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| Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20S 5MP Digital Camera with 12x Image Stabilized Optical Zoom (Silver) | 
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| Brand: Panasonic
Category: Photography
List Price: $599.99
Buy Used: $199.99
You Save: $400.00 (67%)
Used (3) Refurbished (1) from $199.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  122 reviews
Sales Rank: 21813
Color: DMC-FZ20 Silver
Media: Electronics
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Includes Software: Yes
Optical Zoom: 12
Digital Zoom: 4
Connectivity: AV
Display Size: 2
Maximum Focal Length: 72
Minimum Focal Length: 6
Maximum Resolution: 5
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 6.5 x 6.2
MPN: DMC-FZ20PP-S
Model: DMC-FZ20PP-S
UPC: 037988985012
EAN: 0037988985012
ASIN: B0002R282O
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great camera for beginners in photography June 20, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've had this camera for about 2 years now and figured I'd write a quick review before I upgraded to the Canon 30D.
ISO-
The ISO range is from 80-400. The images from 80 or 100 ISO are great but when you need to up the ISO to 200 or 400, the images get a lot of noise and the quailty decreases greatly. I do whatever I can to avoid having to use ISO 400. Even with the noise reduction set to high, the image quality is still pretty bad. (If you're indoors, you can use the flash of course)
The 12x zoom was one of the major reasons I got this camera over others when it came out. It maintains a f/2.8 apeture throughout the zoom when set to Apeture Priority which means less depth of field even at 12x zoom.
A problem I had was the viewfinder being digital. It's frustrating to try and shoot sports when you can't see what you're shooting. I'll push the shutter and the screen goes black for a second. When shooting in burst, it stays blank so I can only hope I'm getting the action. The LCD also does the same. One of the advantages of getting a DSLR instead is that they have optical viewfinders so you can see what you're shooting as you shoot.
Overall, I would recomend this camera for anyone that plans on doing a lot of shooting in good lighting conditions. This camera would also be great for beginners but for anyone that is a mid-level or advanced photographer, I would not recomend this camera.
PROs-
-Great image quality at ISO 80 or 100
-12x zoom that maintains f2.8 apeture
-easy to use
-lots of manual functions to experiment with
-durable, sturdy camera body
-Supports my 2GB memory card for plenty of pictures
CONs-
-Horrible image quality at ISO 400
-No 800 or 1600 ISO
-slow shutter lag
-Zooming in and out is slow
-digital viewfinder
Personally, I would recomend getting one of the beginners DSLR's such as a Nikon D40, D50 or a Canon Rebel XT. They might be a little more expensive but it'd be worth it.
 Absolutely awesome!!! March 15, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I took this camera to India for two months and shot some amazing pictures. I hope to share some online after a while so you can see what kind of pictures this machine gets. I won't bore you with details, for you can read exhaustive specs on other websites. Nonetheless, this is a superb camera that deserves to be bought, by you, that is.
Fine camera March 12, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have found that the IQ of the FZ20 is very close to that of a dSLR. I prefer the bigger FZ models like the FZ10, 15, 20, 30 and 50. I think they may make better images than smaller bodied FZs plus I like their feel more.
I actually like the FZs better than a dSLR. I've owned dSLRs and personally I don't feel they are worth the bother of the extra bulk, weight, changing lenses, expense, etc. The FZ has a sharp Leica 35-420 mm lens plus full manual control, which is all I really need in a camera.
 great for bright environment pictures, nice zoom, but... February 7, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I got this camera in the hopes it would perform like an SLR, but it falls short in some areas...well, one big area.. lower light environments! It's really good at taking daylight images, and the 12x zoom is really awesome, but when you get into anything other than bright daylight, you get "noise" in the image.. which might not bother everyone, but it does me. Night time shooting performance is just plain bad imo.. my old 3.2mp Lumix is far superior at taking night shots than this camera.. I played with ISO and other settings endlessly to no avail, it just picks up so much noise when shooting in low light environments. It's really too bad because I had high hopes for this camera. it's daytime pictures are stunning though.. so that is nice. I guess I can use my other camera for night shots.
AA!! Amazing and Awesome February 4, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
After working with 35mm cameras such as most of the "F series" Nikons, and other formats, I was searching for a digital camera that would give me the same results and maybe surpass because of the digital capabilities. Well, after spending quite a bit of money purchasing some of the digitals, I never felt that "wow effect" until I came across this beauty. First, I did as most smart consumers do and researched as well as read the reviews. The reviews and specs were good enough to purchase this model above all the others including other Panasonics. This camera takes amazing shots, and still allows you to manually change the settings if you choose to do so. A plus to this is by inserting a high capacity memory card, you can shoot a video scene for the length of the mem card. Of course this does not take the place of a quality camcorder, nor can you adjust any of the settings once you are in video mode such as zoom, but the feature alone plus the quality is awesome. This past summer we took this camera on vacation with us and shot beautiful sunsets and great video of our son surfing. I have dozens of cd's with incredible video footage even the birth of our first grandson. I recommend this camera 100%, and it can still be had for less than $300. if you shop around. If you want a quality digital with a 35mm feel then go for it! One more very important thing, the accessories are very expensive if you buy them from Panasonic. This beauty has a hot shoe for an extra flash and now here's the kicker, I decided to see if my Vivitar 283 flash would work on the camera and YES it did. As a matter of fact all my flashes work,but of course they should be used for extreme cases because the built in flash is great. As a matter a fact, I've only had to use it once on a night shot and the results were awesome as is this camera.
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