- 12.1-megapixel resolution
- 27mm wide-angle Leica DC Vario-Elmarit lens; 18x optical zoom with POWER O.I.S.
- HD movies with 1280 x 720-pixel resolution; AVCHD Lite format
- 2.7-inch TFT LCD screen
- Capture images to SD/SDHC memory cards (not included)
The product DescriptionThe FZ35 records films of HD with the résolution of 1280 X 720 Pixel. It employs the format d' AVCHD Lite to reach a qualité more élevée d' image while storing less données that the conventional JPEG of movement. More, the FZ35 is équipé d' a terminal of output of HDMI for the direct transmission of l' numA©ric image and of the aural signals.
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I was prepared to really like this camera, but I cannot recommend it at all.
For those who are looking for a convenient point-and shoot and HD camera combined — or those looking for a higher end full featured camera — it is overpriced and mediocre. While the zoom is admirable, the image quality is lifeless in JPEG format, and with Panasonic’s wonderful invented RW2 image format they’ve managed to rip the energy out of raw technology. Funny, I don’t recall hearing photographers demanding yet another half-witted image format from a camera company. The photos are grainy, with unacceptably harsh contrast.
The HD video format gives you way more harshly ugly pixels than this camera might generate if it was standard resolution. Yes, that’s twice the ugly! The video zoom speed (one setting: very fast) adds an extra dash of spaz to any video that you’re recording.
The included SilkyPix image editing software is the single worst image editing program that I’ve ever worked with. It’s worth mentioning here that graphic arts is my job, and I reckon that I’ve edited tens of thousands of photos over the past decade using just about every program available for Mac and PC. The software and codec for Panasonic’s raw format are incompatible with Windows 7 64-bit. Okay, so Panasonic is a year behind on technology. Who can blame them, they’re working on brilliant new image and video formats.
The lens hood is silly, with a turn screw to attach it. If you shoot lots of close-ups, you’re better off leaving the hood in your camera bag. Unlike manufacturers who’ve hired real engineers, Panasonic has apparently no idea how to make a simple slip-on or snap-on lens hood.
The full manual comes on disk as a PDF file. It is not supplied as a booklet. Hey, what the heck, you spend $300-400 dollars on a camera and Panasonic decides to deprive you of a 75-cent booklet (that’s roughly the unit price that the company I work for would have charged on an order of saddle-stitched or perfect bound booklets). Have fun printing out over 200 pages on your computer printer with today’s ripoff ink prices. Then you can punch holes in it and shove it into a binder, or try stapling it together so you have a nice half-pound manual to tote around in your camera bag. At least they include a printed “Basic” manual, which tells you how to load batteries, insert a camera card, and set your date.
This camera is simply awful. Your money is better spent on a Canon, Nikon, or Sony product.
Rating: 1 / 5
I’ve only had this for a couple of days, so I’m just getting used to it. However, Panasonic didn’t make it any easier to learn the features when they decided not to include a users manual. The users manual is on a cd that you download on your computer. Aren’t handy to your computer, no manual. Really cheap on their part.
Rating: 3 / 5
I am one of the few customers who were dissatisfied with Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35. The first thing that strikes me is the light weight of the camera. For many people this is a good thing, and I may be wrong, but I like a camera body to have some heft, to feel stable in my hand as I take a picture. Now with the electronic image stabilization this point may be obsolete, but I maybe I am too stubbornly old-school.
Holding the camera feels awkward; my fingers feel cramped as they hug a too-narrow camera body. Button placement is also cramped and uncomfortable. In the absence of a focusing ring the task of focusing the camera becomes an exercise in frustration in trying to manipulate two focusing buttons and a tiny “joystick” to the right of the LCD screen – which is large, clear and a definite plus for the camera. But I was unable to achieve satisfactory manual focus using the joystick.
To summarize, I was seeking to upgrade from the Lumix FZ20, which I had for the last six years. My main problem with the FZ20 is that the LCD screen is too small. Unfortunately the FZ35′s larger, brighter screen was overshadowed by its many shortcomings I mentioned above.
Also: I ordered a recommended spare battery (Lenmar DLP006, compatible with Panasonic cameras). Notice – the battery works with the camera, but the charger included with the camera refuses to charge it, although the old charger from the FZ20 accepted it with no problem.
For reasons described above I am returning the camera and resuming my search for a suitable replacement for the reliable old FZ20.
Rating: 2 / 5
BECAUSE the TITLE INDICATES, THIS SOFTARE N' IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH L' OS 64-bit OF WINDOWS BUT N' IS NOT PUT IN REFERENCE IN DESCRIPTION d' CAMERA. WOULD IAM CERTAINLY NOT A DATA PROCESSING SPECIALIST, BUT WHY DO THAT IN THESE DAY AND AGE? THEIR SOLUTION EAST PURCHASE MORE D' SOFTWARE; A THIRD WHICH DOES NOT SEEM ACCEPTABLE WITH ME. JUSQU' HERE THEY ARE CONTAINED M' SENDING ELSEWHERE TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND TO FACILITATE IT FOR THEM. N' IMPORTS WHICH HAD A CHANCE TO OBTAIN A RESOLUTION BY PANASONIC? THE NEAREST TIME I WILL LOOK AT THE GUNS.
Estimate: 2/5
General:
My 7th digital camera, first review.
Got it directly from Amazon (after reading the nice reviews about the product).
Shipped out the very same day (though it was the black friday).
Received the next business day (though it was sent via standard).
Nothing is missing (manual, parts etc. , good packing).
The product:
Outputs the video only in NTSC mode.
Records the movie in . mov format.
Takes the photos at 180 dpi.
Overall:
I was expecting better images, especially under low light. If you use Intelligent Auto (iA) feature, the images taken at night are fuzzy (if the hands are even just a little shaking). It’s possible to take better quality images if you don’t use the iA feature, under low light with tripod. In that case you can also use your own (3) custom settings for the scene you have, but you need to act very quick and be careful not shake the camera.
Rating: 4 / 5