Digital Camera Reviews

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 is 8 megapixel camera with 18X optical zoom. These camera features Face Detection, Intelligent Scene Selector and Continuous Auto-focus functions.

This camera has 2.5 inch large LCD with high resolution with 27 MB of internal built-in memory. It is more stylish ,easy to use camera and with advance scene modes.

This camera has six auto-focusing modes whic includes face detection, multi, three-point high-speed, one-point high-speed, one-point normal-speed, and spot.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 Reviews

The Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ18K Review at Cnet writes “Digital camera type: Full body; Resolution: 8.1 megapixels; Optical zoom: 18 x; Display type: 2.5 in LCD display; Flash memory: 27 MB - Integrated “.

In its review of Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ18K , the Tom’s Guide writes and gives its verdict “The contents of the Panasonic DMC-FZ18 box are fairly complete. There’s the usual battery charger, USB cable and user manual. There’s also a wrist strap, an A/V cable and a sunshade for the lens. Panasonic also provides a set of software for viewing, retouching and managing your photos. Behind its austere design, the Panasonic DMC-FZ18 hides impressive high-level performance. Experienced photographers will find a camera that’s the perfect compromise between compact point-and-shoots that are too short of features and SLRs that are too expensive and perhaps over laden with features they will never use”.

In its review of Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ18K , the  Trusted Reviews writes and gives its verdict “The Lumix FZ18 is a very nearly the ultimate super-zoom camera, with good performance and handling, an excellent range of features and a simply astonishing lens, made usable by an equally superb image stabilisation system. However it falls just short of greatness due to the inexplicably small sensor, which in turn leads to image noise and dynamic range issues. It’s still the best 18x super-zoom out there though, at least until September”.

PANASONIC UNVEILS VERSATILE LUMIX DIGITAL CAMERA WITH 18X OPTICAL ZOOM AND 28MM WIDE-ANGLE LEICA DC LENS LUMIX DMC-FZ18, a High-Zoom Camera, Introduces New Intelligent Auto Mode, Featuring Face Detection, Intelligent Scene Selector and Continuous Auto-focus.

SECAUCUS, N.J. (July 24, 2007) – Panasonic today expanded its LUMIX family of digital still cameras with the introduction of the LUMIX DMC-FZ18, an 8.1 Megapixel compact camera with an impressive 18x optical zoom. In addition to a premium 28mm wide-angle LEICA DC lens, the DMC-FX18 joins the LUMIX DMC-FX33 and DMC-FX55 as the first Panasonic digital cameras to offer the revolutionary Intelligent Auto Mode, which include Face Detection, Intelligent Scene Selector and Continuous Auto-focus functions, allowing users to easily capture clear, professional-quality images in any situation or setting. When this powerful camera, with an optical zoom up to 18x, is put into Intelligent Auto Mode, the multi-faceted functions engage automatically, so there is no need to adjust settings every time conditions change. The DMC-FZ18’s intuitive Intelligent Auto Mode is comprised of:

Intelligent Scene Selector, which automatically selects the appropriate scene mode from the most frequently-used modes such as Portrait, Scenery, Macro, Night Scenery and Night Portrait; Face Detection System, which helps the camera to focus, set auto exposure and detects up to 15 human faces capturing them clearly and brightly; and
Continuous Auto-focus, which allows the camera to keep focus on the subject without having to press the shutter button halfway and allowing for the best results out of a shutter chance by minimizing the auto-focus time.
“The Intelligent Auto Mode in the DMC-FZ18 does all the work for you, making photo-taking trouble-free,” noted Alex Fried, National Marketing Manager, Imaging, Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company. “When taking into account the camera’s 18x optical zoom, which is among the industry’s longest zooms, and then adding 8.1 Megapixels, a 28mm wide-angle lens, MEGA Optical Image Stabilization, and Intelligent Auto Mode, the DMC-FZ18 delivers professional-level photo quality, in a powerful camera packed with advanced features that is still easy to use.” Similar to the entire 2007 line of LUMIX digital still cameras, the camera sports advanced countermeasures against blurring – the Intelligent Image Stabilization system, which combines MEGA Optical Image Stabilization (O.I.S.) to compensate for hand-shake and Intelligent ISO Control to detect and adjust for motion blur caused by subject movement.

The LUMIX DMC-FZ18 also is equipped with a 2.5-inch large, high resolution LCD with 207,000 pixels, a 0.44-inch Electric Viewfinder with 188,000 pixels, f/2.8 brightness and is powered by the high-quality, high-performance, Venus Engine III, which boasts shooting at ISO 1600 in normal recording mode. The DMC-FZ18 has been redesigned to make the camera more stylish and easier to use. The auto focus, auto exposure lock, and Macro buttons are now independent, to allow quick and direct operation, a metal-finished mode dial adds design strength and an enhanced rubber grip makes the camera easier to hold. The redesigned body also incorporates the joystick made popular by the DMC-FZ8 model, which enables a host of settings, such as manual focusing and exposure, to be done quickly and easily. Other advanced features of the LUMIX DMC-FZ18 include:

Custom Setting Mode that memorizes your frequent setting patterns for instance use applied by simply selecting this function on the mode dial.

1920 x 1080 pixel photos ideal for full-screen viewing on a wide-screen HDTV.

Six auto-focusing methods including: face detection, multi, three-point high-speed, one-point high-speed, one-point normal-speed, and spot. With the one-point auto-focus or spot auto-focus method, the auto-focusing area can be chosen from as many as 11 points with the joystick or cursor button.

Advanced Scene Modes provide users more control over some frequently-used scene modes such as, indoor and outdoor modes when selecting portrait or sports mode and nature or architecture settings when selecting portrait mode.

Bundled SILKYPIX Developer Studio 2.0SE software application for editing and developing images in the RAW file format.

27 MB of built-in memory: Perfect for backing up SDHC/SD Memory Card recording. *

Extra Optical Zoom feature extends zoom power to 28.7x at 3 Megapixels.

Compatibility with large-capacity SDHC memory cards.

Title Edit Function allows inputting of text and additional picture information.

Picture Playback by category: Sorts images into categories such as portraits, landscapes, nightscapes, events and motion pictures. Also, allows slideshow playback of images in the same category.

Optional accessories including a tele-conversion lens, close-up lens, ND filter, MC protector, lens adaptor, AC adaptor, battery pack, soft case and camera Bag.

Available in two colors: silver and black.

The LUMIX DMC-FZ18 will be available in September 2007 for an MSRP of $399.95.

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