Cheap Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ40 (FZ45)

[51ripen]

I have just bought a fz45 second hand,how do I format the new memory card I have also bought.Thankyou for any help.

[Juanod09]

Yeah, This is not cheap , but cheat !!

[FiveSences]

I wonder the titles says Cheap camera while it is not Cheap at all!!!!

[Juanod09]

But..I better buy the Panasonic DMC FZ 100, the latest variant .. better .. and more expensive. It has similar features but FZ 100 using a 14 M CMOS sensor not CCD, it has 401 K dot 3.0-inch Vari-angle LCD, while the FZ 40/45 (LCD) can not be folded. And FZ 100 supports full resolution 1920 x 1080 AVCHD video (FZ 40/45 only supports video AVCHD 1280x720 pixels). Amazing Camera !!

[Juanod09]

But..I better buy the Panasonic DMC FZ 100, the latest variant .. better .. and more expensive. It has similar features but FZ 100 using a 14 M CMOS sensor not CCD, it has 401 K dot 3.0-inch Vari-angle LCD, while the FZ 40/45 (LCD) can not be folded. And FZ 100 supports full resolution 1920 x 1080 AVCHD video (FZ 40/45 only supports video, AVCHD 1280x720 pixels). Amazing Camera !!

[swanty32e]

I will buy the FZ45-model because it not has the rolling shutter effect (CCD).

[Juanod09]

Only one weakness of this camera, ... that is the noise that appears even at low ISO 800. But it also has a lot of greatness, It has the longest zoom 50 x by using EZ (Extra Zoom at 3 Megapixel setting) and Digital Zoom of nearly 200 x, and has a 25 mm wide angle lens, there is also a POWER OIS, which stabilizes the image 2 times better than Mega OIS. Not bad !!

[iceberg789]

@Juanod09

which compact digicam does not have noise @ ISO 800?

[Juanod09]

@iceberg789 Fujifilm FinePix Camera series, for example S100FS . This camera has a similar size to other compact digital camera (small sensor). But Fujifilm S100FS camera has technology that can minimize noise, that is SUPER CCD SENSOR.