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Panasonic

Panasonic is a Japanese company manufacturing variety of electronics goods such as home appliances, electronic components & devices and variety of extraordinary digital cameras. Established in 1918 by  Konosuke Matsushita, the Panasonic was known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd, but it changed its official name in 2008 into “Panasonic Corporation” and declared that thence forward it be recognized in the corporate world only by its newly ascribed name. Its corporate office, established in Osaka, Japan has many research and manufacturing divisions producing variety of branded products sold in the world-market under different names and models.

Panasonic produces other electronic goods as well like audio/video equipments, microchips, automotive components. All the electronic devises are preferred all over the world by people. It is a worldwide popularity of the Panasonic that ranked it 89th and declared it one of the top Semiconductor Sales Pioneers in 2009, as was revealed by Forbes Global 2000.

Though there is a long range of extraordinarily-built Panasonic digital cameras, they have been placed into two specific categories like compact cameras as well as system cameras. If you are looking for compact Panasonic digital cameras, you will come across many models like LX3, FZ35, ZS7, ZS5, ZR3, TS2, FX580, FX68, FH22/20, FH3/1, FP8, FP3/2/1 and F3/2, while GF1 is another small stylish camera, equipped with many unique features, required in professional-class photography.  

Panasonic Digital cameras

Varieties of fascinating models of the Panasonic digital cameras have been introduced in the market as Panasonic Lumix digital cameras with many of their extraordinary features. Lets have a look at some specific digital Panasonic digital cameras available in Lumix DMC series.

• Lumix DMC-FZ7 (introduced in 2006).
• Lumix DMC-FZ8 (2007).
• Lumix DMC-FZ18 (2007).
• Lumix DMC-FZ28 (2008).
• Lumix DMC-FZ38 DMC-FZ35 for the U.S. market (2009).
• Lumix DMC-GH1 (2009).
• Lumix DMC-GF1 (2009).

  
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ 18K

It is a most beautiful and efficient small Panasonic digital camera which you can accommodate easily in your palm. Its unique 18x optical zoom lens, fitted in 8.1 megapixel camera, helps the user reach too close to the object. 28mm wide-angle Leica DC Vario-Elmarit lens of Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ 18K takes the picture very closely, vividly and so naturally that the viewers have got to get astonished visualizing clarity and sharpness of the picture, taken by Lumix DMC-FZ digital Panasonic camera.  It is not only the distanced objects, captured lively in camera, but minutest insects as well imprisoned by the Panasonic DMC-FZ that proves extraordinary technology of Panasnic.

Maximum numbers of camera owners believe that they can’t take high quality pictures as some special techniques, applied by high professional photographers are lacked by them. Being aware of such notions, the manufacturers of Lumix DMC-FZ 18K provide an Intelligent Scene Selector which automatically selects a required specific mode prior to clicking by the individual. The inexplicable modes, offered by the Lumix DMC-FZ 18K are Portrait, Scenery, Macro, Night Scenery and Night Portrait. Another extraordinary feature of Lumix DMC-FZ 18K is “Face Detection System” which can scan several human faces at a time in order to bestow them a most fascinating and magnetizing look.   

Basic Features of Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ 18K

• 8.1-megapixel CCD.
• 18x optical zoom lens.
• 4x digital zoom.
• 2.5-inch color LCD monitor.
• Electronic Viewfinder.
• Automatic Exposure of Programs.
• Aperture and shutter selection modes.
• SD/SDHC card compatibility.
• 27MB  memory.
• USB full speed connection.
• Lithium-ion battery plus charger.

Special Features

• RAW and RAW + JPEG options.
• Optical Zoom.
• ISO from 100-1,600.
• High Sensitivity Mode- 1,600-6,400.
• Intelligent Auto Mode- It offers optical image stabilization (OIS), Face Detection and Scene Detection.
• Intelligent ISO mode and MEGA optical image stabilization.
• The shutter speeds of Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ 18K camera in manual mode ranges from 60 sec to 1/2,000 sec.
• Multiple shooting modes.
• Contrast/Sharpness/Saturation/Noise Reduction adjustments.
• Multiple White Balance settings.
• White Balance fine tuning system.
• 4:3; 3:2; 16:9 Aspect Ratio options.
• LCD brightness contro, exposure bracketing, flash intensity control.
• Extraordinary feature offering Warm, Cool, B/W and Sepia Color Effects.

Accessories 

• ArcSoft Panorama Maker, ArcSoft MediaImpression and SILKYPIX Developer Studio 2.1 SE.
• Shoulder strap.
• Lens cap and attachment string, lens hood/adapter, rechargeable lithium-ion battery and charger.
• USB cable and AV cable.
• Software CD with Lumix Simple Viewer, PHOTOfunSTUDIO, USB Driver (Windows).
• Manual booklet.