Home > Consumer Reviews > Panasonic DMCFZ28 Digital Camera - Black (10.1MP, 18x Optical Zoom) 2.7" LCD

Light, compact digital with 18x zoom ideal for one who is not technically minded. A good base to start learning, while taking some good holiday snaps. A very good price for this standard of camera. Looks and feels more like an SLR.

If you want a top pocket camera ..look elsewhere?? this is a serious camera & it is not a lot of money for the quality that you get !! & up front the heart of it ....a LEICA LENS .. THE CAMERA ,EASY TO HOLD ,CONTROLS FIT SNUGLY & WELL PLACED FOR THE FINGER TIPS TO OPERATE,A VAST ARRAY OF PROGRAMS THAT WILL BECOME EASY TO USE WITH TIME ?? ALSO A VIEWFINDER WITH ADJUSTMENT...FOR THOSE OF US WHO LOVE THEM !!THE BACK SCREEN IS A JOY TO USE, IT WORRIED ME A LITTLE ? NOW I USE IT A LOT , AS MOST OF THE OTHER REVIEWERS HAVE GIVEN MORE TECHNICAL INFO , WHICH IS VERY HELPFUL I JUST TRY TO OFFER HELP IN MAKING A CHOICE OF .. WHICH CAMERA TO BUY ??..........THERE ARE MORE PIXELS HERE ... THAT PERHAPS YOU WILL EVER NEED ....COMING FROM THE OLD s l r..gang....i have been using a fiji fine pix 2 m/pxl digital camera , shooting wonderful photos & printing out on A4 sheet .........superb results ..?? so many times i read that you need to have more & more m/pxls load of tosh !! put the panasonic fz 28 on IA setting to start with, & you will take wonderful photos ,get used to it & move to manual settings ..be patient it has a lot to offer ...some People can not see the photograph ....in front of them..or ever will.. ?? the panasonic fz28 with the LEICA LENS....GRABS IT FOR YOU with UTTER QUALITY & EASE .........BUY IT ??....

I was wanting to upgrade from my old Fuji Fineix FZ4900 and so I bought this camera due to the rave reviews it received.

Well, I can honestly say in terms of realism and colour, this comes nowhere near my 7-8 year old Fuji!

Yep, it's got intelligent this, and recognition that, but at the end of the day, the pictures look washed out,over exposed, soft and not at all vibrant.

This is the second disappointment I've had with Panasonic as I also bought their TZ5 compact, and don't rate that either(see separate review)

Maybe my eyes just don't like the way Panasonic cameras make pictures look, but please, before buying, go to a shop and try this camera out if you are thinking of buying it, and make sure it is to your liking.

I purchased this item after debating whether or not the SX1 was worth the price difference. The camera takes nice pictures although in sports mode even the slightest movement gives some motion blur but I suppose if you want to take pictures of moving objects you'd be better off with a dslr. The biggest let down for me with this camera is the video recording. The video is 720p and the picture is fine although it looses focus quite easily if you zoom in and out and pan, if you hold it straight and let it auto focus it's very clear, however the audio is absolutely utterly discraceful for a camera of this spec. It's mono audio and you can hardly hear people speaking even when they are a few feet from the camera, I cannot stress enough how terrible the audio is ,it's as bad as the audio on one of them dodgy 90's movies taken in a cinema with a video camera. At first I thought my hand must have been covering the mic but no, if you search forums you'll find that many others have also complained about the audio quality in the videos. My old canon a620 from 4 years ago has far superior audio which is a big shame in my opinion as the hd video was one of the main reasons I bought this camera. Why put 720p video in the camera with mono audio that sounds like its underwater?? If you don't need audio on your video then there's nothing much else wrong with the camera, however I needed video with audio I can hear clearly so thats why i'm giving it 3 stars.

Despite being apprehensive about buying a refurbished camera, it has proved to be an excellent purchase. The camera packaging had been opened, but all the remaining parts were still in the unopened packaging. I could not see any marks on the camera, so was very pleased to say it looked like new. It was a present for someone close to me, so I needed to make sure it looked like new. I was not disappointed. Thanks for a great product that arrived very quickly.