Digital Camera Review

Digital Camera Review

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LC70 is a point-and-shoot hybrid model put out with a MSRP of US $299.99, making it by far one of the lowest priced models in the Lumix series of digital cameras. With a 3x optical zoom, the Leica DC lens has a 1/2.5”, 4.2 total MP, 4.0 effective MP CCD. It can record still images in five sizes, and motion in a 320 x 240 format only. Manually, the user can control White Balance, ISO settings, and automatic focus and exposure settings. Its squared body makes it an easier camera to carry, though not especially advantageous in regards to slipping into your back pocket. Burst shooting capable, this unit can direct print as well, by using the USB port. It can play back captured video via TV monitor or on camera, although Audio cannot be played back on this product when viewing in-camera movies.
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Picture Quality / Size Options (6.0)
The Picture Quality settings for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LC70 are located in the LCD screen Menu, are located under the heading of Quality, and are vaguely represented by a set of two symbols, leaving the chooser to decide between six squares and three squares as appropriate setting options. The six squares we are told represent fine quality, which is low compression, and the three squares stand for standard quality or higher compression. These settings are accessible at all times except when in Playback, Favorites, and Movie modes. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LC70 offers pretty standard image size options: 640 x 480 pixels, 1280 x 960 pixels, 1600 x 1200 pixels, and 2304 x 1728 pixels.

Picture Effects Options (7.5)
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LC70 refers to its in-menu settings for Picture Effect as Col. Effect, and is the third from the bottom in the menu options. Once highlighted, the user can choose to scroll back and forth using the right/left buttons to decide between, Off, Cool, Warm, and Black and White. Beneath this option is the Picture Adjustment option, which allows for decisions to be made between natural, standard, and vivid settings. These options are pretty good for a camera of this size, giving the user a variety of options and adjustments to fiddle with. This series of settings is available in all modes except for Playback, Favorites, and Movie.

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