Product Description: Panasonic's new DMC-FZ28 boasts a premium 27mm wide-angle LEICA lens with an 18x optical zoom, ideal for tight indoor shots and long-distance action photos. The 10.1 megapixel digital camera also features an enhanced Intelligent Auto Mode (iA), with the new AF (auto focus) Tracking function, making it easier for photographers at any level to shoot sharp, well-focused photos, even when the subject is moving -- making it ideal for action shots.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Great features, good interface
SUMMARY
This is a great tweener camera that combines an excellent wide-angle lens with great optical zoom capability. It's got image stabilization and all the features you expect from a modern digital camera. You feel like you're using one of those pricier DSLRs, but it's sold at the price point of a P&S.
PROS
Great quality lens and pictures. Focus is sharp, colors are realistic, and the flash is more powerful than what you get on more compact point-and-shoots. Good build quality, feels sturdy but not too heavy; comes with a nice locking lens cap that doesn't come off accidentally. Good battery life.
CONS
The Lumix FZ28 is kind of big for a point-and-shoot, and if I'm going to lug around something like that, I want a real DSLR. The screen is not as large or as nice as those on some of the other newer cameras. The zoom is a little hard to control in tiny amounts (you may overzoom and have to go back a little).
Rating: - great for the money
i like the camera so far. the only drawback has been indoor picture quality. unless you have a great indoor lighting arrangement, it's hard to get an amazing picture with the auto function (which sucks because that's when i take most of the pictures of family & friends). to compensate, i will use more of the manual settings in the future totry and create a better picture. however, i used it outdoors and at night to take some awesome pictures. the nightime setting for "illumination" took absolutely amazing pictures of christmas lights around the city. i also took some awesome day-time shots of the mountains near my home and used the zoom to get some pretty tight shots (love the zoom).
Rating: - excellent camera
its a grand camera, much better than my former point and shoot film camera. excellent focus, pictures, movies, special effects,etc. no problems whatsoever. very happy i purchased through amazon--made my christmas very happy.
Rating: - wonderful camera
I love this camera. It takes amazing pictures; I love the zoom. I am interested in learning more about photography and wanted a camera that could grow with me a bit. It can take a while to set up (especially if you don't know what you're doing), but it has the intellegent auto available for quick pics. It is threaded for filters, though I haven't purchased any. I'm looking forward to learning how to use all the features.
Rating: - Incomplete
Before purchasing this item I contacted the manufacturer to see if a charger and carrying case were included with the product. After confirming that they were, I purchased the item from Amazon. When I received the product, there was no carrying case.
I emailed my complaint to Amazon but got no response.
- Great features, good interface
- great for the money
