Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX500 - Expert Reviews

Pros: Excellent design ; advanced shooting options ; good use of touch-screen interface ; 25mm wide-angle lens ; 720p movie capture

Cons: Noticeable shutter lag ; controls take some getting used to ; no optical zoom in Movie mode

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Review summary: The Panasonic FX500 marks something of a first for the company, being the first Lumix-series digital camera to include a touch-screen LCD display. This not only helps keep the number of external control buttons to a minimum, but also helps to free up ...

Pros: Excellent build quality ; 5x wide-angle optical zoom ; Joystick makes navigating the LCD menu simple ; Quick Menu function keeps most-used features a button press away ; Maximum Auto ISO can be restricted to 400, 800, or 1,600 ; Adjustable noise ...

Cons: That bizarre digital zoom arrangement Panasonic prefers which makes you change image size to zoom in ; Touch screen isn't really necessary (except to choose a Record mode) ; Intelligent Auto is sluggish ; Flat color gets overprocessed ; Very high ...

Verdict: Should you want a little more reach than the zoom lens can provide, the Panasonic FX500 features a 4:3 aspect ratio CCD image sensor with 10.1 effective megapixel resolution that should give plenty of room for cropping while still leaving enough ...

Review summary: With a solid, metal body, the Panasonic FX500 is a handsome 10-megapixel pocket digital camera with a secret: its 3-inch LCD is also a touchscreen, with which you can actually select what object you want to focus on with a simple touch. But that's ...

Review summary: The Lumix FX500 has a Venus Engine IV image processor which has a very fast response time. At the burst mode, it can fire an approximately 6 frames per second continuously which is twice the speed of the low 3 fps speed in most compact digital camera. ...

Review summary: The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX500 is a 10.1 megapixel digital camera with 5x optical zoom. It is designed to take high quality photos and to make organizing and sorting photos easier. The FX500 features a 3-inch touch-screen LCD, intelligent exposure, ...

Verdict: SECAUCUS, NJ (March 18, 2008) - Panasonic today announces the Lumix DMC-FX500, the company's first digital camera with a 3-inch touch-screen LCD - also featuring a 25mm ultra-wide-angle Leica DC lens, 5x optical zoom and 10.1 megapixels. With a dual ...