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THE GOOD
Wide-angle, long zoom lens; nice set of shooting features.

THE BAD
Camera's JPEG processing choices can produce suboptimal results; no zoom in movie capture; sluggish LCD/EVF update.

THE BOTTOM LINE
A decent but not great camera, the megazoom Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 still manages to outdo its few competitors.

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Average CNET Reader Rating: 8.9 out of 10

CNET Reader Reviews

  1. October 6, 2007 12:55

    4.5/5
    I have really enjoyed using my new DMCFX18 -it is very easy to get started with the intuitive Panasonic menu; it is so nice to have a 28mm wide lens; the 18x Optical Zoom goes up to 23X on the 5MP setting that I use for most my pics; the Image Stabi...  read more »

    - wllm995

  2. November 28, 2007 11:55

    4.5/5
    After reading, and reading lots of reviews and people's opinions about Superzooms vs. DSLRs I have to say, the choice is simple: If you are a professional photographer or going to do super zooming or cropping of your pictures and want to carry tons ...  read more »

    - Cpt_Chaos

  3. November 28, 2007 10:28

    4.5/5
    except for the low res on the viewing screen and EVF this camera is great in every other way. I just came back from vacation and shot nothing but 16x9 pics, over 400 of them and they beat my EOS XTI with Tamron 18-250 in every way, I love it....

    - mgeier


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