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 The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX35 is a decent all-around digital camera with a few desirable traits that set it apart from its peers. First off, it sports a 25mm wide angle lens, which allows shooters to capture more of that landscape or family portrait. The camera also offers a nice array of manual and automatic controls, including 22 Scene Modes and an Intelligent Auto (Easy) mode. This camera can capture 720P HD video, although its chosen compression is not impressive. In optimal shooting environments the Lumix DMC-FX35 will shine, but when the lights dim, so does the image quality. Images are brighter than most other cameras in low light, but noise is the same. There's also nothing exhilarating about the overall design of this camera, aside from a Mode dial and quick preset buttons. If typical compact zooms don't capture wide enough images and are too basic in terms of functionality, then the Lumix DMC-FX35 might be the answer. Release: March 2008. Price: $225.
Pros: Good image quality. 25mm wide-angle lens. Decent array of manual and auto controls.
Cons: Low light images are too noisy. Video uses a low-quality compression format. Sluggish to first shot.
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Panasonic today announced the newest addition to its line of ultra-slim Lumix FX-series of digital cameras, with the introduction of the DMC-FX35. Being Panasonic's first camera with a 25mm wide-angle lens, the FX35 boasts a 10.1-megapixel sensor, 4x optical zoom, intelligent auto mode, a LEICA DC VARIO-ELMARIT lens offering f2.8 brightness and the new fourth-generation Venus Engine image processor.
To incorporate a 25mm wide-angle lens in the slim design of the FX35, Panasonic developed a new concave meniscus EA (Extra high refractive index Aspherical) lens. Having worked closely with Leica, Panasonic offers a lens compromised of seven elements in six groups, including four aspherical lenses with six aspherical surfaces.
The camera features intelligent exposure, digital red-eye correction, optical image stabilization, intelligent ISO, intelligent scene selector, face detection of up to fifteen faces and a quick autofocus system.
In burst shooting mode, the DMC-FX35 can snap 2.5 shots per second at full resolution. Also, in high-speed burst mode, it fires six shots per second, plus unlimited consecutive shooting, which lets the user snap photos until the memory card is full. The camera's shutter release time lag is as short as 0.005 second.
Users can view slideshows on the FX35's 2.5-inch LCD, and a new music features enables users to add music. The Lumix DMC-FX35 incorporates an intelligent LCD, which detects lighting condition and controls the brightness of the LCD in 11 steps. The Lumix FX35 is also capable of recording 720p HD video, and supports SD cards.
The Panasonic DMC-FX35 will be available in March 2008 in silver, black and blue, selling for about $350.
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