Panasonic Lumix FX500 unboxing

We’ve looked at several Lumix models in the past and have always been pretty impressed with their performance and value for money.

This time we are looking at the FX500 which is a higher-end Lumix model than the ones we’ve looked at before.

The Panasonic Lumix FX500

The FX500 has some really cool features such as a huge 3" LCD screen to preview/review your images but it’s also a touchscreen that makes menu navigation really very simple. The FX500 also features a 10 megapixel sensor and a decent 25mm wide angle lens with 5x optical zoom while remaining in a fairly compact package.

You’ll also find face and smile detection settings and steady-shot to help improve your images. In fact the list of features goes on and on so we’ll cover more of them when it comes to the review.

For now have a look at the unboxing video to see a little more of the Panasonic Lumix FX500:

Panasonic Lumix FX500 specification:

Sensor:
• 1/2.33" Type CCD
• 10.7 million pixels total
• 10.1 million effective pixels

Image sizes:
• 3648 x 2736
• 3648 x 3432
• 3648 x 2056
• 3072 x 2304
• 3072 x 2048
• 3072 x 1728
• 2560 x 1920
• 2560 x 1712
• 2560 x 1440
• 2048 x 1536
• 2048 x 1360
• 1920 x 1080
• 1600 x 1200
• 640 x 480

Movie clips:
• 640 x 480 (30 fps/10 fps)
• 320 x 240 (30 fps/10 fps)
• 848 x 480 (30 fps/10 fps) 16:9
• 1280 x 720 (30 fps/15 fps) HD

File formats:
• JPEG (Exif 2.21)
• QuickTime (Motion JPEG)

Lens:
• 4.4 – 22.0 mm
• 25 – 125 mm (35mm equivalent)

Image stabilization:
Yes, lens-shift

Digital zoom :
Yes, 4x (Up to 7.12x with ‘Extra Optical Zoom’ cropping)

Focus:
TTL 9-point with Face detection

AF area modes :
• Face detection
• Touch AF
• 9-point
• 3-point high speed
• 1-point high speed
• 1-point
• Spot

Focus distance:
• Normal 50cm – ∞ (W), 100cm – ∞ (T)
• Macro 5cm – ∞ (W), 100cm – ∞ (T)

Metering:
• Intelligent multiple
• Center-weighted
• Spot

ISO sensitivity:
• Auto
• High ISO Auto (1600 – 6400)
• 100
• 200
• 400
• 800
• 16005

Shutter speed:
• 60 – 1/2000 sec

Aperture:
• F2.8 – F5.9

Self timer:
2 sec, 10 sec

Continuous shooting:
• Full-res 2.5 fps for 3 images (fine), 5 images (standard)
• Approx. 2MP, 6 fps in High speed burst mode

Flash:
• Auto / On / Off / Slow Sync / Red-eye reduction
• 60 cm – 6.0 m (W, Auto ISO)
• 1.0 m – 2.8 m (T, Auto ISO)

LCD monitor:
• 3.0 " PureColor LCD II
• 230,000 dots
• 100% coverage

Storage:
• SD/SDHC/MMC card
• 50 MB internal

Weight (with battery)
175 g (6.2 oz)

Dimensions
94.9 x 57.1 x 22.9 mm (3.7 x 2.2 x 0.9 in)

Posted by: Matt