Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18

The Panasonic DMC-FZ18 is a mammoth superzoom, packing in 18x zoom lens and 8 megapixels. Despite its large dimensions, it's great fun to use, and is an uncluttered and responsive dSLR-like interface giving access to a wealth of features. It's all the fun...

Ginormous, responsive zoom; great pictures; SLR-style controls; decent EVF

Average-sized sensor leads to some noise issues

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 is great fun to use, and is an uncluttered and responsive dSLR-like interface giving access to a wealth of features. Just about everything is tweakable, while the giant zoom, accomplished lens and excellent image quality make

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 aims to be the camera that has it all: a wide 28mm angle for photographing group portraits and architecture as well as the power of a long 18x optical zoom lens.

Manual controls, Great videos, Wide, long 18x lens, Accurate colors, Great resolution, Effective face detection

207k LCD resolution, Optical zoom nonfunctional in movie mode,  Poor audio, Ugly noise apparent above ISO 200, Inconsistent AF in low light

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 is much improved from the FZ8. It has more resolution, a longer and wider 18x optical zoom lens, and adds features like face detection. The Panasonic FZ18 outperforms its predecessor in almost every way. Its pictures have much...