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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS20 Review

Author Cliff Smith
Published 25th Apr 2008
Manufacturer Panasonic
Price £156.52 (Exc VAT)
as reviewed £180.00 (Inc VAT)
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Build Quality Score 9 for Build Quality
Features Score 7 for Features
Image Quality Score 8 for Image Quality
Value Score 6 for Value
Overall Score 8 for Overall
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS20
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A range of test shots are shown over the next few pages. Here, the full size images at the minimum and maximum ISO settings have been reduced for bandwidth purposes to let you see the full image, and a series of crops taken from original full resolution images at a range of ISO settings have been included in order for you to gain an appreciation of the overall quality.




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This is the full frame at minimum ISO.





At 100 ISO the image is noise-free, but there is a little softness to the edges.





Still no problems at 200 ISO.





The noise reduction is starting to kick in at 400 ISO, fudging out some fine detail to reduce colour noise.





Surprisingly good results at 800 ISO. This is quite printable.





More detail is lost at 1600 ISO, but colour balance remains good.




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This is the full frame at maximum ISO.


 

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comment michael maher said on 14th July 2009

i got this camera at a great price of € 140.00 with a spare battery and i have to say i am very impressed with the simplicity of use and build quality in general.
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