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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS5 Reviews Analysis
Digital camera - compact - 10.1 Mpix - optical zoom: 4 x - supported memory: MMC, SD, SDHC - silver More product details
242 reviews
November, 2009
- OVERVIEW
- EXPERT REVIEWS (21)
- USER REVIEWS (221)
- REVIEW ANALYSIS
- PRICES
- DETAILS
What people think about the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS5: (BETA!)
We compute this summary by analyzing 242 reviews from across the web.
image quality
5
- Movie picture and sound quality not so good
- Movie picture and sound quality not so good, get better on my 3meg Canon Sureshot
- Ease of use - design and build quality - automatic features - overall picture quality - wide screen movies
- Great image quality for vacation pics
- Image quality is excellent
- Image quality is excellent, something you come to expect from a quality Leica lens
- Photo quality is very good
- Photo quality is very good, intuitive menus
- Great quality pictures
- Quality of pictures
price
4.5
- price and quality of images
- Ease of use, price and quality of images
focus
1.5
- focus is very slow
- focus is very slow, practically unuseable with zoom on
- fast to focus in comparison to my D400 with a basic f4.5-5.6 lens
lens
5
- Camera is reasonably quick shoot, fast to focus in comparison to my D400 with a basic f4.5-5.6 lens
- something you come to expect from a quality Leica lens
- good quality lens
zoom
0.5
- Easy Zoom seems pointless
- Occasionally lethargic response times, Easy Zoom seems pointless
- practically unuseable with zoom on
- extended optical zoom
- compact, extended optical zoom
memory
0.5
- Switching between memory on card and in phone causes concern - seems like pictures lost sometimes
LCD
3.5
- Small LCD screen
- Minimal manual controls, Small LCD screen, Overall lack of advanced features
- LCD could be larger
- FS20 is large screen model
- the disply screen is very easy to damage if not handled with care
- good quality LCD screen
- Improved Intelligent Auto mode, vibrant 10.1Mp images, good quality LCD screen
- Crytal clear LCD
- clear LCD good face tracking function
design
3
- less than glamorous styling
- compact design
- Great quality pictures, compact design
video
0.5
- In video mode there is no zooming function during recording
- At least I could not do it during the recording at the time
shutter
0.5
- Shutter delay could be that little bit faster
- Can't control apeture and shutter speed manually
usability
5
- Minimal manual controls
- Almost too small to use with one hand
- Easy to use to take great picture
- easy to use
- compact, easy to use
- I bought this as a simple point and shoot for my wife
- I bought this as a simple point and shoot for my wife, what we got was much more
- Ease of use
- Very easy to use
appearance
0.5
- photos look dark
flash
0.5
- Poor focussing in low light even with AF assist lamp on
- Flash can be a little dim when the battery starts to go
battery
3.5
- The battery/ connectors covers look a bit flimsy so care needs to be taken
- Battery does not last long only about 100 shots
- The battery life is also very good
- The battery life is also very good, charged it once so far and only needs charging now some 30 + days later and 200 shots on
- battery life
- Quality of pictures, ease of use, battery life
resolution
5
- full-resolution burst mode
build quality
0.5
- Build:feels cheap and nasty
menu
3
- Menu system better on Canon
- Menu system better on Canon, accessing ISO settings is more time consuming on the Lumix than on the Canon, but most point and shoot users won't carew about this
- handy shooting menu
sound
0.5
- Sound on movie capture
- Sound on movie capture, lighting settings
reception
0.5
- Face detection sometimes not as good as it should be
portability
5
- A slim case would be a useful inclusion in the package
- Compact size
- Small and light
- It is very portable, has a lot of features,and takes quality photographs
- compact
size
0.5
- Won't go any smaller if you have normal size hand
remote control
0.5
- No manual control
- no control for speed
- no control for speed, apature
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