Panasonic Black Lumix 8.1 Megapixel Digital Camera - DMC-FZ18K

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Panasonic Black Lumix 8.1 Megapixel Digital Camera - DMCFZ18K

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Big Zoom, Small Camera
Experience the power of an incredible 18x optical zoom in a 8.1-megapixel camera that fits in the palm of your hand. From vast landscapes to super telephoto shots, the DMC-FZ18 gives you crisp, stunning images using a 28mm wide-angle Leica DC Vario-Elmarit lens. For macro shots, the wide-angle setting lets you shoot all the way down to one centimeter from your subject, while the telephoto setting can be used up to one meter (3.28 feet) from your subject. With the Extended Optical Zoom function, zoom power is boosted to around 28.7x (in 3-megapixel resolution mode). View Demo

Intelligent Auto Technology Delivers Perfect Shots Every Time
Say good-bye to complicated settings. Just turn the dial to iA and the DMC-FZ18 will not only help eliminate blurring from hand-shake or subject movement, but it will also detect up to 15 faces and automatically select the focus, exposure and scene modes for the best results. View Demo

MEGA O.I.S. Prevents Blurring from Hand-Shake
Camera shake is the number one cause of blurry, out-of-focus pictures. That's why Panasonic Lumix digital cameras come equipped with advanced Optical Image Stabilization (MEGA O.I.S.) that detects even the tiniest camera movement, then automatically adjusts the lens to compensate. With MEGA O.I.S., you're ensured sharp, clear pictures every time without any loss of image detail or clarity. View Demo

Intelligent ISO Control Helps Prevent Motion Blur
Thanks to Intelligent ISO, Panasonic Lumix digital cameras capture crisp, clear images even when your subject moves as you shoot. Advanced subject-motion detection circuitry senses when your subject is moving and raises the camera's ISO sensitivity and shutter speed settings accordingly. This suppresses motion blur and also makes it easy to shoot scenes with fast moving action. View Demo

Face Detection for Blur-Free Portraits
The new Face Detection function automatically chooses the optimal settings to make sure faces appear well-lit and in focus. This advanced technology can detect up to 15 faces in a scene, and will even automatically readjust the settings if their positions change. In Intelligent Auto Mode, the camera automatically begins focusing even before you press the shutter button, so you'll never miss an opportunity for a great shot.

Scene Detection Chooses the Mode That Best Fits the Situation
With your Panasonic Lumix digital camera in Intelligent Auto Mode, the Intelligent Scene Selector will sense the ambient conditions and automatically select either the Scenery, Portrait, Macro, Night Portrait or Night Scenery mode accordingly. With the camera choosing the settings for you, you'll get beautiful results every time you shoot, no matter what the scene or subject.

Specifications:

Key Features

• Camera Type Super Zoom
• Camera Effective Pixels 8.1 Megapixels
• Optical Image Stabilizer MEGA O.I.S. (Mode 1 / Mode 2 )
• Optical Zoom 18x
• CCD (Image Sensor) 1/2.5", 8.32 Total Mega Pixels CCD, Primary Color Filter
• Extra Optical Zoom
  • 4:3 Aspect Ratio: 23x for 5 Mega, 28.7x for 3 Mega, 2 Mega, 0.3 Mega
  • 3:2 Aspect Ratio: 23x for 4.5 Mega, 28.7x for 2.5 Mega
  • 16:9 Aspect Ratio: 23x for 3.5 Mega, 28.7x for 2 Mega
• Digital Zoom
  • 1 4x (Max. 72x combined with Optical Zoom without Extra Optical Zoom)
  • (Max. 115x combined with Extra Optical Zoom)
• Focal Length f=4.6-82.8mm (35mm equiv.: 28-504mm)
• Leica DC Vario-Elmarit Lens
  • 11 Elements in 8 Groups
  • (3 Aspherical Lenses/4 Aspherical Surfaces)
• Aperture Range
  • Wide: F2.8 - F8.0
  • Tele: F4.2 - F8.0

