Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ70 Summary
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ70 Assessment
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ70 is fitted with the most powerful optical zoom built into a digital camera. Its 60X lens covers 20 to 1200mm. While other cameras offer a zoom this long, none has one so wide. This provides a very useful field-of-view for architecture and other large subjects.
This lens is coupled with a state-of-the-art 16 MP CMOS sensor with fast 9 FPS drive and full 1080p HD video capability with stereo sound. Manual-controls, including manual-focus and custom white-balance are also provided in a body with plenty of external controls.
Image-quality of the FZ70 is competitive and visibly improved over previous generations. The output is perfectly usable to ISO 400 with a gradual decrease in maximum print sizes thereafter. Metering is good and colors are not perfect but acceptable after some tweaking.
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ70 is extremely usable and has unequalled versatility. Video is particularly well-integrated and this digital camera offers one of the most seamless experiences for it.
PROS | CONS |
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Extreme wide-angle, 20mm-equivalent | Softness from NR above ISO 200 |
Good lens sharpness | Noise visible at all ISO |
Low optical distortion | Poor color accuracy |
Quick autofocus in good light | Very slow autofocus in low-light near telephoto |
Fast shutter-lag | Self-timer resets |
Quick and responsive | Modal EC control |
Awesome LCD visibility | Minuscule EVF |
Usable video framing overlay mask | Not always Exposure-Priority |
Plenty of controls | |
Good ergonomics | |
Respectable battery-life | |
Good Good |
There is little to complain about the FZ70, compared to the unique photo opportunities that present themselves when one has a 20 to 1200mm zoom. Quality and speed are just what is expected for a modern ultra-zoom.
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ60 Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ60 - 4s Max Shutter-Speed, 24X Optical Zoom |
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Panasonic DMC-FZ70 Highlights
Sensor-Size: 6 x 5mm
Actual size when viewed at 100 DPI
16 Megapixels Ultra Zoom | ISO 100-3200 |
60X Ultra-Wide Optical Zoom | Shutter 1/2000-8s |
Built-in Stabilization | Full manual controls, including Manual Focus |
0.20" Built-in EVF 200K Pixels | Custom white-balance with 2 axis fine-tuning |
9 FPS Drive, 3 Images | Spot-Metering |
1920x1080 @ 30 FPS Video Recording | Hot-Shoe |
3" LCD 460K Pixels | Lithium-Ion Battery |
Secure Digital Extended Capacity, Internal Memory |
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