Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX35 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: As a point-and-shoot with excellent automatic capabilities, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX35 is magnificent. With its innovative wide-angle Leica lens, this compact offers a truly hands-off experience, and its excellent performance will produce super images

Pros: Excellent wide-angle lens; accessible controls; clever automatic modes

Cons: Not enough manual control

Verdict: The Lumix DMC-FX35 is another success from Panasonic, a unique 25mm wide-angle lens coupled with competent automatic modes and effective image stabilisation. The sleek shape and accessible controls make this an all-round excellent point-and-shoot

Review summary: Panasonic's FX line has been known for its superb features-in fact, most of its cameras have capabilities not seen in competing models. And the new FX35 (the follow-up to the FX55) has a lot to offer, like a new 4.4mm to 17.6mm wide-angle Leica lens (35mm

Pros: 25mm wide-angle lens. Intelligent LCD. Intelligent Auto mode has been improved. Very little noise at high ISO settings.

Cons: No joystick controller like on other F-series cameras. Small 2.5-inch LCD. No optical viewfinder. Flash underexposes images.

Verdict: With the latest model in its FX line, Panasonic has added some nice features but also took out its excellent joystick controller. This move lands the camera right back in the middle of the pack of midrange pocket shooters.

Pros: Tasteful, solid design, Versatile wide-angle lens, Helpful Intelligent Scene Selector, Tasteful, solid design

Cons: Erratic Macro mode, Noisy images at higher ISOs, Fixed focus and zoom in Movie mode

Verdict: Panasonic crams a lot into the Lumix DMC-FX35, including an expansive zoom range that's perfect for landscape photos and an innovative Intelligent Scene Selector. However, its overall picture quality was inconsistent, keeping the FX35 from being a top pic

Review summary: Since the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX35 was released in January, the buzz on this camera has focused on the lens. Sure, having a 25mm wide-angle on a compact camera is impressive, even class-leading, but there's a lot more to the FX35 than wide-angle shooting.

Review summary: The Lumix DMC-FX35 features a 2.5 inch LCD (230,000 pixels), 50 megabytes of internal memory, digital red eye correction, intelligent ISO, intelligent scene selector,