3-megapixel sensor captures enough detail to create photo-quality 10-by-13-inch enlargements
Leica DC Vario-Elmarit lens 12x optical zoom lens combines with 4x digital zoom for 48x total zoom
MEGA Optical Image Stabilizer keeps low-light and telephoto images sharp; 0.008-second shutter release lag
Store images on Secure Digital (SD) memory cards; 8MB SD card included
Editorial Review:
2/8/200615-19-32...
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Amazing camera. This camera recently broke down. I am giving it 5 stars. Because, Hey it broke after like 5 years. I suppose it gave me ten thousand impressions of sweet memories. Basically, I wanted a camera with higher optical zoom. It didn't take much time, and I ended up with such an amazing camera that literally transformed me to an enthusiastic photographer. Before we see this reviewing thing, some basics. Somebody asked me "CP, I am looking for a very good digital camera in 50-60 dollars price range". I... more info
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ3 12x, 3MP This is a great camera but it has only 3.1 MP. It takes nice pictures though I want more then 3.1 MP.
Also, always use the flash when taking pictures at night and you can get nice pictures (I didn't tried a tripod yet). I had some problems with OCZ cards. I got some errors 'Error reading flash' or 'Write error' . I also tried with my friend's OCZ card (which he uses it with a Canon) and I got same errors. Problem was solved after I changed the 2.0Gig OCZ card with a KingStone 2.0G SD card.
Great Camera I have owned a few cameras but this one takes the cake. I'll keep this short - fast start up
- takes SD cards and can run them at high speed
- optical image stabilizer works wonderfully
- very long 12x zoon
- solid and takes nice pictures
- has video and full manual mode
- cheap I really enjoyed this camera. It's well made and is small enough to carry around. Only wished it had manual focus.
Great package I used to use film SLR cameras with autofocus and all the gadgets until I got my second digital camera - an Olympus C2100 UZ with a 10x zoom and 2 megapixels. After that the film cameras gathered dust. I decided to replace the Olympus with a lighter, more modern camera at the beginning of 2005. This camera was similar to a more updated c2100, and I had heard that the recent Olympus cameras were not as good. I had printed out letter-size pictures on my computer printer with the c2100, so I knew that 2... more info
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