Digital Trends

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30 October 26th, 2005 | by David Elrich

Key Features

Image Sensor Type  CCD 
 
Resolution  8.32 Megapixel 
 
Optical Zoom  12x 
 
Camera Type  Standard Point and Shoot 
Lens
Interchangeable Lens  Without Interchangeable Lens 
 
Optical Zoom  12x 
 
35mm Zoom Lens  35 - 420 mm 
 
Digital Zoom  4x 
 
Focus Type  Autofocus & Manual Focus 
 
Focus Range  11.81 in. (w) / 78.74 in. to Infinity (t) 
 
Focal Length  7.4 - 88 mm 
Image Quality
Camera Resolution  8.32 Megapixel 
 
Image Resolutions  640 x 480 - 3264 x 2448 - 320 x 240 - 2560 x 1920 - 2048 x 1536 - 2048 x 1360 - 1600 x 1200 - 1280 x 960 
Video
Video Resolutions  640 x 480 (VGA) - 320 x 240 (QVGA) 
 
Video Speed  30 fps 
 
Max Movie Length  Without Limit (Depends on the camera free memory size) 
 
Video Format  QuickTime 
Exposure Control
ISO Speeds  Auto - 100 - 200 - 400 - 80 
 
Aperture Range  f2.8/f3.7 (w/t) - f11/f11 (w/t) 
 
Shutter Speed  8 - 1/2000 sec 
 
White Balance  Auto - Daylight / Sunny (Preset) - Cloudy (Preset) - Fluorescent (Preset) - Incandescent (Preset) - Halogen (Preset) 
 
Frames Per Second  3 Frames 
Storage
Memory Type  MMC Card - SD Card 
 
Compression Modes  Fine - Uncompressed 
 
Compression Type  JPEG - TIFF - Raw Image 
Flash
Flash Type  Built-In & External 
 
Flash Functions  Flash Off - Auto Flash - Fill-in Flash - Red-eye Reduction Flash - Slow Sync 
Viewfinder / Display
Viewfinder  Digital 
 
LCD Panel  With LCD Panel 
 
LCD Panel Size  2 in. 
 
LCD Screen Resolution  230,000 pixels 
 
LCD Protected Position  Without LCD Protected Position 
Interfaces
Interface Type  USB 
 
Video Interface  Video Out 
Power Supply
Battery Type  Proprietary Lithium 
 
Battery Life  280 Images 
Included Features
Self Timer  2 Sec. - 10 Sec. 
 
Built-in Microphone  With Built-in Microphone 
 
Built-in Speaker  With Built-in Speaker 
Dimensions
Width  5.54 in. 
 
Depth  5.44 in. 
 
Height  3.37 in. 
 
Weight  1.49 lb.