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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS20 Digital Camera

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS20 Digital Camera

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Key Features of the Panasonic DMC-FS20 :
  • Ultra Compact Digital Camera with 10 Megapixel Resolution.
  • 3" LCD with Auto-Brightness.
  • 30mm/f3.3 wide-angle Leica DC lens.
  • Advanced Optical Image Stabilization and Intelligent ISO.
  • Autofocus/auto exposure Face Detection.
  • Intelligent Scene Selector automatically selects the mode.
The Panasonic DMC-FS20 combines easy operation with a slim and sleek look, enabling both beginner and advanced users to take beautiful digital photos with a camera they can slip in their pocket. Featuring 10-megapixel resolution and a 30mm wide-angle Leica DC lens with 4x optical zoom, the FS20 also has Intelligent Auto Mode, an advanced intuitive system of technologies that help users take better photos more easily.

Additionally, the fourth-generation, high-performance image-processing Venus Engine IV LSI helps produce higher-quality pictures with an advanced signal processing system. It adds a new high-performance noise reduction system that helps reproduce even the most delicate parts of images naturally and without color bleeding. The Venus Engine IV reduces shutter release time lag while still enabling high-resolution picture taking, making it easier to capture spur-of-the-moment photo opportunities.

Other features of the DMC-FS20 include approximately 50 MB of internal memory and a 3.0-inch LCD -- perfect for easy-to-see viewing of images. Furthermore, the FS20 features an Intelligent LCD, which detects the lighting condition and controls the brightness level of the LCD to offer optimal clarity in any situation, whether dark or light; indoors or outdoors.

Lumix DMC-FS20 Highlights

Mega O.I.S. Gyrosensors detect hand-shake and the lens system shifts to compensate, helping to prevent hand-shake from creating a blurry image.

Intelligent ISO With Intelligent ISO, the FS20 can determine if the photo subject is moving and change the ISO setting and shutter speed accordingly, thus giving a blur-free photo.

Intelligent Scene Selector Intelligent Scene Selector senses the ambient conditions, recognizes the shooting environment and will automatically select the appropriate scene mode from: Scenery, Portrait, Macro, Night Portrait or Night Scenery mode. This intuitive technology, helps the consumer use the most common scene modes that are built into the camera, but often go unused, without making any manual adjustments.

Face Detection Panasonic’s Face Detection detects faces anywhere in the frame and automatically chooses the optimal focus and exposure settings so portraits come out clear and crisp. Detecting up to 15 faces, Panasonic’s Face Detection can even track a face if the subject is moving.

Quick AF The Quick AF (auto focus) system starts focus on the subject by just pointing the camera to the subject, thus minimizing the AF time.



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Name: Panasonic DMC-FS20 Canon E1 Canon A1000 IS Canon A3000 IS
Megapixels: 10.1 10.0 10.0 10.0
Optical Zoom: 4 X 4 X 4 X 4 X
Max Res: 3648 x 2736 3648 x 2756 3648 x 2756 4000 x 3000
LCD Screen: 3.0 " 2.5 " 2.5 " 2.7 "
Digital zoom: Yes, up to 4x Yes, 4x Yes, 4x Yes, 4x
Image stabilizer: Yes, Lens Yes Yes Yes, Lens
Media Card: SD / MMC / SDHC card + Internal SD / SDHC / MMC card SD / SDHC / MMC card SD / SDHC / SDXC / MMC / MMCplus / HD MMCplus
Battery: Lithium-Ion rechargeable & charger AA (2) NiMH batteries AA (2) NiMH batteries Rechargeable Li-ion Battery NB-8L
Weight (with batteries): 172 g (6.1 oz) 160 g (5.6 oz) 155 g (5.5 oz) 165 g (5.8 oz)
Lowest Price: $179.00 $149.95 $149.95 $148.56
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Panasonic DMC-FS20 User Reviews

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Awsome Pic.Quality
- Reviewd on: 12/1/2009 12:00:00 AM By: Evetia Y. Diaz
The flash flashes twice before actually taking the picture, other then that-if that doesn't bother you, this is the best camera (I've owned) yet (I've had my share). The rechargeable battery is the best thing ever. My profile pic. was taken with this camera, its great. The service was fast and price reasonable, Would reccomend and buy from again!
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DisPlay Disfunction
- Reviewd on: 4/8/2009 12:00:00 AM By: Beevis
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS20K 10MP Digital Camera with 4x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black)
This camera worked great!!!!..........for about 3 months. The display crapped out, and I had read about this problem in other reviews and choose to ignore them. Should have played smarter
5
Out of 5
Love this camera!
- Reviewd on: 2/7/2009 12:00:00 AM By: Kathryn Arvanitis
This camera is everything I had hoped for and more. I'm still exploring all the features, but am very pleased. The joystick makes it easy to navigate and use, and I love the sliding on/off switch.
5
Out of 5
Nice camera.
- Reviewd on: 1/31/2009 12:00:00 AM By: Gary W. Holmes Sr.
Im very pleased with this camera, Nice features and takes great pictures.Good for people who use the programed setting not as good if you want to control the settings yourself.
5
Out of 5
Great Cam!
- Reviewd on: 1/15/2009 12:00:00 AM By: Puneet Anand
I researched for almost a whole week before settling on this one. My budget was 150$s. I was choosing between mainly these models: Canon SD 1100 IS, Canon A1000 IS and Panasonic FS20 and FS5. Fuji and Olympus were out of the question (Poor photo quality being the main reason). So.. Canon looks great, they are amazingly popular and almost every other person has it. Panasonic isn't that popular (less relative marketing for this range) but its photo quality is much better than the Canons! I went across quite a many review sites that had pictures taken from the cameras in different situations and found this Panasonic model to be the more accurate and lively one. I love my camera! And one more thing: this cam looks much better in your hands (its just so good!) than in these picks you'll find online. Its got all that anyone can be looking for in an under $200 range! More than that I guess. I love it!!!