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LUMIX DMC-FZ38

Small, long-zooming, HD, stereo, excellent, compact, FZ38, Panasonic, LUMIX
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Panasonic
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Any idea what the equivalent focal lengths are for the FZ100 zoom lens?
Geoff Brown
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Agree with Tord, Only much more expensive DSLRs beat the performance of this digital bridge model.
Tord S Eriksson
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Pros
  • Amazing long-zoom wonder in pocket-size package
Cons
  • Not perfect in low light!
Seldom you'll get so much performance from such a relatively cheap camera - it has a more expensive brother as well, with even longer zoom, but I have no experience with that!

It takes excellent HD films, with good stereo sound, and has a 18x optical zoom
(its 'bigger' brother has a 24x zoom), and is excellently suited to bird photography! At the long end of the zoom the OIS (optoical image stabilisation) isn't quite up to par, so attaching a monopod, to increase the camera's inertia, is an excellent idea (it doesn't need to touch the ground, just the extra mass does the trick!).

My wife has one of these, and I am tempted to get one for myself, as well!

The FZ100 has a focal length of 24-600 (equivalent), by the way!
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