give you total zoom power of 17.5x -- roughly equivalent to a huge 1680 millimeter lens on a 35mm camera. The camera also features Panasonic's advanced MEGA Optical Image Stabilizer, which helps eliminate blurry pictures. Jitter from shaky hands is one of the main reasons why cameras produce blurry images. The Panasonic Leica DMC-FZ7K has a built-in gyrosensor that detects any hand movement and relays a signal to a tiny microcomputer inside the camera, which instantly calculates the compensation needed. A linear motor then shifts the Optical Image Stabilizer lens as necessary to guide incoming light from the image straight to the CCD. You won't even notice it working; all you'll see are the outstanding results! The Panasonic Leica DMC-FZ7K also features a large, 2.5-inch diagonal LCD and a Power LCD function. Simply touch the power LCD button, and the display becomes about 40 percent brighter for easier viewing on sunny days. The camera also has the world's first developed high-angle LCD feature, which makes it easier to check the LCD when you need to hold the camera high over a crowd to take a shot. The large LCD lets you check the focus, frame the shot, and use functions like 25-thumbnail display and calendar view in comfort, with no eye strain. In addition, Panasonic has aligned the electronic viewfinder and LCD along the same line of sight to minimize differences in the images you see when framing shots. With mega-burst consecutive shooting, you can snap off up to 14 consecutive shots at a swift 3 frames per second in standard mode. The camera also has unlimited consecutive shooting, so you can keep on shooting until the SD memory card is full. The joystick on the back of the camera gives you quick, easy and accurate manual focusing. You can also use the manual focus assist function, which helps you set a perfect focus by magnifying the center of the LCD image and displaying a bar graph of the focal distance and depth of field. The joystick also makes it easy to manually adjust the exposure and focus. You can set the aperture, shutter speed and focus with your thumb while framing the shot on the LCD monitor. Press and hold down the joystick, and you can also instantly change four key settings -- white balance, ISO sensitivity, image size, and image quality -- while viewing the subject on the monitor. There's no need to switch to the menu screen. What's in the Box
DMC-FZ7K digital camera, battery charger, battery pack, SD memory card (16 MB), lens cap, lens hood and adapter, AV cable, USB cable, and strap. | | | Features: | |
• Leica DC Vario-Element Lens System with 11 elements in 8 groups (3 aspherical lenses/3 aspherical surfaces)
• 12x Optical zoom (equivalent to 36mm to 432mm on a 35mm film camera lens) with aperture of F2.8 to 3.3 & 4x digital zoom
• Compact 6mp camera with Mega Optical Image Stabilization which addresses "anti-blu" of hand & subject movement
• LSI Venus engine II handles image processing, LCD functions, & writing to the memory card simultaneously for incredible responsiveness
• Five software packages included, comes with battery charger& pack, 16MB Sd memoery card, AV cable
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Width:
| 4.4 inches | | Product Height:
| 2.8 inches | | Product Weight:
| 2.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 7.6 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.7 inches | | Package Height:
| 5.5 inches | | Package Weight:
| 2.3 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 151 reviews |
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 Next best thing to a DSLRSep 03, 2010
I used to own a DSLR but for me, it was more of a hassle to lug around all of the equipment that you need to get great photos. I am more of a hobbyist but it was sort of like carrying luggage everywhere you go to shoot. That being said, I set out to find a "super zoom" camera that had lots of manual settings to allow the shooter total control over creativity. I think I have found exactly what I was looking for with this camera. You will be amazed by the zoom on this thing and if you really know how to work a camera, you will be happy with the beautiful pictures that it produces. I just got mine and took it out for some test shots and although I don't know all of the little nuances of this camera, with a little patience I got some nice shots of the city. I have no doubt that once I really get to know my way around this thing, I will be able to produce some excellent work. I really can't say enough about this thing. If you are thinking about buying it, do it. You won't be sorry.
Extremely pleasedApr 26, 2010
I bought this camera several months ago, used from a Amazon seller. And I love this camera, the battery life is long, the image stabilizer is excellent and the auto focus is good. For a point and shoot, its a great buy. I do like Canon camera's creamy background blur, with the Lumix the blurry background is a little more gritty, but if you look at my photos I posted, its not all the bad. The only way to get the background to be blurry, is to have the camera at full zoom. Canon takes better micro shots, this is one area where I think this camera is lacking. As far as low lighted indoor shots, its far better then other point and shoots I've owned, but leaves a little to be desired, which is to be expected. Over all though, this is an AMAZING CAMERA!
 doesn't focus-macro darkMar 28, 2010
We have had this camera for 3 years now and I have, since day one, had trouble getting it to focus properly in many situations. Macro shots haven't worked at all for me. the macro setting makes everything dark and when you stand back and zoom in to try to get a macro, it often won't find the focus. It has taken ok photos much of the time. Put for its price and supposed class it isn't all that great. Our other digital camera is a much older cheaper sony cybershot and it sometimes takes better photos than this one.
One of the BestFeb 20, 2010
I've owned this for a year.. the silver version, DMC-FZ7S, and it's one of the best digital cameras I've had in this price range. Am getting ready to upgrade to another Lumix.. I'm sold on them!
Great camara!Jul 16, 2009
This camara has great resolution,it's light yet powerful enough to take great pictures. Too big to be comfortable for a disney vacation with kids but very good for special ocasions non-vacation pictures.
Does not come with case, you need a big case to be able to store all the gadets included with the camara.
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