Panasonic DMW-FL28 External Flash for Panasonic DSLR, FZ30 and FZ50

by Panasonic

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.8 x 2.6 x 3.7 inches ; 8.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006OAJZ
• Item model number: DMW-FL28 PP
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 22, 2002

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Panasonic DMW-FL28 extends the flash power capability of compatible Panasonic Lumix digital cameras. It clips easily onto camera hot shoe and reduces red eye from your pictures. You can use it with Panasonic DMC-LC5, DMC-FZ10, DMC-FZ20, DMC-LC1, and Leica Digilux cameras.

What's in the Box:
Flash, user's guide, 1-year limited warranty.

Product Description

External Auto Flash

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars DMW-FL28, November 2, 2006

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Robert Lewis Bagley, II "Rbagley2nd" (Scottsdale, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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quite pricey for a unit this underpowered, but it work well on the FZ30

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Just too automatic, May 15, 2007

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MalcolmB "camera mad" (UK) - See all my reviews

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The flashgun is well engineered and looks rugged. It works well on the camera as an automatic flash, but it gives little scope for creative photography. When used with a FZ30 camera, it sets the aperture at f4.0 and the shutter speed at 1/30 sec, and this cannot be varied. The built in flash allows the flash exposure to be varied by +/- two stops, but the addition of the DMW-FL28 takes away this adjustment. The only adjustments are three stages of flash strength. There is also a auto-macro setting, a manual setting that uses the same three stages of adjustment and a manual setting, again using the same three stages. There is a slave setting, which flashed when I used the weakest setting for the built-in flash, but I did not get any flash in the picture - perhaps a timing problem. Had I known this, I would have tried an independent flash as an alternative.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than the built in flash, January 10, 2007

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B. Contois "Barcon" (New England) - See all my reviews
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I was very pleased with the improvement with my indoor flash pics. The colors are better, there hasn't been any red-eye so far and most don't look washed out. The only one that did was apparently because the camera metered for the length of the room (which it lit correctly) instead of the people closer but off center. The instructions are pretty poor which is why I only gave it 4 stars.