Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ38

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ38/DMC-FZ35
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Overview
Type Bridge digital camera
Lens
Lens 27-486 mm (18x optical zoom) F2.8 - F4.4 Leica Elmarit
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Front view without cap of fz35 lumix
Sensor/medium
Sensor 1/2.33" CCD
Maximum resolution 4000x3000 (12.7 megapixels)
Film speed ISO 100-1600 (High-sensitiviy mode 1600-6400)
Storage media SD, SDHC, internal
Focusing
Focus areas9-area
Flash
Flash Built-in pop up
Shutter
Shutter Manual
Shutter speed range1/2000 sec up to 60 sec
Viewfinder
Viewfinder EVF and 2.7 inch colour LCD (230,000 pixels)
Image processing
White balance Manual
General
BatteryBattery Li-Ion 7.2 V, 695 mAh
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Panasonic battery charger and battery for DMC-FZ35
Weight 414 g

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ38 is a superzoom bridge digital camera, replacing the similar Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28 and earlier Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18. It is also known as the DMC-FZ35 in North America.

Capabilities

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ38/DMC-FZ35 use a Leica lens. The Leica 'DC VARIO-ELMARIT 1:2.8-4.4 / 4.8-86.4 ASPH.' lens is a aspherical telescoping lens.

Both models share similarities with the specs, differing by the name alone.

Some features include an electronic viewfinder, pop up flash, and a back-facing LCD panel.

The camera has many modes allowing for auto intelligence mode where the camera adjusts automatically using its sensors. It also has standard macro modes, scenery portrait, sports mode.

The camera shoots movies in AVCHD Lite format and has options to set aspects in the custom movie mode and add color affects.

Creative Mode giving you less customization but an easier UI then manual mode, such as manual blur and focus and BW/SEPIA/COLOR.

There is also manual, shutter priority, aperture priority, and program mode. Besides these modes, the camera has 20 other preset modes within the scene menu.

The FZ35 and FZ38 can shoot in the following formats: Raw Image Format, JPEG, Lossless JPEG.

Preceded by Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ38
2009-		Succeeded by


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