Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX100 review (silver)

Considering the usefulness of the 28mm wide-angle lens, the convenience of the Intelligent ISO mode, and the FX100's impressive white balance and metering, this camera is a good choice if you feel you absolutely must have a 12-megapixel compact camera. However, you probably don't need so many pixels. If you don't plan on cropping heavily or making extremely large prints, you'd be better served going for a camera with a lower megapixel count and better noise results, such as the Canon PowerShot SD850 IS or if you don't mind ultracompacts, Sony's Cyber-shot DSC-T100, both of which cost around the same price as this Panasonic.

Shooting speed (in seconds)
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)

Typical shot-to-shot time

Time to first shot

Shutter lag (typical)

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T100

1.4 

1.1 

0.4 

Canon PowerShot SD850 IS

1.7 

1.2 

0.5 

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W200

2.2 

1.6 

0.5 

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX100

2.3 

2.4 

0.6