Gordon Laing of CameraLabs.com reviews the Panasonic DMC-FZ8 digital camera, their newest super zoom digital camera.  The FZ8 is the successor to the FZ7, has 7.2 megapixels of resolution, 12x optical zoom and built in image stabilization.

The Panasonic DMC-FZ8 has a 2.5″ LCD screen that is very sharp.  It’s optical zoom lens doesn’t extend too much keeping it compact.  It also comes with a lens hood.  Gordon demonstrates the FZ8 showing you the image stabilization feature and gives you a tour of the menu system.  The FZ8 has plenty of manual controls if you like adjusting settings - but also has excellent automatic settings as well.

On the down side, noise levels can be a bit high while using the FZ8 at higher ISO’s (200 and above) that may smear out fine detail in your pictures.  The Panasonic DMC-FZ8 is has an excellent price, currently averaging around $350.00 in the U.S. which is about half as much as competing super zoom digital cameras.

Panasonic DMC-FZ8 in depth reviews and sample photos:

CameraLabs Panasonic DMC-FZ8 review
DPReview Panasonic DMC-FZ8 review
DigitalCameraInfo Panasonic DMC-FZ8 review
Steve’s Digicams Panasonic DMC-FZ8 review

Sample Photos:

Panasonic DMC-FZ8 sample photos at Flickr
Panasonic DMC-FZ8 sample photos at Pbase

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