Home > Consumer Reviews > Panasonic DMC-FX12EB-S Digital Camera - Silver (7.2MP , 3 x Optical) Antishake, 2.5 " LCD

First thing that impresses you about this camera id the size. It's tiny and would comproftably into the back or shirt pocket.

Outdoor pictures are excellent. Anti-shake and mega optical stablisers really help when it's long exposure shots in darker places (it greatly helps in macro shots too).

It has neary 30 pre-set picture modoes for every occasion (i.e. starry night, night portraite, night scenery, scenery, portrait etc.)

It also has Baby1 Baby2 and Pet modes for you to inlcude their birthdays/ages on the pictures.

Holiday date allows you set date to start of your holiday and it can inlude the holiday days in the picture i.e. 1st day, 2nd day etc.

You can buy a marine case which will allow you to take this underwater and there is a mode for this too.

It takes 4:3, 3:2 or 16:9 pictures so that they can be displayed nicely on widescreen TVs.

The other nice touches is extra optical zoom. Depending on the picture quality you can increase the optical zoom to higher levels which will come handy if you need to zoom in further.

It comes with it's cahrger and batteries and they last fairly long time (quoted 300 snaps).

The video option is great as it takes better than DVD qulaity videos which is Quicktime (unlike motion-jpeg which is difficult to find editing software for) and also camera can include short audio messages to still pictures.

Chromatic abberations and other optical problems dosn't seem to affect this camera which is a big bonus.

All in all a tremendeously competent and delightful compact digital camera.

Recommended.

Upon first opening the box and looking at the camera, I began to feel pleased. There were little things about the 'build quality' that I liked. Little things, like the 'on' 'off' switch, which slid from side to side. The way that the memory card and battery door opened, and also of how the USB cable connected. All these little things were far superior to the way it was on the Sony Cybershot I'd just returned because it had malfunctioned within a month.

Confidence was beginning to be restored, and I began to click away! The camera is easy to use, but what about the quality of the pictures? I have taken many pictures of beautiful scenery on dull days, glowing night skies, items to sell on Ebay, and of course, my favourite people. I have not been disappointed and am really pleased with the results.

Before the disappointing Sony Cybershot which I returned, I had been using a Casio for 3 years, which gave good results, but this Panasonic Lumix Digital camera is a joy to use, with results that are always better than you would expect. Also the long life battery does not take long to recharge, which means that it is not essential to have a spare. The camera comes complete whith battery charger and all connection leads, etc.

I'm glad to say that we are very happy together!

As other reviewers have said, this is a very compact camera with great features, and excellent build quality. It is small and very easy to use. My only complaint is that it lacks a viewfinder. You have to use the LCD screen at the back. This is very difficult to see in even ordinary daylight. A design fault in my view, in an otherwise excellent camera.

A great compact camera but be warned im on my second in 6 months due to faults , lens gave up opening on first ,replaced & now having problems with LCD screen gone blank & all pictures are blank , will try one more before getting full refund.No impressed !!

this was bought for xmas 2007 and only lasted 4 days. It was then discovered to have a broken screen and when turned on the lens came out and would not return. It had not been abused and had barely taken any pictures. It was bought on the sales assistant's word when asked to recommend as a strong / rugged camera. Curry's then refused to do anything about it as we had not bought their extra cover and they claimed it was impact damage - it was not. Panasonic did not want to know and the best that i could manage was an independant workshop who would write a report for £60. I have Sony cameras that have traveled the world with the associated knocks and bumps, that still work as good as ever. The Panasonic FX12 never got to be repaired or replaced and never got to be used - what a waste of money.