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Panasonic DMC-FZ8EB-K Digital Camera - Black (7.2MP, 12 x Optical) Antishake, 2.5" LCD | 
 enlarge | Brand: Panasonic
Category: CE
Buy New: £142.00
New (7) Used (1) from £132.00
Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 2349
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Optical Zoom: 12
Display Size: 2.5
Maximum Resolution: 7
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.7 x 5.5
MPN: DMC-FZ8EB-K
Model: DMC-FZ8EB-K
EAN: 5025232418978
ASIN: B000PKDPIE
Release Date: April 19, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 7.2 Megapixel | | • | 12x Optical Zoom | | • | 4x Digital Zoom | | • | LEICA DC VARIO-ELMARIT lens | | • | Megapixels: 7.2 |
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Product Description
The Lumix DMC-FZ8 digital camera ensures exceptional quality for all your photos. This device offers 12x optical zoom to capture the tiniest details of nearby objects and clear images of distant ones. Family reunions, sporting events, your children?s school plays ? with the Lumix DMC-FZ8, your next great photo-op is just around the corner!This camera has a Mega OIS image stabilising system to diminish shaking and blurriness in your photos. It's also equipped with a 7.2 megapixel Leica DC Vario lens and Venus Engine III processor to give you images that go above and beyond your expectations. The Lumix DMC-FZ8 also has exceptional ISO sensitivity (up to 3200, 1250 in full resolution) to help balance lighting and eliminate shine. Panasonic even thought to equip the FZ8 with an optical viewfinder to save on battery power and to allow you to focus in bright light when the 2.5? LCD screen is unreadable.In addition to a continuous burst mode, the Lumix DMC-FZ8 features many different programmes and scene modes that can be used to automatically adjust to a shot. You can even use the joystick to control the settings manually. With the Lumix DMC-FZ8, you?ll never miss another shot again. This camera will please the most avid photography fans!
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 Zoom and zing October 23, 2008
Jensun (Lytham St Annes, UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
When my daughter splashed out on a superb Canon G9 Canon PowerShot G9 Digital Camera - Black (12.1MP, 6x Optical Zoom) 3.0" LCD earlier this year, I decided it was time to replace my trusty Canon Ixus v with something a bit more sophisticated. Not wishing to pay G9 or SLR prices, and disliking the trend away from proper viewfinders on many recent ultra-compact models, I reckoned this is a perfect compromise between price, size and convenience. Having a Leica lens is a big attraction too of course.
I've had the FZ8 for a couple of months and find it's a joy to use - and of course the results are almost always a pleasure to look at too. The zoom lens is simply astonishing: I still can't believe some of the detail in the pictures I take of objects hundreds of yards away. Indoors, using natural available light without flash, also produces images you would not believe were possible.
I'm no great photographer, so the point-and-shoot mood is generally more than adequate for everyday use. When I do try more adventurous settings, though, I am rarely disappointed. Clearly, the more I use this camera the better photographer I become, and the learning process is extremely enjoyable.
The FZ8 has been overtaken by more sophisticated - and more expensive - Lumix models, and if you have the extra cash it may be worth opting for one of these. But for a relatively small outlay, this camera will not disappoint with the zing it brings to your pictures. My only regret is that it doesn't have a metal body, as it feels slightly less robust than my old Ixus.
Panasonic must have stopped making this model, so buy now while stocks last!
 Not quite up to it May 7, 2008
Mr. D. Heslop (Antibes, France)
10 out of 16 found this review helpful
I had read many of the negative reviews for the FZ8 but thought the positives out-weighed the negatives. However, when I took the FZ8 along to a wedding, with the "i" setting the camera chose not to use the flash. Consequently most of the pictures had camera shake. I am not happy when using flash as the shutter speed is set at 1/30th second and some shots seem over exposed. With my old Canon AE1 the shutter speed was set at 1/60th - less chance of camera shake.Having borrowed an oldish Fuji S5000, which produced excellent results, I am rather disappointed with the Lumix FZ8.
High quality easy to use camera May 2, 2008
S. Green
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Top feature must be the 36-432mm zoom, which is coupled with one of the best image stabilisation systems to be found. Image quality in both short and long distance photography is quite superb for the price. Startup time is around four seconds and battery pack lasts well. Instruction manual is an easy read and camera boasts aperture prioity,shutter priority and manual override, very useful for unusual lighting conditions. I bought one after reading the Which "Best Buy" report and have found it to be an amazing camera at this price, which incidentally is nearly 100 off RRP.
All things to all men? September 8, 2007
S. Astill (UK)
85 out of 86 found this review helpful
I took delivery of this camera this morning. I was an avid amateur photographer in my youth and having worked my way up from a Zenith E to a Canon T90 I eventually tired of lugging a bag around that most air carriers won't allow on as hand luggage and I bought a Hybrid 35mm Camera, an Olympus is 100, before taking the digital plunge with a Fuji 2800zoom. This was replaced with an Olympus FE before I decided on the Panasonic (see other reviews for reason why) My main reason for choosing this camera was the Leica lens, I have always advised anyone looking to buy a digital camera "Stick with the main camera makers for the quality lens, Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax etc" So the Leica input was irresistable. As I had not handled it before it arrived this morning, I was a little concerned from other reviews questioning its flimsiness and size, but I cant understand why. Although it is light, the (matt black) finish is very nice and it is certainly the best quality digital camera body I have handled, far better than the Olympus is 100 or an earlier Canon T70. I also wear a size 8 surgical glove and have no problems with the size of the camera. Surely the whole point of these cameras is their portability? Despite all the features; Program AE, Aperture, or Shutter priority, and fully manual exposure, there are no more knobs and buttons than on the Olympus FE I bought last year.The camera boasts all the features of my old T90 plus a range of auto scene settings and comes with that enormous 36-432 (35mm equivalent) lens. Screw in adaptors are available to extend the wide angle to 25mm or the tele to 735mm! Criticisms? A fiddly lens hood arangement, although with the optional adaptor it will accept 55mm filters and hoods. Also an annoying joystick arrangement for manual focusing. However, given the limitations of autofocus systems, it is nice to have the option. Also that lovely big LCD screen protrudes a couple of mil from the rear of the camera, so using the viewfinder inevitably means a greasy mark from your nose (is my nose just greasy or too big?) These are only minor points but that is because that is all I can find wrong with the camera. When I sold my T90 a decade ago this was the camera I envisioned replacing it with, sadly I spent several hundred pounds on unsuitable cameras before it became available. The FZ8 is available for under 150 if you shop around and at that price nothing can touch it. It has reignited my interest in photography beyond snapshots, without breaking the budget, or my arm carrying it. Yes, it is all things, at least to me.
This camera range dominates the bridge market July 16, 2007
P. J. Dixon (UK)
42 out of 46 found this review helpful
The Panasonic DMC-FZ range dominates this area. It is a great all round camera. It has a super optical zoom, that can pick out details in a distance and is compact enough but gives great pictures for any situation. I have used a camera from this range for 1.5 years now and it has been ideal for any situation I have thrown at it (ranging from rail photography to night club photography). If you want a camera, this should be seriously considered
The screen is really good and really large. Piece of advice is to keep the adaptor for the lens hood on all the time to prevent damage to the lens
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