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Storage media: MultiMedia Card, Optical zoom: 5x, Sensor resolution: 10.1 Megapixels, Weight: 155g, Digital zoom: 4x ...
9.3 out of 10

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- - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX500 (silver) review Evaluation 3.5 out of 5
  - Source: cnet.com
- Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX500 (silver) review
  
  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
  
  Verdict: Thank you for helping us maintain CNET's great community.
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- - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX500 Digital Camera - First Shots - The Imaging Resource! Evaluation 0 out of 5
  - Source: imaging-resource.com
- Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX500 Digital Camera - First Shots - The Imaging Resource!
  
  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 ...
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- - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX500 Digital Camera - Review Evaluation 0 out of 5
  - Source: imaging-resource.com
- Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX500 Digital Camera - Review
  
  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 ...
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- - Panasonic Lumix FX500: Intelligent Digital Compact Camera Evaluation 0 out of 5
  - Source: cgena.com
- Panasonic Lumix FX500: Intelligent Digital Compact Camera
  
  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. ...
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- - Panasonic Lumix FX500 Review: Intelligent Digital Compact Camera Evaluation 0 out of 5
  - Source: cgena.com
- Panasonic Lumix FX500 Review: Intelligent Digital Compact Camera
  
  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. ...
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