Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS5

If you stick with it, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS5 is a surprisingly reliable and endlessly flexible compact camera. You'll find this point-and-shoot has plenty of options in playback mode, plus loads of features and Panasonic's excellent Mega OIS image st...

Strong pictures; full-resolution burst mode; handy shooting menu; extensive flexibility

No manual control; less than glamorous styling

A slow burner of a camera, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS5's wide-angle lens caught our eye, despite some pedestrian styling. The more we used it, the more we fell in love with it as we uncovered yet more flexible options, making this accessible point-and-sho...

The Panasonic DMC FS5 is a 10 megapixel digital camera with a 4x wide angle lens. It is a handy, pocket size and I was very impressed by the quality of the photos I was able to produce with it. If you are in the market for a small camera that is easy to u...

Ease of use - design and build quality - automatic features - overall picture quality - wide screen movies

Shutter delay could be that little bit faster

"This is a very good little camera. It scores well for ease of use and I was very impressed by picture quality. If you are looking for a small camera that can produce sharp, bright photos with plenty of colour then take a good look at the DMC FS5."

Pansonic's new compact has 10MP and wide angle zoom

This is a good-looking camera with some genuinely useful technology under the bonnet, rather than the gimmicks found on other cameras. I'm not generally a fan of many high-resolution compacts, finding images can look too 'digital' but the Panasonic FS5 pr...