Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ18 Point & Shoot Camera  (Black)

If you were searching for a feature packed superzoom digital camera, you need to look no further. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ18 belongs to the Lumix TZ series of point and shoot digital cameras. Ideal for travel photographers looking to hone their skills, the DMC-TZ18 comes equipped with the LUMIX DC VARIO-ELMAR lens with a focal length of 4.3 - 68.8 mm and a 35 mm equivalent focal length of 24 - 384 mm.

The Panasonic DMC-TZ18 has 16x optical zoom and 4x digital zoom. With the Extra Optical Zoom (EZ) feature, the Lumix camera lets you achieve up to 135x zoom, taking you immeasurably closer to your subjects. The MOS image sensor of this Lumix digital camera lets you capture images at 14.1 megapixel resolution.

The Lumix digital camera weighs 210 g and has a sleek design that is easy to hold while capturing images. The rotary dials on the top panel are convenient to handle even while shooting photographs, while the one-touch button for video capture makes this camera ideal for beginners. You can shoot videos in HD at 1280 x 720 dot pixels (30 fps).

The Panasonic DMC-TZ18 features the Venus Engine, which enables higher quality signal processing and advanced noise reduction in all your images. Your images can be taken and played back in 4:3, 3:2, 16:9 and 1:1 aspect ratios, letting you choose the dimensions of your images. You can compose and preview your images in the 3 inch TFT LCD display screen, which has a resolution of 230,000 dot pixels.

Battery and Storage

With the rechargeable Lithium Ion battery of this digital camera, you can take up to 340 photographs on a single charge. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ18 has an inbuilt memory of 70 MB and can be expanded with SD, SDHC and SDXC memory cards. The images you take can be transferred to computer or laptop using the USB 2.0 high speed port and always have more space for your favorite memories.

Performance

The Lumix FMC-TZ18 has an aperture range of f/3.3 - 5.9, which is the size of the lens opening which controls the amount of light falling on the image sensor. The Auto Focus of this camera has a range of 50 cm onwards (Wide) and 200 cm to infinity (Tele), which automatically focuses on your subject, leaving you free to compose beautiful images.

ISO refers to the light sensitivity of the image sensor in a camera. The light sensitivity of this Lumix digital camera has a range of ISO 100 - 1600. This range increases to ISO 1600 - 6400 in the High Sensitivity mode, adding dramatic detail to low-light photographs.

The shutter speed in this Panasonic digital camera has a range of 60 - 1/4000. In the Starry Sky mode, you can alternate between shutter speeds of 15, 30 or 60 seconds to get sharp pictures of the night sky. The built-in flash of this Lumix digital camera has a range of 0.6 - 5 m (Wide) and 1 - 2.8 m (Tele), which can brighten up every corner of all your images.

Features

The Panasonic digital point and shoot camera has 29 scene modes like Candle Light, Baby, Beach, Party and many more. In the Underwater mode, the Panasonic camera reproduces color as close to the natural light as possible while subduing the strong blue of the water. The POWER O.I.S optical image stabilizer gives you sharp images with reduced blurs by compensating for camera shake.

The Face Recognition function lets you register up to 6 of your closest friends and family members in this Panasonic camera. The Lumix digital point and shoot will automatically recognize them in photographs and optimize focus settings for them. The self-timer function lets you delay the shutter release by 2 and 10 seconds so that you never have to miss out on being in a photograph with your loved ones ever. The Continuous Shooting mode lets you take up to 5 images at 1.9 frames per second so that you can chronicle every instance of those precious moments.