Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50

12x, f/2.8, 35 mm
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        Summary Panasonic DMC-FZ50

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        $996
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        Specifications Key specs
        Zoom
        Help 12x
        Screen size
        Help 2"
        Aperture
        Help f/2.8
        Screen resolution
        Help 207k dots
        Wide angle
        Help 35 mm
        Movie format
        Help 848 x 480 @ 10fps
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        Pros

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        The Panasonic DMC-FZ50 vs other recent digicams

        Supports RAW Shoots RAW Help
        Better editing
        External flash External flash Help
        Better lighting
        Longest exposure Very long exposures Help
        60 seconds
        Screen flips out Flip-out screen Help
        Great for movies
        Viewfinder Doesn't use battery, see more detail Help
        Digital
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        The Panasonic DMC-FZ50 vs other recent pro digicams

        Built-in flash Built-in flash Help
        Usually standard
        Battery life Above average battery life Help
        360 shots

        Cons

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        The Panasonic DMC-FZ50 vs other recent digicams

        Zoom Below average zoom Help
        12x
        Supports 24p No 24p movies Help
        Missing that film look
        Macro focus Poor macro Help
        5.0 cm
        Announced Old Help
        July 2006
        Popularity Not so popular Help
        Among snapsort users
        Movie format Low resolution movies Help
        848 x 480 @ 10fps
        HDR Lacks in-camera HDR Help
        You could do HDR manually
        Panorama Lacks in-camera panoramas Help
        You could stitch photos in post
        Lowest price Expensive Help
        $996.34
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        The Panasonic DMC-FZ50 vs other recent pro digicams

        Aperture Narrow aperture Help
        f/2.8
        Wide angle Very poor wide angle lens Help
        35 mm
        Screen size Very small screen Help
        2"
        Continuous shooting Slow continuous shooting Help
        2 fps
        Touch screen No touch screen Help
        More buttons
        Autofocus contrast detection autofocus Help
        slower focusing
        Sensor type Sensor type Help
        CCD
        Weight Very heavy Help
        734 g
        Sensor size Small sensor Help
        1/1.8" 7.18x5.32mm
        Screen resolution Very low resolution screen Help
        207k dots
        Size Quite large Help
        Large (141×86×142 mm)
        Light sensitivity Poor maximum light sensitivity Help
        1,600 ISO
        True resolution Lower true resolution Help
        10 MP
        Screen type Screen type Help
        LCD
        Thickness Thick Help
        5.6"

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        Avatar for Noel David Noel David (5:40 PM, June 03, 2014)
        Wouldn't trade it with my Canon SX30 IS or Olympus E 510.Fitted it with a x 2.2 telephoto and .45 wide angle conversions lens to bring it up to par with my other cameras.
         
        CapricornFZ50 (7:26 PM, December 07, 2012)
        The Best from the rest. I have this digital camera from four years. Foto counter shows more than 209000 shots (more than 109000 my photos). Biiiig sensor (for compact) and Leica (no comments). Best manual handling. Nice looking movies. No matters that it's old camera.
         
        Well56 (0:50 PM, May 15, 2011)
        It´s a great camera for use in outdoors, not for travels. Excelent optics. Why this price? just cost $260!
         
        Gegex (1:42 AM, January 14, 2011)
        Panasonic DMC-FZ50 is a superb prosumer digital camera, large censored more than another fz series even with fz100.
        RAW support
        Flexible LCD screen. Video taken with wide resolution 848x480 actualy at 30 fps not 10 fps
        Manual telezooming ring and focusing ring