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Digital Camera Home > Digital Camera Reviews > Panasonic Digital Cameras > Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20

By: Dave Etchells

Panasonic introduces a five-megapixel digicam with the high quality optics of a 12x Leica lens.

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Page 2:Comparison With Other Panasonic DMC-FZ Models

Review First Posted: 12/17/2004



MSRP $599 US

Comparison With Other Panasonic DMC-FZ Models

As of this writing (in early December 2004), Panasonic currently has three long-zoom, optically-stabilized digicams on the market. While there's a steady progression of sensor resolution as you move up the line, other features are not so consistently distributed. Here's a table showing how the features of the different "FZ" models compare:

  DMC-FZ3 DMC-FZ15 DMC-FZ20
List Price
(At introduction)		 $399 $499 $599
Megapixels
(Effective)		 3.2 4.0 5.0
CCD Size 1/3.2" 1/2.5" 1/2.5"
Size 108 x 68 x 85 mm
4.3 x 2.7 x 3.3 in		 128 x 87 x 106 mm
5.0 x 3.4 x 4.2 in		 128 x 87 x 106 mm
5.0 x 3.4 x 4.2 in
Weight
(With Batteries)		 323 g (11.4 oz) 556 g (19.6 oz) 556 g (19.6 oz)
Body Material Plastic Metal Metal
Lens Zoom 12x 12x 12x
Lens equiv.
Focal Lengths		 35-420 mm 35-420 mm 36-432 mm
Max. Aperture f/2.8 f/2.8 f/2.8
Manual Focus
Option		 No Yes Yes
Supports Conversion Lenses No Yes Yes
LCD Size 1.5" 2.0" 2.0"
LCD Pixels 114,000 130,000 130,000
Stated Flash Range (Auto ISO) 4.6 meters 7.0 Meters 7.0 Meters
External Flash Connection No No Hot Shoe
ISO Options Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400 Auto, 64, 100, 200, 400 Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400
Image Adjustment Options Sharpness Contrast, Saturation, Sharpness Contrast, Saturation, Sharpness
Scene Modes 9,
One "SCN" mode setting		 9,
Two "SCN" mode settings		 9,
Two "SCN" mode settings
Noise Reduction Adjustment No Yes Yes
Shot to shot cycle times (Full res JPEGs) 1.56 sec. 0.54 sec. 0.86
Sound Recording Yes No
(Some question on this, but our eval unit didn't seem to record sound clips)		 Yes
Included Memory Card 8 MB 8 MB 16 MB

 

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