Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX50
Digital Camera Review
Sep 20, 2006
- By Emily Raymond
1.8
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX50 has 7.2 megapixels and an optically stabilized Leica 3.6x zoom lens. It’s features consist of a slew of automatic modes, including 18 scenes and a Simple mode that turns the FX50 into a point-and-shoot digital camera. There is a High Sensitivity scene mode on this model that goes up to ISO 3200 to capture subjects cast in low light without having to use the built-in flash. The body is plainly styled and comes in silver and black colors, and has a huge 3-inch LCD screen on its back. The Panasonic FX50 can record widescreen pictures and videos and retails for $399.
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Picture Quality / Size Options (7.0)
This Lumix has a variety of image sizes available because it can shoot in three different aspect ratios. The default is 4:3 and these are the choices: 3072 x 2304, 2560 x 1920, 2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, and 640 x 480. There is a 3:2 ratio optimized for printing 4 x 6-inch pictures. There are two image sizes at this ratio: 3072 x 2048 and 2048 x 1360. The last aspect ratio of 16:9 is designed for displaying pictures on widescreen televisions. The following image sizes are wide: 3072 x 1728 and 1920 x 1080. Pictures can be captured as Fine or Standard JPEG compressions. Overall, there are plenty of image size options on the FX50.
Picture Effects Mode (7.5)
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX50 has several picture effects modes on it. There are two options toward the bottom of the Normal recording menu that can tweak the image. The Color Effect mode offers Off, Cool, Warm, Black & White, and Sepia choices. There is a live view when scrolling through that menu. The Picture Adjustment menu choice provides Natural, Standard, and Vivid options; these are more of a saturation adjustment than anything else. Standard is the default, with Natural under-saturating tones and Vivid over-saturating them. There is no live view when scrolling through these, so it’s hard to tell the difference between all of the settings without exiting and re-entering the menu several times.
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