Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS5S 10MP Digital Camera with 4x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Silver)

by Panasonic

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2 x 0.9 x 3.7 inches ; 11.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0011Z9VV2
• Item model number: DMC-FS5S
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,667 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 29, 2008

Product Description

Manufacturer Description

The Panasonic DMC-FS5 combines easy operation with a slim and sleek look, enabling both beginner and advanced users to take beautiful digital photos with a camera they can slip in their pocket. Featuring 10-megapixel resolution and a 30mm wide-angle Leica DC lens with 4x optical zoom, the FS5 also has Intelligent Auto Mode, an advanced intuitive system of technologies that help users take better photos more easily.

Additionally, the fourth generation high-performance image-processing Venus Engine IV LSI helps produce higher-quality pictures with an advanced signal processing system. It adds a new high-performance noise reduction system that helps reproduce even the most delicate parts of images naturally and without color bleeding. The Venus Engine IV reduces shutter release time lag while still enabling high-resolution picture taking, making it easier to capture spur-of-the-moment photo opportunities.

Other features of the DMC-FS5 include approximately 50 MB of internal memory and a 2.5-inch LCD -- perfect for easy-to-see viewing of images. Furthermore, the FS5 features an Intelligent LCD, which detects the lighting condition and controls the brightness level of the LCD to offer optimal clarity in any situation, whether dark or light; indoors or outdoors.

Lumix DMC-FS5 Highlights

Mega O.I.S. Gyrosensors detect hand-shake and the lens system shifts to compensate, helping to prevent hand-shake from creating a blurry image.

Intelligent ISO With Intelligent ISO, the FS5 can determine if the photo subject is moving and change the ISO setting and shutter speed accordingly, thus giving a blur-free photo.

Intelligent Scene Selector Intelligent Scene Selector senses the ambient conditions, recognizes the shooting environment and will automatically select the appropriate scene mode from: Scenery, Portrait, Macro, Night Portrait or Night Scenery mode. This intuitive technology, helps the consumer use the most common scene modes that are built into the camera, but often go unused, without making any manual adjustments.

Face Detection Panasonic’s Face Detection detects faces anywhere in the frame and automatically chooses the optimal focus and exposure settings so portraits come out clear and crisp. Detecting up to 15 faces, Panasonic’s Face Detection can even track a face if the subject is moving.

Quick AF The Quick AF (auto focus) system starts focus on the subject by just pointing the camera to the subject, thus minimizing the AF time.

Product Description

The new Lumix 10.1 Megapixel Compact Digital Camera with 30mm Wide-Angle lens features a 4x optical zoom intelligent Auto Mode and 2.5" diagonal Intelligent LCD

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy and fun, February 15, 2009

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Aj Subbs (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS5S 10MP Digital Camera with 4x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Silver) (Electronics)

Before buying I had researched in detail into buying a camera which was from a well known brand, had a lot of function and options, affordable, light weight and provided the best photo quality for its price. Sony had some beautiful choices but its price was more than what I was willing to invest in a digital cam. This is what I ended up buying.

Panasonic Lumix had everything I was looking for. Its easy to use and relatively simple for first time users as a point and shoot with its iA intelligent setting. I like to get the most out of the cam so I read the manual a bit and the rest I figured on my own which says a lot for its friendly usability.

I have used it for scenery settings and its pictures are crisp and clear. What about in a night club or a museum? To take pictures of paintings you can easily shut the flash off as they will not allow you to take the picture otherwise, and its party mode allows for capture of images in low light settings in the colour that you originally anticipate and not excessive flash that brightens everything too much. The camera is easily customizable once you get used to playing around with backlight, contrast etc. The best part about this cam is that it allows you to record motion videos without a set time limit and only depends on the amount of storage capacity in the memory stick. I haven't really used this feature much though. The aspect ratio of the pics can be customized from 4:3, 16:9. What I love about this cam is the zoom. 4x normal and when you press the E.zoom (extra optical zoom)goes upto 7.1x. Turn on the digital zoom feature and goes to 16x but with the iA on it wont allow you to go beyond 7x. The closer you zoom the more stability you will need as the image stabilizer can only do so much. I needed to take some moving shots but getting the right timing can be a pain especially at a Zoo where the animal dosent always comply. So I put on the burst mode and got the perfect pic (takes 10 shots).

Overall its features to price is unbeatable. Try getting a Sony or Nikon with the same functions for the price. You probably would have to cough up another $50 min. And it comes with a seperate wall charger and Li-ion battery. Hated those cams where you'd have to use pen torch batt. and get maybe 25 shots before the battery ran out. The battery lasts a real long time. I had taken a lot of shots (>50) with flash on the battery still had 2 bars left. It also includes an AV cord to connect directly to the TV and a standard USB to computer wire. Software CD has Photo fun studio. works well on my Vista OS.

Deleting pics can be a pain if its one by one on the cam, or connect it to your comp. and remove the unwanted pics. But not on this cam so click on delete, select the multi option and choose which all pics you want to remove in one shot.

Used it for 2 months now and have no complaints. Fits in my pocket real easy as its small. The lettering on the menu is large enough not to have to strain to read and is in Black lettering and White background so is easily readable. Planning to get one for my Dad as he has trouble seeing the menu especially if its small.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Camera for the Price, November 23, 2008

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Hector Maldonado (Lima, PERU) - See all my reviews
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I bought this camera for my uncle. He doesn't know anything about photography so basically I was looking for a point-and-shoot camera that does everything automatically. The picture quality is great under good light conditions, the wide angle is a nice feature too, and its reduced size allow to carry it easily in your pocket. It has a big display, and this is also a good point. The thing I like most is the battery life, with one charge you can take 150+ pictures.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's a good camera., November 19, 2008

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Marilyn Frey - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS5S 10MP Digital Camera with 4x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Silver) (Electronics)

No complaints. It should be emphasized that its internal memory will hold only about 10 pictures; the additional memory will cost about $16. It's a good camera.