Digital Cameras : Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18K

This Panasonic camera makes closeups, scenery, nighttime shots, auto and manual focus settings, and color settings a breeze. It has two auto modes, one is like many others (automatically setting focus, speed, f-stop, etc) but Panasonic has this Intelligent Auto mode that is far more advanced, letting you take almost perfect photos in any light condition, any focus situation, etc.

Editing photos and zooming into individual pixels, it's amazing how well the stabilization works.

In the manual focus mode, a digital zoom is used like a magnifying glass, zooming in on the center of the image and letting you set the focus on very fine detail. You have to see it to believe it, but it's VERY impressive.

Panasonic makes impressive TV production cameras, and professional video cameras, and this is an excellent example of their camera design knowledge. Hide Full Review

Great little camera that does it all and more. It does things that the average photographer will never use, and it takes some time to learn all its futures .. once you think you have learn something you forget something else, one too many for the camera so it take some time to get used to it.Good price .. I had it since March 2008 and had no problems whatesoever. Hide Full Review

I had purchase many camera over a decade and this Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18K is the worst investment that I have made. My wife wants all the feature and a good looking camera. So, I went online and read all the reviews. All were good. The stores don't have the camera in stock to let me try it. I could only try the Nikon , my wife love it. But the movie feature was only 15 frames per second in VGA. So, we decided to get the Panasonic instead since it has all the features we wanted.

When I got the camera, the first thing that I didn't like was the look. It looks great on the computer screen but not in real life. It feels like a toy since it's so light. Don't feel solid.
The worst part was the quality and performance. View finder (screen) is slow, it doesn't feel like real time or live. It's slow, pictures in auto mode comes out redish sometimes. Movie is dark indoor.
This camera like most cheap cameras are good in day light.
You need to get a camera that's good at night or indoor.

OVERALL, IT'S A BAD CHOICE. Hide Full Review