Panasonic Lumix DMC FP3 Features
The Panasonic Lumix DMC FP3 is a 14 megapixel digital camera with a 4x zoom lens. The focal length of the lens is equivalent to 35 - 140mm in 35mm format. If you decrease the number of megapixels you are shooting at extra zoom becomes available. A maximum 8.4x zoom is available at 3 megapixels. 4x digital zoom is a further option.
Big attractions are likely to include a 3 inch, touch control LCD screen, High Definition movies and image stabilisation.
Basics
- Self Timer: 2 or 10 seconds
- Macro focusing: 10cm
- Automatic red eye fix
- CCD Size: 1/2.3 inches
- Resolution for widescreen TV playback
- Resolution for 6 x 4 inch prints
- Image Stabilisation
- Scene Mode Help
- Face Detection
- Intelligent Scene Selector: Portrait, Scenery, Night Portrait, Night Scenery, Sunset, Macro
- Color Mode: Vivid, Natural, Black & White, Sepia, Cool, Warm
LCD
The touch control LCD monitor is 3 inches in size. The screen is made up of around 230,000 dots.
Flash
The flash modes are: auto, auto with red-eye reduction, on, slow sync with red-eye reduction and off.
The range of the flash unit is 4.9m when the zoom is not being used. This decreases to 2.9m when the lens is fully zoomed in.
There is a Flash Burst Continuous Shooting mode. This can five off up to 5 shots in quick succession.
Scene Modes
There are a number of preset scene modes. These are: Portrait, Soft Skin, Transform, Self-Portrait, Scenery, Sports, Night Portrait, Night Scenery, Food, Party, Candle Light, Baby1, Baby2, Pet, Sunset, High sensitivity, / Hi-Speed Burst, Flash Burst, Starry Sky, Fireworks, Beach, Snow, Aerial photo, Film Grain and Photo Frame.
Movies
You can shoot High Definition quality movies with a resolution of 720p. The top recording speed is 30 frames per second. Optical zoom can be applied before shooting starts.
Advanced Features
Among the more advanced features are:
- Metering: Multi Point
- ISO: 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 High Sensitivity (ISO 1600-6400)
- Exposure Compensation: +/- 2 in 0.3 steps
- White Balance: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Shade, Halogen, White Set (Selectable at Portrait, Soft Skin, Transform, Self-Portrait, Sports, Baby, Pet, High Sensitivity, Highspeed Burst, Photo Frame)
- Maximum Aperture: F3.5 - 5.6 (W) / F5.9 - 7.1 (T)
- Shutter Speed: 8 - 1/1600 seconds
- Unlimited Consecutive Shooting: 1.5 frames per second
- Continuous Shooting Mode High-speed Burst Mode: approx. 4.6 frames/sec (image priority) / (recorded in 3M for 4:3, 2.5M for 3:2, 2M for 16:9)
Computer
All the necessary cables and software are supplied to attach the Panasonic Lumix DMC FP3 to a computer.
