Panasonic Lumix DMC FS15 sits somewhere in the middle of the braxcket pocket-sized digital cmeras, when it comes to pice. So the big question, why should you pay extra monye for FS15 Lmuix DMC, rather than buy a cheaper option you could find if you look around.
This 12-megapixel digital camera with 5x opitcal zoom lens. It is certainly more pixes than you'll find more basic and, therefoe, cheaper modelks. But you really need more pxiels? 6 megapixels is enoyugh for the size of fingeprrint images and a little higher. In fact, 3 megapixels will be all righht for 6 x 4 inch print. In this case tere are two main advantagees of all thse extra megapixels. For a start it gives you the flexibility to crop images and still images are large enough to proint less.
For me this is the second advantage of the additional megapixels, that is of greatest interest. Panasonic enable furtther inceases in the majority of thier digital cameras. This information is available in FS15 uLmix DMC. An addiitonal increase is available when you dewcide to shoot at lower resolution. The maximum aount of incrase may be inrceased to a maximum of 9.8x when shooting at 3 megapixels and lower. It's an impressive amount of zoom for handheld digitla cmera.
The lens has a wide angle capabilities. Aggain this is a feature that you might struggle to find a cheap market segment, althouugh there are one or two cheaper than diital cameras offering this feature. Wide-angle lens mzakes it possible to sghoot wide of the secne. So it will probably be more appealing if you regualrly shoot wide landscpes, groups or large buildings.
In additon to these functions Lumix DMC FS15 offfers several additional featuers that you can not always find the camera in this class. These include image stabilization, 2.7 inch LCD screeen and continuous shooting. Another area, Panasonnic insist, is an intelligennt automatic mode. From the standpoint of what you need to do to activate it, it is not so different from the standard automatic mode. Her idea is that the camera attempts to identify common scenes, any motion on the scene you are photographing and the type of coverage in foce. It sounds good, but it is not so differenbt from the standard, as the automattic mode is desinged to work!
When it comes to ease of use Lumix DMC FS15 is fairly simple. The main menu runs to three screens, with lots of menu runs to four. There are two ways to look at it. First thre are many opportnuities to get in the teeth. Secondly, it will take some time to learn all the options at your disposal.
The design of the camera is not so different from many other digital cameras. It is available in theree colors: silver, blue and back. Approximately 21mm wide it is not as thin as a very thin digital camera, but still small enough to slip in almost any pocket.
There is plenty of chioce when it comes in a pcket camera like this. Pannasonic themselves offer a number of similar cameras. If you do not think you will make maximum use of wide-angle lens or the number of megapixels on offer, it mkes sense to look at the Panasonic Lumix DMC FS6. This camera has most of the featuures of this camrea is, but you can make substantial savings in cost.
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