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The Panasonic Lumix camera collection are great value & easy to use. I particularly like the fact that I can keep it held in the palm of my hand all day so I am not going to misplace it for any reason. Also for that reason it means my camera is there straightaway for a quick photo. All the dials & buttons are very easy to get used to & the viewing screen is a great size to check the quality of what you have taken. I love the email setting so that when I go on holiday I do not need the added expense of further memory cards. I could take over 12000 pictures if I wanted to! And the quality of the pictures are still very good. Deleting any pictures is really easy too. And none of those horror stories you hear from others with other brands who say they deleted the lot by mistake. I have never had that problem with a Panasonic Lumix. Panasonic Lumix are sleek & cool, stylish & fashionable. A must have for great easy photography. I thoroughly recommend you purchase this product.Read full review
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX9 Review Reviewed by: me Reviewed on: 4/11/09 The 6-megapixel Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX9, available in either all-silver metal or silver metal with black accents, is a slim, beautifully built pocket camera that weighs just 150g with battery and SD card and boasts Panasonic's Mega OIS optical image stabilisation. Usually reserved for cameras with long zooms -- the FX9's is only 3x, with a 35mm-film equivalent range of just 35mm to 105mm -- the stabilisation allows you to capture sharp images at slow shutter speeds without a tripod or flash. The camera is also a snappy performer speedwise, but photographers with a critical eye will pause at the less than stellar photo quality. Features The camera's stabilisation, which works using tiny mechanical sensors and lens motors that counter hand shake, really works wonders. Shots taken without a tripod or flash at 1/8-second shutter speeds were as sharp as shots taken at 1/30 or 1/60 second, the typical limits for handheld shooting. This feature, common to all current Panasonic models, is useful for indoor spaces like museums or cinemas, where tripods and flash aren't usually allowed, as well as distant landscapes where a flash wouldn't reach anyway. Image quality While the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX9 has excellent automatic white balance and solid colour rendition, including natural, pleasing flesh tones, it does suffer from noticeable lens aberrations and image-processing artefacts -- visible purple fringing in backlit and high-contrast scenes, for example. There is also significant vignetting, with not only the corners but also the sides of the image being a bit darker than the centre. This is usually only visible with uniform backgrounds such as clear skies or walls, though. While generally clean at the camera's lowest sensitivity, ISO 80, areas of uniform colour exhibit blotchiness that appears to be the result of poor blue-channel processing. At ISO 400, the camera's highest setting, a dithered fuzziness with yellowish noise patterns make some pictures look unsightly. The camera's optical stabilisation, though, should eliminate the need to use ISO 400 in most situations. Note the vignetting (dark areas around the edges) in the photo on the left and the severe fringing in the photo on the right Performance The FX9 is a snappy performer, besting many in its class in various shooting scenarios. Shutter lag, for example, is only 0.5 seconds, continuous shooting can reach more than 3fps and it takes only 2.3 seconds to take a picture when starting with the power off. Despite its jewel-like finish and solid build quality, the FX9 does suffer from some interface quirks in which cryptic icons and features will force you to read the instruction manual -- not necessarily a bad thing. Once you're familiar with its functions, though, using the camera is a pleasure. There are 12 scene modes to help you shoot using the best settings, for example. If you predominantly take snapshots at parties, concerts, bars, or other dimly lit indoor venues, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX9's image stabilisation makes it a great choice. Daylight denizens, however, may be frustrated by the artifacts that become visible in brightly lit shots.Read full review
I had owned one of these cameras for a year, and it had served me soo well in providing extremely high quality shots through my travelling around the world, and with such a compact size I could really take in with me ANYWHERE. Even used it underwater with a generic cheap case, with great results! I dropped mine several times with no probs, until I managed to push it off a 8ft ledge, while it was actually on, so with the lens out.. it did not survive this time so I promptly replaced it with the same model! I was tempted to get the newer updated model, but to be fair this is absolutely more than enough quality, resolution, etc.. If you can still get hold of them.. you should! A very ha
The Panansonic FX9 got some slating by the photo press when it was first launched, the main complaint being too much digital 'noise' in the pictures even at low/average ISO settings. Well if that was so, the problem hasn't affected my unit because the camera captures outstanding pictures even when I keep the ISO on auto. The Leica lens is crisp and contrasty; it has 6 megapixels and 'fine' jpeg compression for sharp pictures; the optical stabiliser works so well I can take hand held shots without flash down to 1/4 sec which turn out sharp; even though it is considered to be a 'starter camera' it's worth experimenting with the user defined menus to get the best results rather than using the 'simple mode' or leaving everything on auto; battery life is excellent and you can pick up spares quite cheaply on the 'net; the FX9 is well built with a metal shell and because of its size it's very pocketable. An extra tip - use Sandisc Ultra SD cards with the FX9 they speed up the digital reading/writing process especially in movie mode. I bought my FX9 in excellent condition on eBay and paid a reasonable price - it's a brilliant little camera.Read full review
Bought this camera as i was looking to convert a camera to Infrared for night photography. Was incredibly easy to dismantle & there was no need to pull any ribbon cables, as once apart the CCD could be accessed by removing 3 screws. Leaving the ribbon cables attached to the CCD the fiddly bit was removing the IR cut filter but all went well. After replacing the filter with 2 pieces of developed negative ends & reassembling, I now have a half decent Infrared camera at a fraction of the price it would have cost me to have done in a shop. Will be looking out for more Lumix cameras to modify in the future!