Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX80 review

Panasonic's FX80 boasts a wide Leica lens and Full HD video

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX80
The 12MP Panasonic FX80 is designed as a step up from camera phones

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The Panasonic Lumix FX80's very wide angle lens enables you to easily fit expansive scenes into the frame.

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The Leica lens doesn't zoom in very far but maintains good sharpness levels at the telephoto end.

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Minimum focusing distance is 5cm and the wide aperture lens blurs backgrounds nicely.

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Several of the Panasonic Lumix FX80's creative filters provide attractive results, including Miniature Effect.

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The Panasonic Lumix FX80's aggressive noise reduction means that even ISO 1600 can be usable, although many fine details are lost so prints are best kept quite small.

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The camera's Expressive filter effectively jazzes up otherwise drab images.

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Even at ISO 100, fine detail is very smeared, with the grass in this image taking on a watercolour look when images are viewed at 100%.

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The Panasonic Lumix FX80's 24mm wide angle is great for taking landscape photos.

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The lens only zooms in to 120mm, but images remain impressively sharp at this setting.