Manufacturer: Panasonic Part number: DMC-FX50
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Design: 7.0
Features: 7.0
Performance: 7.0
Image quality: 5.0
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Product Summary
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX50S (silver)
price range: $259.00
A decent camera, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX50 is held back by less-than-decent photo quality.
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"Easy to use, a perfect grandparent's snapshot camera"
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Specifications
- Manufacturer: Panasonic
- Part Number: DMC-FX50
General
- Product Type Digital camera
- Width 3.9 in
- Depth 1 in
- Height 2.2 in
- Weight 5.3 oz
- Enclosure Color Silver
Main Features
- Resolution 7.2 megapixels
- Color Support Color
- Optical Sensor Type CCD
- Total Pixels 7,380,000 pixels
- Effective Sensor Resolution 7,200,000 pixels
- Optical Sensor Size 1/2.5 in
- Light Sensitivity ISO 100, ISO 200, ISO 400, ISO 800, ISO 1250, ISO 3200, ISO auto
- Digital Zoom 4 x
- Shooting Modes Frame movie mode
- Shooting Programs Food, Snow, Baby1, Baby2, Beach, Macro, Candle, Scenery, Fireworks, Soft skin, Starry sky, Night scene, Sports mode, Aerial photo, Party/indoor, Portrait mode, Self-portrait, Night portrait, High sensitivity
- Special Effects Cool, Warm, Sepia, Vivid, Black & White
- Image Stabilizer Optical
- Max Shutter Speed 1/2000 sec
- Image stabilizer feature Optical stabilization helps prevent blurry pictures, especially for handheld cameras at slow shutter speeds or when using high optical zoom.
- Min Shutter Speed 60 sec
- Exposure Metering Multi-segment
- Exposure Modes Program, Automatic
- Exposure Compensation ±2 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
- Auto Exposure Bracketing 3 steps in 1/3 EV step
- White Balance Custom, Presets, Automatic
- White Balance Presets Shade, Cloudy, Halogen, Daylight
- Digital Video Format QuickTime
- Still Image Format JPEG
- TV Tuner None
- Video Capture QuickTime - 640 x 480, QuickTime - 640 x 480, QuickTime - 320 x 240, QuickTime - 320 x 240, QuickTime - 848 x 480, QuickTime - 848 x 480
Memory / Storage
- Flash Memory 16 MB Flash - SD Memory Card
- Supported Flash Memory MultiMediaCard, SD Memory Card
- Floppy Drive None
- Image Storage Fine JPEG 3072 x 2304, Standard 2560 x 1920, 2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 640 x 480, 3072 x 2048, 2048 x 1360, 3072 x 1728, 1920 x 1080
Camera Flash
- Camera Flash Built-in flash
- Flash Modes Auto mode, Fill-in mode, Slow synchro, Flash OFF mode, Red-eye reduction
- Red Eye Reduction Yes
- Effective Flash Range 2 ft - 13 ft
- Features AF illuminator
Lens System
- Type Zoom lens - 4.6 mm - 16.8 mm - F/2.8-5.6
- Focal Length 4.6 mm - 16.8 mm
- Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 28 - 102 mm
- Focus Adjustment Automatic
- Auto Focus Points (Zones) 9
- Min Focus Range 19.7 in
- Macro Focus Range 5cm
- Lens Aperture F/2.8-5.6
- Optical Zoom 3.6 x
- Zoom Adjustment Motorized drive
- Lens Construction 6 group(s) / 7 element(s)
- Lens Manufacturer Leica
- Features Aspherical lens
Additional Features
- Self Timer Yes
- Self Timer Delay 2 sec, 10 sec
- Additional Features DPOF support, Audio recording, Auto power save, Built-in speaker, Cropping an image, Histogram display, Resizing an image, PictBridge support, 16:9 widescreen mode, Backlight compensation, Digital image rotation, RGB primary color filter, Takes photos while movie recording
Display
- Type LCD display - TFT active matrix - 3 in - Color
- Display Form Factor Built-in
- Display Format 230,000 pixels
Digital Player (Recorder)
- Type None
Microphone
- Type Microphone - Built-in
Connections
- Connector Type 1 x USB, 1 x Composite video/audio output, 1 x DC power input
- Expansion Slot(s) 1 x SD Memory Card
Software
- Software ArcSoft PhotoBase, Drivers & Utilities, LUMIX Simple Viewer, ArcSoft Panorama Maker, ArcSoft PhotoImpression
Miscellaneous
- Included Accessories Strap
- Cables Included 1, 1 x USB cable, A/V cable
Power
- Power Device Battery charger - External
Battery
- Supported Battery 1 x Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1150 mAh ( Included )
Environmental Parameters
- Min Operating Temperature 32 °F
- Max Operating Temperature 104 °F
CNET Labs' Benchmarks
- Labs information All values are expressed in seconds. Please visit our labs information page for information on how digital cameras are tested.
- CNET Labs Flash shot to shot time 2.0
- CNET Labs Shot to shot time typical 1.3
- CNET Labs Shutter lag bright 0.6
- CNET Labs Shutter lag dim 1.1
- CNET Labs Typical burst speed 1.8
- CNET Labs Wake up time 1.5
Product series
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX50S (silver)
Price: $259.00
Manufacturer: Panasonic
Specs: Compact, 7.2 megapixels, 3.6 x, 3 in LCD display, 16 MB - SD Memory Card
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX50K (black)
Price: $445.33
Manufacturer: Panasonic
Specs: Compact, 7 megapixels, 3.6 x, 3 in LCD display, 16 MB - SD Memory Card
Manufacturer info
- Panasonic
- Manufacturer profile
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- Website: http://www.panasonic.com/
- Address: Matsushita Electric Corporation of America, Secaucus, NJ. 07094
- Phone: 800/662-3537
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