 "Great camera - no brain necessary" | 2008-10-13 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2LP6B7J28C970 |
| I bought this camera for the 18xzoom which is just great! It also works well for the "point and shoot" at close or far range and if you wish to do the adjustments yourself, you can. It is light enough to wear around your neck when travelling and the photos I developed had wonderful detail, close or far. Great buy for just over $300. |
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| "Lumix FX28K A Great Camera" | 2008-10-13 |
| - Reviewed By User: AY4SAOD3TQEID |
| I was looking for a camera with a super zoom (18X), little shutter lag (which has always bugged me with digitals), relatively light, RAW photo capability, image stability, face recognition and large LCD screen. This camera was one of the few that gave me all of those features plus a series of menu screens that are intuitive and easy to follow. Have used this camera for several months and so far have found it to live up to all its promises. Looking forward to taking into the Amazon (the river) next month. |
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 "Versatile Camera!" | 2008-10-13 |
| - Reviewed By javaking_1000 |
I have had my FZ28 for about 3 weeks now and I am very happy with it. This is an extremely versatile camera with very good image quality. The highpoint of the camera for me is the huge zoom range it is capable of. The image stabilization works wonders at full telephoto (18x), and sharp, hand held shots in average light are very possible, if not routine.
So far I have taken mostly outdoor landscape, and full zoom photos of wildlife. The landscape images are sharp and well exposed. I had a little more trouble with the full telephoto wildlife shots as many of these were taken in less than full sunlight conditions resulting in less sharpness and less color saturation than I like. I was able to do some post processing and improve many of them, though. I'm hoping as I use the camera more my technique will improve and I can get sharper telephoto shots.
I also had the opportunity to use my FZ28 at a dimly lit coffee house to shoot some video and stills of a friend playing live acoustic guitar. I really wasn't able to get any infocus stills because I didn't want to use a flash and disturb the performer or the other patrons during the performance. I did take about 7 minutes total of high def video by placing the camera on the table in front of me. I was very pleased with the results. Fairly smooth video capture and decent sound considering how little light was available. I am going to make a DVD of the videos for my friend.
I have also shot some macro photos with impressive results. This thing focuses so close it is like having a 10MP microscope! My friend asked me to take an extreme close up of his eyeball (weird, I know). His ophthalmologist has got nothing on these photos! They are amazing. I converted the photo to black and white and cropped it super close for him. He has it as his desktop background on a 22" monitor! Very striking.
The reason I didn't give this camera five stars is there is a fair amount of noise present in all photos even at low ISO settings. I have a large format 13" x 19" printer so I am more aware than most people of the effects of noise on a large printed photo. I have to do a fair amount of software smoothing (which results in a loss of detail) to be able to print clean photos at that size.
In addition to the noise problem, I also have had some issues with recording video with the camera (or subject) in motion. If I slowly walk around my apartment taking video in average daylight the camera has a very hard time following the motion and staying in focus, especially if I zoom in and out some. I love the HD video option but I am disappointed the output isn't a little better. Also, it is important to buy the fastest SD card you can afford. I have an "A-Data" 8GB Class 6 "Turbo" SDHC card (cheap: $17.50) and I have had the camera stop after recording about 45 seconds of HD video, and give me an error message saying my card is not fast enough to keep up with the video capture. This only happens occasionally and I think it must depend on what you are taking the video of. I didn't have any trouble taking video at the dimly lit coffeehouse but I got these errors outdoors at full zoom while taking a video of a seagull having a snack.