Performance Features

• Conversion Lens Compatibility Yes
• Focusing Area
  • P/A/S/M/Intelligent AUTO/Motion Picture:
    • Normal: Wide 30cm/Tele 200cm-infinity
    • Macro: Wide 1cm/Tele(approx. 6x-11x)200cm-infinity
    • Tele Macro(approx. 12x-18x):100cm-infinity
• AF Metering Face/1-point/1-point high speed/3-point high speed/Multi-point/Spot
• Focus AF-Macro On/Off, AF/MF Switchable, Manual Focus(Joystick), One Shot AF, Continuous AF On/Off
• AF/AE Lock Yes
• AF Assist Lamp Yes
• ISO Sensitivity Auto / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1250 / 1600 (High Sensitivity Mode: Auto(1600-6400)
• White Balance
  • Auto / Daylight / Cloudy / Shade / Halogen / White Set1,2
  • White Balance Adjustment(2-axis adjustable, +9steps each)
  • (Selectable at Portrait(Normal, Soft Skin, Creative), Sports(Normal, Creative), Baby, Pet and High Sensitivity Mode)
• Exposure Program AE, Aperture Priority AE, Shutter Priority AE, Manual, Program Shift(Program AE Mode)
• Exposure Compensation 1/3 EV Step, ± 2 EV
• Backlight Compensation Yes (at Intelligent AUTO mode)
• Auto Bracketing (AE) +/- 1/3 EV ~ 1EV step, 3 frames
• Light Metering Intelligent Multiple / Center-weighted / Spot
• Scene Modes Dial: Playback/Intelli AUTO/Mode: P(Pgm)/A(AperPrior.)/S(ShutterPrior.)/M(Man)/Cust/Portrait/Scenery/Sports/Night Portrait/SCN(Food/Party/Candle Light/Sunset/High Sensitivity/Baby1&2/Pet/Pan/Starry/Fireworks/Beach/Snow/Aerial photo)/Motion Pic/Print
• Advanced Scene Mode
  • Portrait mode: Normal, Soft Skin, Outdoor, Indoor, Creative
  • Scenery mode: Normal, Nature, Architecture, Creative
  • Sports mode: Normal, Outdoor, Indoor, Creative
  • Night Portrait: Night Portrait, Night Scenery, Illuminations, Creative
• Shutter Speed/Shutter System
  • Program AE:1-1/2000sec
  • Aperture Priority AE/Shutter Priority AE:8-1/2000sec
  • Manual:60-1/2000sec.
  • Starry Sky Mode:15,30,60sec
• Self Timer 2 seconds / 10 seconds / 10 seconds / 3 images
• Auto Review 1 sec/3 sec/zoom
• Review 1x/4x/8x
• Picture Adjustment
  • Contrast +2steps
  • Sharpness +2steps
  • Saturation +2steps
  • Noise Reduction +2steps
• Color Effect Mode Cool, Warm, Black & White, Sepia
• Recording Format
  • Still Image: JPEG (design rule for camera file system, based on Exif 2.21 standard), DPOF Corresponding
  • Image with audio: JPEG (design rule for camera file system, based on Exif 2.21 standard)+ QuickTime
  • Motion Picture: QuickTime Motion JPEG
• Image Quality Fine/Standard/RAW/RAW+JPEG
• Motion Image (Quick Time Motion JPEG)
  • 4:3 Aspect Ratio: 640 x 480 pixels, 320 x 240 pixels 30 fps, 10 fps
  • 16:9 Aspect Ratio: 848 x 480 pixels 30 fps, 10 fps

Recording Image Size (Pixels)

• 4:3 Aspect Ratio (Still Image)
  • 3264 x 2448
  • 2560 x 1920
  • 2048 x 1536
  • 1600 x 1200
  • 640 x 480
• 3:2 Aspect Ratio (Still Image)
  • 3264 x 2176
  • 2560 x 1712
  • 2048 x 1360
• 16:9 Aspect Ratio (Still Image)
  • 3264 x 1840
  • 2560 x 1440
  • 1920 x 1080
• Motion Image (4:3 Aspect Ratio)
  • 640 x 480, 320 x 240
  • 30 fps, 10fps
• Motion Image (16:9 Aspect Ratio) 848 x 480 pixels - 30 fps, 10 fps

