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Panasonic FX12 review at PhotographyBLOG
Mark Peters : May 25th 2007 - 12:31 CET
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 Panasonic FX12 at PhotographyBLOG : DIWA member Mark Goldstein from PhotographyBLOG has reviewed the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX12 digital compact camera. The Panasonic FX12 features a superb optical 3x zoom (35-105mm, on a 35mm film camera equivalent) Leica DC lens with f/2.8 brightness, Panasonic’s ingenious anti blur systems - MEGA O.I.S and Intelligent ISO control. Comprising seven elements in six groups, including three lenses with three aspherical surfaces, this advanced lens unit matches Leica’s stringent standards and delivers an exceptional optical performance. The zoom ratio of the Panasonic Lumix FX12 can be extended up to 4.5x in 3 Megapixel resolution mode with minimal deterioration thanks to the Extra Optical Zoom.
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 Panasonic Lumix FX12 - Sensor
According to Mark Goldstein: "The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX12 produced images of above average quality during the review period. The 7 Megapixel images were soft straight out of the camera at the default sharpening setting and ideally require some further sharpening in an application like Adobe Photoshop, as you can't change the in-camera setting. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX12 dealt well with chromatic aberrations, with limited purple fringing effects appearing only in high contrast situations."
Panasonic FX12 compact camera - Sensitivity and Noise
Mark continues: "The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX12 produces noise-free images at ISO 100 and 200, but ISO 400 shows some noise and loss of detail. ISO 800 exhibits obvious noise and blurred detail, and the fastest setting 1600 should only be used in an emergency. The new High Sensitivity mode extends the ISO range to 3200 and allows you to freeze subject movement effectively, but does so by reducing the effective image resolution and significantly blurring image detail." You want to learn more about the Panasonic Lumix digital camera? Continue to read the Panasonic FX12 review at PhotographyBLOG.
About PhotographyBLOG
Mark Goldstein started his very active website PhotographyBLOG in January 2003. At first the one and only purpose was to let this site function as one of those popular web logs with Photography as main topic. But as we all know Photography is a pretty big subject to publish about so Mark decided to focus on some hot key points like mentioning all new introductions, reviews, reports from events like PMA and Photokina, sharing some impressive and creative photos and Mark's sole perspective of his feeling about this fascinating world of Digital Imaging. Mark is based in the UK, but his eagle-eye focuses global.
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