Even with those 2 problems I heartily recommend this camera, and from what I have read it is the best in the long zoom consumer camera category. |
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| "Gift" | 2008-10-12 |
| - Reviewed By User: ANZH5BGLT9TFL |
| I bought this camera as a gift for my girlfriend who loves this camera. It takes fantastic pictures with excellent quality. I also preferred this camera to others as the glass is leica quality... for those of u who don't understand that. well leica also makes super high quality microscopes for medical personnel- that means they know what they're doing. A lens is uber important for pics. The ease of use of this camera is point and shoot but you can alter the settings extensively so that it becomes akin to a manual. It also looks great and zooms well. I'm considering buying one for myself actually. |
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| "U cnt get Wrong with this one" | 2008-10-12 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1M9LZECNHWLLH |
| Just got the camera 3 days back, its a Flawless camera with No match !! Takes stunning picture with real good shutter speed. Overall I am very much satisfied and truly this is one of my Best camera ever bought by me. I highly recommend this to anyone who wants a great camera with real good zoom !!! Just go for it, I assure you, you wouldn't regret !! |
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| "FZ28 small camera that does it all!!!@@" | 2008-10-05 |
| - Reviewed By kool100vr4 |
| HI.br /I started out years ago with FZ10 then to FZ15, FZ20(2), FZ7, FZ30, FZ50, last month i accidently dropped my FZ50 in the water on my trip in Thailand on a canoe trip, its now malfunction, SO!, i need a new FZ!!br /i came to the newly FZ28, i bought it about 10 days ago, with no surprise, FZ28 is smallest in FZ series that i've owned, but it packs with heavy fearures, the wide angle at 27mm i really need, the tele at farther at 486mm is needed too. Still got LEICA lens at f2.8, great!!br /WELL, i shot about 500 shots already, it produces nice pictures as its brothers, with lesser noise, i have shot at 1600iso too, very useable images with some noise reduction in CS3. br /Images still razor sharp, clean and bright. I do use custom white balance 1 2, 1 i set for outdoors, 2 i set for indoor.very happy with the results. Amazing small camera that does it all, excepts it does not have external flash, i missed that hotshoe mount.br /The lens hood is too big for the body size, it will block some of the popup flash, so you need to remove the hood before use the pop up flash.br /A great everyday camera and for travel.br /I paid 312$ here thru Amazon, good deal..br /Dont think twice, buy it!!!br / |
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| "High Achiever" | 2008-10-04 |
| - Reviewed By User: AVHCGZQP16VZK |
| Very sharp lens and takes filters. Exceptional ability to lock focus even on extended telephoto and, in my case, on a moving platform ( a lobster boat in Maine ) The IA feature is also extremely effective - having been a manual film camera user, then a SLR and DSLR user I do not recall ever having left a camera on automatic - this was a first for me. Exposure compensation through a dedicated button was also helpful - indeed the use of dedicated buttons for a number of functions, in addition to the usual menu access made me feel quite at home. Good work Panasonic. |
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| "Panasonic DMC-FZ28K Camera" | 2008-10-03 |
| - Reviewed By User: A11VHVZH66WZR4 |
| The camera was purchased from Vanns through Amazon. It was exactly as advertised, in its original packaging, and arrived in perfect condition and on schedule. Vanns kept me apprised via 3 emails of its progress at every step with the 3rd email providing access to complete tracking information. br /This was a replacement for a Panasonic DMC-FZ8K Camera whch I have used for about 2 years and which performed well for me. The FZ28K is the third and newest model in the series and offers many improvements which I am now enjoying. It has a very impressive set of features which allow virtually complete control of picture-taking but will do it all for you if you're in a hurry with its point-and-shoot mode labeled iA (or intelligent Auto) mode. |
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| "Great Camera" | 2008-10-03 |
| - Reviewed By User: A288NATJBJ42VB |
| This is a great camera. We are so happy with it. The video is also great and we don't need to buy another camcorder.br / |
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| "So far really good" | 2008-09-30 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1JB6K8WO8AEV5 |
| After many hours of research and reading many blogs and reviews, I decided this camera was the one for me. I previously owned an Olympus ultra-zoom and knew the ultra-zoom category was where I felt comfortable for an everyday camera. I was looking for a camera that takes SLR quality pictures but is smaller and lighter so I can take it with me in my purse. The FZ28 lives up to the great reviews. I've owned the camera about a month so I will post a more in-depth review in the future. Here are the things I've noticed so far: br /br /(+) Very easy to learn and use, manual was actually very helpful br /(+) Intelligent mode is very smart br /(+) Takes sharp photos in quick motion br /(+) Low noise in my indoor pictures, especially compared to my Olympus br /(+) Outstanding quality for the price - most pics rival my dad's D200, I spent $1000 less br /(-) I haven't found anything negative about the camera yetbr /br /My camera came with a lens cap, lens strap, camera strap, lens hood adapter ring (for taking pictures in bright sun), battery, USB cable, and AV cables for hooking up to a TV. I purchased it soon after the camera was released in August through Vanns on Amazon. There was a shipping issue with UPS Vanns was top-notch - their customer service was very helpful and quick to respond to fix the situation. br /br /More in-depth update to come ... |
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