Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS15 12MP Digital Camera with 5x MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD
- 12.1-megapixel resolution captures enough detail for poster-size prints
- 5x MEGA optical image-stabilized zoom; 29mm wide-angle Leica DC Vario-Elmar lens
- Intelligent Auto (iA) mode; Face Detection
- 2.7-inch LCD screen
- Capture images to SD/SDHC memory cards (not included)
Product Description
12.1-megapixel effective recording * 5X optical zoom (4X digital/20X total zoom) * 2-11/16″ LCD screen with automatic 9-step brightness adjustment * optical image stabilization * wide-angle lens for shooting landscapes and large groups * 35mm equivalent focal length: 29-145mm * top JPEG resolution: 4000 x 3000 * face detection adjusts focus and exposure settings for better portraits *
Seemed a great little camera .. until it stopped working after a week of use. Simply doesn’t switch on anymore (and this is not a battery problem). First time this happened to me with a digital camera.
Panasonic replaces not with a new but with a refurbished model (equal or similar).
Rating: 1 / 5
When I saw the Costco coupon, I read all the reviews here and thought it was a great buy. Until I used it the first day to capture the tarpon rolling in Boca Grande. What no optical viewfinder? Had no idea that has become an optional “feature”. I aimed the camera, and had no idea what I was capturing. Can’t see the LCD screen in sunlight.
Several times it just wouldn’t take the picture — wasn’t too close or out of battery. And shots under shaded trees were not exposed correctly at all. I tried using IA after the normal shot looked too dark — and that only made the outcome worse.
The reason I want to replace my old camera is to get faster shutter speed and a slimmer design. The shutter speed still isn’t fast enough (do I have to go back to film?) and the size savings over the 4 year old camera is not significant enough.
I’m returning it.
Rating: 2 / 5
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS15 12MP Digital Camera with 5x MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD (Silver)
I had been waiting for this new Lumix Camera to be released, and the day it became available (April 1, 2009), I ordered it from Amazon. Amazingly, it arrived the next day. The camera itself has proved wonderful, easily used and easily learned.
The camera is great; the Amazon delivery and service wonderful.
Rating: 5 / 5
This is a good camera to carry around, not to big or expensive that you worry about it on vacations. Takes good pictures, my wife complains that the zoom could be better. I did manage to take pictures of everybody a few too many times on Thanksgiving, hope they invite me back for Christmas.
Rating: 4 / 5
Got this camera to always have something available for the everyday photo ops and it has not let me down. Very easy to use and understand. Havent found anything I dont like yet.
Rating: 5 / 5