Ready For Your Close-Up?

After years of borrowing other people’s camera when I need to use one, I finally forked out the necessary amount to purchase the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX38 digital camera as the latest addition to my gadget collection. It took me a while to research all other possible offerings in the ultra compact digital camera offering so much so that my head was crammed with pros and cons of almost each model that I looked at. I finally pared it down to 3 brands that I was interested in and thanks to a camera-head friend who came camera shopping with me, I decide that this sleek and sexy camera was definitely the one for me.

I decided to get a compact camera (or as my camera-head friend derisively put it, “a ladies camera”) instead of a DSLR mainly because I didn’t feel that I want to put in that much of an investment for something that I may or may not be that interested in pursuing as a hobby. I wanted something that I can carry around when I go out or on my travels which I can use easily to capture those memorable moments. I’ve never been one to mess around with camera settings to get that perfect shot. I’m just happy when everything is in focus!

Does buying a camera means that I would have more pictures in my blog? Possibly but don’t look out for pictures of myself in them. Those I would keep for my Facebook account.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX38

Digital Camera Features

Optical Zoom - 5x
Camera Resolution - 10.1 MP
LCD screen size - 2.5 in
Digital Zoom - 4x
Video capture - Yes
Focus Type - Autofocus
Focal Range Telephoto (cm) - Infinity
Focus Length Telephoto (cm) - 10
Lens Aperture Telephoto (cm) - f/8.0
ISO Speeds - 800, 1600, Auto , 100, 200, 400
Max Shutter Speed - 1/2000th of a second
Min Shutter Speed - 60 seconds
Fixed Image Resolutions - 1920x1080, 1600x1200, 2560x1920, 3072x2048, 3072x2304, 2560x1712, 2048x1360, 3072 x 1728, 3648x2736, 2048x1536, 640x480
Image Sensor Type - CCD
Image stabilization (Optical)? - Yes
Continuous Shot? - Yes
Focal Range Wide (cm) - 50
Focus Length Wide (cm) - 2.8
Lens Aperture Wide (cm) - f/2.8

Digital Video

Digital video format - Motion JPEG
Video resolutions - 848x480, 320x240, 640x480
Video speed (fps) - 10, 30

General

Length (mm) - 22
Width (mm) - 94.7
Height (mm) - 51.9
Weight (g) - 146

Media

Supported Memory Media - Secure Digital (SD), Multimedia Card (MMC)
Supported Picture File Formats - JPEG