Panasonic Lumix DMC-FP3 14.1 MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3.0-Inch Touch-Screen LCD (Red)
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Manufacturer: PanasonicModel: DMC-FP3R
Color: Red
Product features:
- 14.1-megapixel effective recording
- 4X optical zoom (4X digital zoom/16X total zoom)
- HD movie recording (1280 x 720 pixels at 30 frames per second)
- 3" touchscreen LCD
- Ultra slim compact camera made of high-quality aluminum
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Customer Review: Could be better
Summary: 2 Stars
I have owned this camera for about 6 months now. The only reason we got it was because it was on sale, and honestly, I wish we would have waited and done more research.
Here's why:
1) The biggest annoyance is that the lack of options to manually configure the camera the way you want it. I'm somewhat familiar with tweaking the ISO, aperature and shutter speeds to make photos look more natural, but it doesn't appear this camera has any means for you to adjust all of those manually. I've looked all through the menus several times, and all I can find is ISO and exposure. The instruction manual is no help. The English part of the manual is only about 25-30 pages long, with most of the pages wasted on stuff like "how to set the clock" or "how to charge the battery." It only has instructions on how to take photos in "intelligent auto" (as if anyone would need instructions on how to press a button) IT DOES NOT EXPLAIN ANY OF THE MANUAL ADJUSTMENT OPTIONS OR SCENE MODES, so you are pretty much left to experiment with it on your own if the auto mode isn't working out for you.
2) This camera is not good with indoor shots. In darker settings, photos appear grainy if you turn off the flash, and washed out if you leave it on. I have had to go back and manually fix photos to take out red-eye, even with the anti-redeye option turned on.
3) The camera doesn't always automatically detect close-up objects in "intelligent auto" mode, or may focus on further objects while blurring out the closer ones that you want to be in focus. I could fix that if I could manually adjust the aperature, but of course, I can't do that because I don't know where the option is if there is one.
4) This camera is not very good at detecting motion and adjusting the shutter speed accordingly. You end up with a lot of blurry photos if your subject is moving. The "sports" mode does surprisingly worse than just leaving it on intelligent auto.
5) Most of the scene modes are terrible. There was a "baby" scene mode, and I set the camera to that thinking it would actually be good to take pictures of our baby (you would think). But the shutter speed on this setting is very slow, and as infants tend to move around a lot, most of the pictures turned out hopelessly blurry, and I had to delete some really good shots (sadly, including some of our baby's "firsts"). And the worst part, is that I couldn't really tell they were blurry until I loaded them onto the computer and looked at the photos full size. By then, I had been shooting with that scene mode for over a month.
6) The USB cable does not charge the camera. The only way to charge the battery is to take it OUT of the camera and put it in the battery charger. This doesn't work out for us well because we bought this camera to take pictures of our new baby. Whenever he's doing something I want to take a picture of, it's not just a simple matter of grabing the camera and unplugging a charger real quick . I have to get the camera, put the battery in, slide the tab in place, and then close the door to the battery compartment and slide another tab to lock it. And by the time I am done doing all this, I have usually missed what I wanted to take a picture of.
Anyways, this camera is great if you plan on taking pictures outdoors of subject capable of holding still while you take the shot. If you don't want a basic "camera-for-dummies" that can't manage complex subject matter well, I would look elsewhere.
I reccommend the Canon PowerShot S90, instead. We got it after reading an article in PC Magazine ([...]). It's far more flexible than the Panasonic Lumix FP3, and we have been very happy with it.
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Description of Panasonic Lumix DMC-FP3 14.1 MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3.0-Inch Touch-Screen LCD (Red)
The newly adopted static sensor type 3.0-inch touch-screen LCD on the DMC-FP3 gives you an easy, intuitive control thanks to a hybrid operation combined with the 4 major operation buttons. Touch operation is free and smooth either in recording or playing back images.
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