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This camera has excellent picture quality for a small sensor camera, The F2.8 aperture across the entire 600mm zoom is bright and clear. The image stabilization is superb even at the long end during hand held shots. The only feature not available for an enthusiast is tethering to a computer for green screen compositions and such, I've done some serious checking and I haven't discovered any digital zoom cameras that offers the tethering feature so if it's important to you then you'll need a DSLR. I still use the camera for green/blue screen photography but I have to drop out the background in post. Overall, I'm impressed and it's hard not to be especially considering the price/value for a quality used unit. The reviews don't lie, this camera still competes and out shines many of the more expensive models with longer zooms. If you want a longer zoom, you may want to consider adding a quality Original Mfg. or OEM tele-extender, At least with an extender. you're keeping the lard aperture which you would loose with one of the longer zoom range cameras. Consider this, even the soon to be released FZ300 is reported to keep this same zoom lens.Read full review
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The single greatest drawback with the Lumix FZ200 is the noisy sound interference on video recording. This factor alone is reason not to consider acquiring this model Lumix. They may have improved this in later fz300 or fz1000 that feature the 4K ultra definition video quality. The bundle offered a tripod that is too small for practical use, good SD memory chip, A non TTL flash that I found very hard to adjust to the right exposure; 2 batteries plus charger, lens clearners etc and a set of compatible filters including a good polarizing filter. Considering the down side of noisy sound recording I believe the camera was over priced.
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Photo quality is very good. Light weight and easy to use. Love the telephoto feature and fixed lens. When i hold camera I accidentally hit the Fn3 or disp buttons and that is a bother. Takes a little while to focus for zoom feature but no longer than it would take to change a lens. I wanted this to always be ready to take pictures of wildlife on our lake and this camera is great for that. Snow and fireworks photos turned out great. Colors are a little cooler than my old Luminix but quality is awesome. This camera will be a my go to camera that I keep out and always ready. Good features and easy to use.
I did not want to tote a DSLR in my travels, but wanted better images that the pocket cameras produce without the weight, expense and extra lenses. There were lots to choose from and I am sure I would have been happy with some of the others, but I selected this because of the faster lens and usable zoom length. (certainly not the longest). This camera is light weight, but not tiny... and has an excellent lens in my opinion. The photos are very clear even full zoom and cropped, although those are quite as sharp as I see on high end DSLR's. It feels good in the hands. For internet use, it is perfect. I do not print out pics anymore and even if I did, this camera would make great prints unless images were severely cropped (in my opinion). I have done many wildlife photos that are beautiful and the faster lens make it easy to take very low light shots without flash. The sports mode does well snapping animals on the move and the portrait settings add an effective touch. (I especially like the high contrast black and white setting). There are more than enough features for me although I do wish it had a GPS locator which would be usefully for the traveling I do. I am surprised and pleased just utilizing the automatic point and shoot settings...the results are usually amazing. The "steady" feature works very nicely and makes for little jumping around when using the zoom. To me, taking close up shots are not as easy as some other cameras I have owned. The image doesn't appear big enough or you cannot get close enough even with the Macro setting. There is a close up conversion lens available, but then that defeats my purpose of not carrying a bunch of accessories around. Perhaps I will master this eventually. Being a "Bridge Camera" it is not cheap, in fact a bit on the pricy side, but I will say that so far the results are worth it.Read full review
I have had a Lumix DMC-FZ20 for a number of years, but it was getting very dated, esp. only being able to use maximum 2GB SDCard, so I'd been debating getting an FZ200, FZ300, or FZ1000. I really wanted to have an articulating LCD and a good viewfinder, and I also liked having the Leica lenses on these cameras. I ended up getting this FZ200 rather than the newer FZ300 because the FZ300 is way more expensive. Looking at various reviews, I was a little worried because they said that the FZ300 viewfinder was much better than the FZ200's, but now that I have the FZ200, it is fine. One of the only things I don't like is that they changed the design of the lens cap. The FZ20's lens cap is much more substantial and the "ears" to press are on the edge, whereas the ears on the FZ200's lens cap are nearer the front/center, and are much harder to squeeze, esp. if your fingers are slippery. It's really unfortunate that the FZ20 lens cap won't fit on the FZ200 :(! It comes with a "Lumix" neck strap, charger, and battery. I use an Eye Fi card in mine, and that works fine also, sending the pics to my PC automatically. So overall, I think this was a super decision and I am very happy with this FZ200. I've put a Hoya UV 52mm filter on it, but other than that, and the lens cap, it is great!Read full review
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