Convenience Features

• Burst Shooting Mode Full-Resolution Image, 3 frames/sec Max. 7 images (Standard Mode), Max 4 images (Fine Mode)
• Unlimited Consecutive Shooting 2 Yes
• Easy Zoom/Zoom Resume -/Yes
• Still Image Recording with Audio 5 seconds
• Audio Dubbing Maximum of 10 Seconds
• Real-time Histograms Yes
• Composition Guide Lines Yes (2 patterns)
• Built-in Memory approx. 27MB
• Scene Mode Help Screen Yes
• Auto Angle Detection Yes
• Flip Animation Yes
• Travel Date/World Time Yes/Yes
• Title Edit Yes
• Text Stamp/Date Stamp Yes/Yes

Standard Features

• Built-in Flash Type/Mode
  • Auto, Auto/Red-eye Reduction, Forced On, Forced On/Red-eye Reduction, Slow Sync./Red-eye Reduction, Forced Off
  • Flash output Adjustment (1/3EV step, -2 - +2 EV)
  • 0.3-6.0m (Wide/ISO Auto), 1.0-4.0m (Tele/ISO Auto)
• Viewfinder
  • 0.44" diagonal Color EVF (188k pixels)
  • Field of view: approx. 100%
• LCD Monitor
  • 2.5" Diagonal Polycrystalline TFT LCD Display (207k pixels)
  • Field of view: approx. 100%
  • Power LCD Mode, High Angle LCD Mode
• Playback Mode 9, 25-thumbnail display, Calendar display, Zoomed playback (16x max), Image rotation, Category Playback, Slide Show, Favorite Pictures, Create Still Pictures, Resizing, Trimming, Protection, Aspect Conversion, DPOF Print Setting
• OSD Language English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Russian, Chinese(Traditional), Chinese(Simplified), Netherlandic, Thai, Korean, Turkish, Portuguese, Arabic, Persian, Japanese
• Recording Media
  • Built-in Memory
  • SD Memory Card
  • SDHC Memory Card
  • MultiMediaCard
• Microphone Yes
• Speaker Yes
• Interface DC Input, A/V Output (NTSC/PAL), USB
• Direct Print PictBridge
• Color Black
• Power Supply
  • Lithium-ion Battery Pack (7.2V, 710 mAh)(Included)
  • AC Adaptor (Input: 110-240V AC)(Optional)
• Battery Life 3 Up to 400 pictures (CIPA Standard)/400 pictures (with EVF)

Software

• SILKYPIX® Developer Studio 2.1SE Yes
• ArcSoft® MediaImpression™ Yes
• ArcSoft® Panorama Maker™ Yes
• USB Driver Yes
• Lumix® Simple Viewer Yes
• Photo Fun Studio Yes

Accessories

• Battery Charger Yes
• Battery Pack Yes
• Battery Carrying Case Yes
• Lens Cap Yes
• Lens Hood & Adaptor Yes
• Cables AC, AV & USB
• Strap Yes
• Shoulder Strap Yes
• Hood (S+L) Yes
• CD-ROM Yes

Approximate Dimensions:

• Height: 2.96"
• Width: 4.63"
• Depth: 3.47"

Approximate Weight:

• Unit: 0.79 lbs
• Shipping: 2 lb

Warranty Information:

• Manufacturer Warranty (authorized online retailer):
  1 Year Parts / 1 Year Labor

Download Files (.pdf):

• Owner's Manual / Warranty

Footnotes:

1. As digital magnification increases, resolution significantly decreases.
2. Number of shots may vary depending on memory card size, battery power, picture size, and compression. The consecutive shooting speed varies depending on the memory card or the built-in memory.
3. Shooting conditions: 73.4°F with 50% humidity;LCD On; Using an SD Memory Card; Starting to shoot 30 seconds after turning on the power; Shooting once every 30 seconds with the flash in full operation for every other shot; Changing the zoom setting from telephoto to wide, or wide to telephoto, for each shot; Temporarily turning the power off after each 10 shots (long enough to lower the battery temperature. For DMC-LC1: Shooting once every 30 seconds, flash in operation for every shot, 77°F(25°C) ambient temperature.

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