#>> Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28K 10MP Digital Camera with 18x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black) Reviews
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28K 10MP Digital Camera with 18x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black) Features
- 10-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality poster-size prints
- 18x wide-angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized zoom lens
- 2.7-inch high-resolution LCD screen; HD video capture
- Full SLR-like manual operations including aperture, shutter, program and full manual modes with Advanced Scene modes
- Capture images to SD/SDHC memory cards (not included)
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Customer Reviews
I love my Pentax DSLR, but find it too bulky and heavy for hikes and some travel. I bought the FZ28 because of reasonable photo quality and, unlike the ultra compacts, I can actually hold and use it without tripping buttons I don’t intend to. Understand that the sensor is teeny-tiny. The physics of the situation guarantee problems with noise, and that any attemps at noise reduction will smear detail.
Use the viewfinder to frame and trust the autofocus. This finder was never meant for fine focus and any composition but framing. When I need to hold the camera steady, I use the finder, instead of the screen.
I actually find that, even shooting JPG’s, the overexposure warning is a bit hysterical. Opening them in Photoshop, I find there’s some headroom left. The colors are not the over-satuated kandy kolors of some compacts; they’re natural.
I do agree that noise reduction takes too heavy a toll on image sharpness. I found the noise excessive at ISO 400;ISO 100 makes a world of difference. My advice? Shoot at 100 whenever possible and shoot RAW if you have the gut feeling the image is worth the work. Turn the Noise Reduction down as far as it will go. Deal with the noise in your RAW processor. You will see color fringing in your RAW images, because the JPG in-camera processor isn’t there to deal with it. My CS2 deals with it easily.
I don’t like the supplied software; very unintuitive. If using SilkyPix (and if you dislike it as much as I do), I save the RAWs as 16-bit TIF’s and work them in Photoshop, OR save your Panasonic RAWs in a file. Download Adobe’s DNG Coverter for free. Identify the files in which you have your RAWs and in which you want them saved. Hit “Convert” and all your Panasonic RAWs will be DNG’s. Work the DNG’s in any editing software you wish. I use Photoshop CS2.
Formatting the card is too big a production. FORMAT is too deep in the menus. I’d like to see the RAW setting accessible via the Quick Menu.
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