Testseek.com have collected 73 expert reviews of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 and the average rating is 83%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18.
January 2008
(83%)
73 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(92%)
64 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Intelligent Scene Selector makes taking sharp
Evenly exposed pictures a veritable 'no brainer'
Quick AF minimises shutter delay
Venus Engine III with subject motion detection (so ISO and shutter speed increased to compensate)
Very good image quality with adjusted JPEG settings
Excellent image quality with RAW images
Stabilized 18XZ zoom
Aspect ratio choices
Well supported RAW mode
Excellent monitor and EVF
Manual controls
Great videos
Wide
Long 18x lens
Accurate colors
Great resolution
Effective face detection
Simple design with good controls
Lightweight
Good grip
18x optical zoom
Extremely low optical distortion
RAW mode
White balance can be fine-tuned
Selectable AF points
Live histogram
Ability to limit maximum ISO
Broad diopter control
Lens is well-recessed...
Shoots in RAW mode
Excellent value. Images with accurate color and correct exposure. Versatile 18X optical zoom. 28mm wide-angle lens. Intuitive menu system.
Wide-angle
Long zoom lens
Nice set of shooting features.
Very good photos in a variety of settings
Amazing focal range including wide angle
Manual options galore
Good
Sharp results in optimal shooting conditions
Natural color and excellent exposure
Hugely versatile 18x zoom range covering true wideangle to long telephoto
Smooth
Almost stepless 2-speed zoom
Effective image stabilization
Good build qual...
18x optical zoom
Optical image-stabilization
Full manual-mode
RAW support
Excellent 18x optical zoom Leica lens
Burst mode returns clear photos
18x optical zoom with OIS and little fringing
Decent quality 2.5in screen
Intelligent Auto a useful auto mode
Good manual control and RAW facility.
Range of features
Design
Image quality at low ISO
The editors didn't like
Silver bodied version looks and feels a bit plasticy in the 'flesh'
Fine mode JPEG can contains artefacts with default settings
Some shadow noise as of 100 ISO
Wide angle a touch softer focus than all other focal lengths
No flash shoe
207k LCD resolution
Optical zoom nonfunctional in movie mode
Poor audio
Ugly noise apparent above ISO 200
Inconsistent AF in low light
Noise and noise suppression visible even at low ISO
High ISO image noise and noise reduction degrades image quality
Significant chromatic aberration at telephoto
Digital zoom is soft
Moderate barrel distortion at wide angle
Greens are undersaturated
Defau...
Noisy photos at ISO 800 and higher
Zoom doesnt work while capturing video
No MEGA OIS button
Noise in low-light and flash shots.
Cameras JPEG processing choices can produce suboptimal results
No zoom in movie capture
Sluggish LCD/EVF update.
Still too much noise at ISO 400 and above
Poorly designed lens hood
Chuck it
Images lack biting crispness
Some loss of fine detail to noise reduction even at ISO 100
Default noise reduction too high at all ISO settings (use low NR setting or raw)
Occasional odd artefacts at lower ISO settings (some moiré related
Abstract: Panasonic is a dominant force in the ultra-zoom digital camera market, and with the launch of the Lumix DMC-FZ18 it looks set to stay that way. The headline specification is an 18x zoom, optically stabilised lens, which stretches from a wide-angle 2...
Abstract: The obvious attraction of the Panasonic DMC FZ18 is its 18x optical zoom lens. This is one of the first digital cameras to increase the lens length on a consumer digital camera beyond 12x. The lens is supported by image stabilisation to help cut down ...
Zoom 18x with optical stabilization, 1 cm macro mode, Quality of images in low sensitivity (100 ISO), Overall a reactive camera, RAW and RAW JPEG modes
No zoom when recording video, No rotating LCD screen, Mediocre video quality, Imprecise viewfinder, Slow to startup and recording
Abstract: An unfalteringly good design with huge zoom. The FZ18 is one of a few compacts with 18x zoom range. With focal lengths from 28 to 504mm, you can shoot a close-up of a face from 15 metres away, or a group of a dozen people from a couple of paces bac...
Excellent telephoto lens, Good all-round image quality
Not the fastest
Digital SLRs may be making all the headlines but rumours of the death of the compact camera have been greatly exaggerated. Panasonics latest super-zoom revitalises the category with a mighty 18x optical zoom, spanning a range from useful wide-angle (2...
Very good image stabilization, Great overall image quality, Intelligent Auto mode
Noise reduction engine affects image sharpness
Ive always personally considered superzooms a better option for amateur hobby photographers than D-SLRs, primarily because you get so much more right out of the box. If you still feel limited, there are quite a number of add-ons you can use. Now with ...
Intelligent Auto mode was spot on most of the time; solid build; good overall performance.
No hotshoe; no flip-out screen.
Its ease of use is of note for a user who isnt prepared to delve into a cameras manual exposure settings, but who wants something better than a point-and-shoot.
Construcción sólida y de calidad, Controles fáciles, Excelente pantalla LCD 2,5", Óptica LEICA gran angular de gran calidad y panorámica, Modo Inteligente Auto con detección de escenas y de caras, Zoom excelente de 18x
Precisión limitada en modo macro, Alteración de colores en determinadas circunstancias,
Una vez revisados los aspectos principales de la cámara y los resultados obtenidos llega el momento de emitir un veredicto acerca del producto.Una vez más contamos con un producto con una construcción que a primera vista nos ofrece una sensación de rob...
Abstract: El éxito de las cámaras megazoom ha llevado a mejorar el concepto y a equipar las pequeñas cámaras con zooms 18x. La resolución de 8 Megapixels es suficiente para copias de gran tamaño. La inmensa popularidad de las megazoom es prueba suficiente de qu...
