Panasonic Lumix DMC FS10 Features
The Panasonic Lumix DMC FS10 is a 12 megapixel digital camera with a 5x wide angle zoom lens. Other features include High Definition movies, image stabilisation, a 2.7 inch LCD screen and a macro mode that allows you to focus from 5cm.
The focal length of the lens is equivalent to 28 - 140mm in 35mm format. Extra zoom becomes available when shooting at lower resolutions. The maximum amount of zoom is 9.8x. This becomes available when shooting at 3 megapixels. 4x digital zoom is also available.
Basics
- CCD size: 1/2.33 inches
- Self Timer: 2 or 10 seconds
- Macro focusing: 5cm
- Image Stabilisation
- Face Detection
- Red Eye Correction
- Color Mode: Standard, Vivid, Natural, Black & White, Sepia, Cool, Warm
- Intelligent Scene Selector: Portrait, Scenery, Night Portrait, Night Scenery, Sunset, Macro
LCD
The LCD monitor is 2.7 inches in size. The screen is made up of around 230,000 dots.
Flash
The flash modes are: auto, red eye reduction, on, off and slow sync. The maximum range of the flash unit is 6.8m. This falls to 2.7m when the zoom lens is fully extended.
The Lumix DMC FS10 also has a flash burst continuous mode. This allows you to fire off 5 shots.
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:
- Shutter Speed: 60 seconds to 1/1600 seconds (set automatically)
- Maximum Aperture: F2.8 - 9 (W) / F6.9 - 20 (T) (set automatically)
- ISO: Auto, 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
- Metering: Multi Point
- Continuous Shooting: 1.8 shots per second
- Burst Mode: 5.5 frames per second at 3 megapixels and less
Computer
All the necessary cables and software are supplied to attach the Panasonic Lumix DMC FS10 to a computer.
