Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX580 / DMC-FX550 Reviews

Expert review by: Tim Barribeau (digitalcamerainfo.com)

DMC-FX580

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX580 is a $400 point-and-shoot that brings extensive manual controls, a touch-screen interface and wide-angle lens to the table. While we were highly impressed by the level of control while shooting, the image quality was...

Our view on the FX580 is split. On one hand, we absolutely love the manual controls. Manual, aperture-priority, and shutter-priority shooting modes. Tweakable white balance. Auto exposure bracketing. Adjustable noise compensation, sharpness, saturation...

Aug, 2009

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Expert review by: Jeremy Stamas (digitalcamerainfo.com)

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX580 First Impressions Digital Camera Review

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX580 is a compact digital camera that hosts a reasonable number of manual controls along with lots of automated settings and scene modes. The camera has a 5x optical zoom and can capture 12 megapixel images at its highest...

The Panasonic DMC-FX580 strikes a nice middle ground between having manual control options and also including plenty of automated scene modes and settings. The large LCD screen looks wonderful, but you could run into some trouble with glare on a very...

Mar, 2009

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Expert review by: Jeff Keller (dcresource.com)

Lumix DMC-FX580

($399) may look like Just Another Ultra-Compact Camera, but it has two features that most cameras in its class do not. The first is a 3-inch touchscreen LCD display. While many camera manufacturers have touchscreen cameras, the FX580 is somewhat unique...

5X optical zoom lens with wide 25 - 125 mm range ; Optical image stabilization ; Ultra-compact body, comes in silver and black ; Large, 3-inch touchscreen LCD with good outdoor and low light visibility ; Well designed touchscreen UI (most of the time);...

Noisy images, even at lowest ISO; noise reduction eats away at fine and low contrast detail ; Camera tends to overexpose, and frequently clips highlights ; Poor low light focusing ; Color cast in unusual lighting ; Slow startup and zoom speeds ; Videos...

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX580 was a camera that I really wanted to love. Not for its touchscreen interface (though Panasonic did a good job with that), but for its manual controls. Unfortunately, things didn't work out between us: the FX580's mediocre...

Sep, 2009

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Expert review by: Tim Barribeau (washingtonpost.com)

Panasonic DMC-FX580

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX580 takes all the manual controls that power users so adore, combines them with an effective touch-screen augmented interface, and packs it all into a relatively small camera. Unfortunately, as much as we love some of the...

The Panasonic's claim to fame is the extensive manual control you have over the shooting experience. It has a number of settings that usually are only found on SLRs. It's not very common to see a point-and-shoot camera with manual shooting mode,...

Aug, 2009

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Expert review by: J. Keenan (digitalcamerareview.com)

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX580 Review

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX580 strikes a nice balance between integrated touch screen functionality and good old-fashioned physical buttons.

Manual controls ; Good build quality ; Nice image quality

Poor at high ISO ; Short flash range ; Cost

Not the best camera in the class (and not the worst), it remains to be seen if the touch screen features are enough of a draw to pull buyers to a camera with essentially average overall performance in a crowded field of competitors.

Aug, 2009

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Expert review by: Tim Barribeau (reviewed.com)

Panasonic DMC-FX580

We were impressed by the level of control, but image quality was overall sub-par

Oodles of manual controls

Poor color accuracy; High noise above ISO 400; Unimpressive sharpness

Our view on the FX580 is split. On one hand, we absolutely love the manual controls. Manual, aperture-priority, and shutter-priority shooting modes. Tweakable white balance. Auto exposure bracketing. Adjustable noise compensation, sharpness, saturation...

Aug, 2009

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Consumer review by: Keith (dpreview.com)

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX580

Ordered the FX550 I odered to replace my beloved FX100 that I've had with me pretty much at all times since October 200... which has caused it to age too quickly with "stains" at full zoom that mar the pictures. One of the features I like best on...

Mar, 2009

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Amazon review summary for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX580 / DMC-FX550

alaTest has collected and analyzed 32 user reviews of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX580 / DMC-FX550 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products on Amazon.com.

portability, performance, screen, flash, lens

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72% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

May, 2013

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Consumer review by: Jonluk (amazon.com)

is a great small camera

I have a Nikon D5000 but it is a hassle to take sometimes. This is a great size that takes great pictures. If anything it does too much. There are a lot of features that confuse me sometimes, but "I make it work"

Aug, 2012

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Consumer review by: J. ONeill "Jim" (amazon.com)

Great camera, especially for persons with disability especially when fine motors skills are an issue

I recommend this camera. The touchscreen menus make it easy to change settings with ease. Alternatively, you have the option to let the camera to do the work (AE mode) and it will not let you down. The camera is well constructed, really compact, and...

Jun, 2011

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