Panasonic DMC-FX580 Digital Camera Review

Panasonic DMC-FX580

Digital Camera Review

3.7 The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX580 is a $400 point-and-shoot that brings extensive manual controls, a touch-screen interface and wide-angle lens to the table. While we were highly impressed by the level of control while shooting, the image quality was overall sub-par.
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Introduction  
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX580 is a $400 point-and-shoot that brings extensive manual controls, a touch-screen interface and wide-angle lens to the table. While we were highly impressed by the level of control while shooting, the image quality was overall sub-par.
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Section The Good The Bad
x Product Tour Solid construction Blocky
x Color Unfortunately, none Poor color accuracy; no color modes
x Noise Manually controllable noise reduction; generally decent image noise High image noise above ISO 400
x Resolution Adjustable sharpening; many options for size Poor sharpness on default setting
x Video Decent video color accuracy Video sharpness on the low side
x Playback Many, many playback options; robust printing controls for PictBridge Not much control for DPOF
x Hardware Wide-angle lens; decent battery life; fast lens Low LCD resolution; under-powered flash
x Controls Extensive manual tweaking available; aperture and shutter priority modes No complaints - the controls are fantastic
x Design & Handling High quality buttons; decent menu system Manual leaves something to be desired
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