Panasonic Lumix FZ100 review

I've just had a look at the FZ100.Could you please tell me what the filter size is.Thank you

The filter size is 52 mm. Cheers

I dont know where you bought the fz100 because I paid only £299 +p&p. As an older amateur who finds long walks tiring I have put away my Sony A350 with multiple lenses(Sigma 11-20, sigma 18-200, 50 2.8macro, 300 and 500 mm and numerous filters etc,etc; in favour of a camera with 1-1 macro, 25-600mm takes most of the filters I like and which will fit into the pocket of my dicky's waistcoat. Also with the addition of a Digital King W/A aux lens gives excellent ultra W/A photographs. Not bad for £300. Oh yes lower the Mpixels a bit for 33X or more!

never seen it at that price, sure you haven't been sold a pup?

Can you add lenses to this camera then please?

Tina... which part of "The Panasonic FZ100 is the company's latest superzoom, outdoing the existing FZ38's 18x optical zoom with a new 24x (25-600mm equivalent) Leica lens." did you fail to read?

Love my FX18 will its Leica lens believe the new FZ100 will be next step use the long 600 lens for close up work like butterfly's

FZ100 is totally a worth camera with a good image quality and a lot of functions and options to suit with.very satisfied

I am toatally miffed by comments of the experts, Some say this is the best Zoom on the market others say there are better at less cost, Myself i want a camera to take shots of Moving German Shepherd Dogs in the sport of Schutzund, from a distance of say 150 meters and finish up with a close up photo of the Dog and Handler, i know nothing of Cameras so which will suit me best for i want a good quality Photo at the end of the day and close up at rthat, Any advice will be very welcomed, I am not into taking phots only the most reason above so it is not really a hobby but i do not bother about a few pounds being spent if the camera will do the above

Having owned a Fuji HS10,a good,well-built Superzoom,let down by slow handling and processing speed,the FZ100 is a revelation!Almost instantaneous image capture,faster focussing,similar multi frame continuous shooting,but lighter and more compact than the HS10.The FZ100 wasn't available when I bought the Fuji,otherwise I would have bypassed the HS10. Image quality is up to the usual Panasonic standard,and the Leica lens is the usual top quality. This without doubt,the best Superzoom currently available,and you can buy one now on the Internet for less than £300,which must be a bargain!

Surely the value rating should go up now that the fz100 is available for close to £300 online. Even in Jessops it costs far less than the £420 price at time of review. It must rate at least 17/20 for value.

great camera for £367 with the 3 year warantry so i am happy with the price paid, Full HD movies great

...the only major drawback in my case is the batterypack - for a months time already I cannot find a supplier for a spare here in the Phils.(not even the store where I got it) - how I wish Lumix/Panasonic utilize the more common AA batteries.

I have owned my FZ100 a while now,and the more I use it,the more I am impressed.It's so quick,as quick as my old Nikon D40 at focussing,and capturing images,and has hardly any shutter lag.Its much speedier than either the Canon SX30,or the Fuji HS10/20. I have adjusted the sharpness by one stop,set the noise reduction to -one.and the colour to vibrant. How anyone can sneer at the images from the FZ100,is beyond me. They're as least as good as anything I've had before,and better than some. There is enough different settings in the FZ100,to get it set up just as you want it,which will help you get the best out of this great camera! This produces some nice images,with little or no noise at lower ISOs,needing minimal sharpening in your editing program,

As regards my previous comment,I should qualify that the FZ100 can produce excellent A4 prints,even with a fair bit of cropping,but large poster size prints,or if you do a lot of high ISO/low light photography,then a DSLR will give better results,none of which concern me. However,the FZ100 will enable you to get better macro shots,and capture distant shots you just wouldn't have got with any DSLR,without several expensive,(and heavy!)additional lenses. And how many DSLRs can capture 11 frames per second at full resolution? None.

The FZ100 was my choice ahead of a DSLR. As a wildlife enthusiast I was tired of lugging a bagful of lenses and found the camera's Leica zoom lens gave me excellent sharp pictures of birds with lots of detail.