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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS20 Reviews Analysis
Digital camera - compact - 10.1 Mpix - optical zoom: 4 x - supported memory: MMC, SD, SDHC - silver More product details
123 reviews
November, 2009
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What people think about the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS20: (BETA!)
We compute this summary by analyzing 123 reviews from across the web.
image quality
5
- Image quality also gets 1 because I can control the image quality if I cannot read the menus and I am not satisfied with just an all-auto mode
- picture quality with high ISO
- shorter battery life,picture quality with high ISO
- Excellent image-stabilisation system
- Good quality images
- Intelligent Auto is genuinely intelligent, Good quality images
- Excellent image-stabilization system
- Optical image-stabilization
- Ease of use - design and build quality - automatic features - overall picture quality - wide screen movies
- flexible and provides sharp quality pictures
- Loads of good photo options
- Takes great quality pictures Video quality is also excellent
- and takes quality photographs
price
0.5
- Too much price premium for too few upgrades
- I should have gone for the Canon at the same price
- the price has gone down wayyy much
- Value for money
- Poor quality pictures for the price
- price
- Ease of use, great pictures, high end features, durability, price
- Poor quality pictures for the price, slow, poor focusing, fuzzy, too contrasty
performance
0.5
- Macro mode is slightly slow
- Eventhough that I used open as WMP, it still ran slow and kept on breaking
- slow
- slow, fussy pics all the time
- shutter speed slow
- Fast
- fast powering-up
color
2
- Washed-out color reproduction
- EDIT: I've actually found that switching the colour mode to "Vivid" resolves this
- Good color
- Good color, minimal processing
lens
4.5
- Wide-angle lens isn't as wide as on the Lumix FX series
- The auto shake reduction is not a true anti-shake system
- Thoroughly impressive lens sharpness
- Attractive design -Optical image stabilization -Large 3-inch LCD -Easy to read menu system -Fast
- Attractive design -Optical image stabilization -Large 3-inch LCD -Easy to read menu system -Fast, accurate autofocus -Three aspect shooting ratios (16:9, 4;3, 3:2)
zoom
3
- Small zoom ring
- Small zoom ring, Macro mode is slightly slow
- Easy Zoom seems pointless
- 5x optical zoom
- Nice body, Big LCD, 5x optical zoom, excellent macro
- The 5x optical zoom is more useful than the usual 3x
LCD
5
- good quality LCD screen
- large, good quality LCD screen
- 3-inch LCD adjusts screen brightness based on lighting
- Big, 3-inch LCD adjusts screen brightness based on lighting
- large LCD
- excellent LCD
- 3 inch lcd
- Large LCD's
- COOL Design,Sleek Model, Joystick controls,Large LCD's
- Big LCD
- Big LCD display
- Big LCD display, fast powering-up, 5x optical zoom
- 3.0" LCD
- 3.0" LCD, full on-board setting display
video
1.5
- Video format is QuickTime
- the motion picture (video capture
- Clear video @ 848 x 480
design
5
- COOL Design
menu
0.5
- i bought this in june of 08 and now it has gone down roughly 50+ dollars
- No English menu no useful support from Panasonic
- I give 1 for construction because the one I bought had a menu downgrade built in and did not comply with specifications published in English
- good menu
- Small, large LCD, good battery, good menu
build quality
5
- durable
- durability
shutter
0.5
- Occasionally lethargic shutter response times
- Occasionally lethargic shutter response times, Easy Zoom seems pointless, not compatible with FS5 marine case
- Shutter delay could be that little bit faster
- It merely increases the ISO and hence shutter speed automatically, resulting in higher noise
usability
4
- Tiny buttons and lack of main mode dial -Ineffective joystick control instead of a four-way controller -Lack of comfortable grip / handling that previous Panasonic point-and-shoots possess -Limited manual controls -Near-$300 price tag
- I only use this for picture taking anyway
- Ease of use when menus are unreadable is definitely 1
- easy-to-use joystick for navigating menus
- Large, easy-to-use joystick for navigating menus
- Easy to use
- Very easy to use and the photo modes make taking excellent photos easy
- simple
- and more simple
- Fast, clear, precise, affordable, durable, simple, simple, and more simple
- Ease of use
- Joystick controls
- good quality of images easy to use
interface
5
- user-friendliness
flash
0.5
- Questionable flash pictures
viewfinder
0.5
- no optical view finder
appearance
5
- Sleek Model
exposure
5
- Multiple Exposure modes - 10.1 Megapixel - Large viewing screen
sensor
0.5
- red eye
battery
2
- Battery life may not be enough for some
- Battery power
- Battery power,Pics slightly underexposed when using IA mode in bright sunlight
- shorter battery life
- good battery
- battery life long
screen
5
- very large display
- full on-board setting display
remote control
5
- Joystick control
sound
0.5
- was okay quality and poor sound
portability
5
- Compact
- Compact, flexible and provides sharp quality pictures
- It is very portable
- It is very portable, has a lot of features,and takes quality photographs
size
2.5
- Images are a little soft
- Picture colours seem a little warmer than real life, but still a few scene modes to try out
- large
- Big
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