Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX580 Ratings and Reviews
July 1st, 2009 • Filed Under•75 views
As a Panasonic’s new touch-screen Lumix digital camera, the DMC-FX580 is slim and stylish featured with a 25mm ultra-wide-angle Leica DC lens with F2.8 brightness, a 5x optical zoom and 12.1-megapixel resolution.
Using the popular touch-screen operation is easy with the DMC-FX580’s large 3.0-inch LCD, so both shooting and image playback is intuitive and smooth.
Index of Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX580 Expert Reviews
- PhotographyBlog-–The Lumix FX550 therefore feels like a worthy addition to the range, rather than one that’s acting as the latest market saturating stopgap between one release and the next that many of its competitors are guilty of. A little Internet investigation should also shave a few pounds that asking price, with, at the time of writing, e-tailers offering the camera for between £230 and £260. A Photography Blog Recommendation then, with the caveats as given above and in the body of this review.
- Cameras.co.uk—This is a feature packed smaller compact. It offers a manual exposure mode, High Definition movies, touch control for key features through the 3 inch LCD screen and a wide angle lens. Picture quality is very good and it is a well thought out camera.
- CNET.uk—“The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX550 is packed with good ideas and neat features, but the hybrid interface is patchy and the lens quality isn’t good enough to justify the camera’s manual modes. It’s alright, and it’s still pretty good value, but it’s just not quite as good in practice as it looks on paper.”
- Digital Camera Review—“This camera hasn’t improved on the noise performance of its predecessor and so must be judged average at best in this regard. AF acquisition times are not class leading but not extremely slow, and shutter lag is good.”
- Pocket-lint—“The overall impression is that once again it’s a case of maximum return from minimal user effort with little if any post processing required via image editing software. For the occasional traveller looking for a sturdily built pocket snapper that will withstand the odd knock and scratch the Lumix DMC-FX550/FX580 therefore comes recommended.”
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cgpetroski on 1 July 2009:
This is one fantastic camera, and I look forward to using it a lot.
This is my third Panasonic (FX-01 and FZ-30), and before that I had Nikon digitals, preceded by Nikon film cameras; I had my own darkroom and did my own developing and printing of b&w for many years. I have to admit that when I took the FX-580 out of the box, I was a bit disappointed. I had ordered it to replace my FX-01, which I loved but which did not perform well in low light. The FX-01 is a beautiful, nice-to-hold camera that is covered with a black rubbery coating, and the 580 appeared by comparison to be plastic and unfriendly.
But this is a case where first impressions should be set aside. I have now seen some of what the 580 can do (its English-language instructions run to 143 pages). I am already a believer!
I was worried that the touch-screen control of many functions might be just a gimmick. It isn’t, and I am especially impressed at what the AFAE (Auto-Focus Auto-Exposure) function does: When you activate it, it tells you to touch whatever you want the AFAE to work on. The thing or person doesn’t have to be in the center of the screen. It’s like magic, as you watch the change in focus and the correction of the spot-metered exposure happen. It blows me away.
The 12 megapixel images are fantastic. I took some macro (no flash) shots of some flowers, both outside and indoors, and I enlarged them to my heart’s content. You have to get to the point that you can’t tell what you’re looking at before edges begin to bleed pixels.
Another feature that I know I will use (because I travel a lot and have tried to take lots of panoramas) is the “panorama assist mode.” When it is activated, the edge of the previous image appears on the screen so that you can match it up with the next part of the panorama. This may not be a new feature with this model, but it is very impressive.
Being a diehard Photoshop user, I have not installed the software yet, but when I get to my home computer, I will check it out and report back as warranted.
Unless you feel you must lug around an SLR, I think most serious amateurs will be very pleased with this camera. Lugging lenses etc. isn’t necessary with this camera; I’d rather carry a pocket-sized tripod with the 580. In choosing the 580, I also considered the Leica D-Lux 3 and its Panasonic clone, which would have cost $200-300 more. In the end, I could not buy a camera, no matter how wonderful, that had only a 60mm equivalent at its long end; I knew that would a source of constant frustration in many travel situations. The 580s 25mm wide-angle is just short of the Leica’s 24mm, and the Leica’s lack of a handgrip really worried me – I am not interested in dropping a $700 camera.
The only downside so far is the cost of the extra battery: $49.90 including shipping from Amazon. It may never even be necessary — the battery seems to last forever.
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