The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS3 is a digital ultracompact camera announced by
Panasonic on January 29, 2008. It has eight
megapixels
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In most digital display devices, pixels are the smal ...
, triple
optical zoom, 16:9 wide VGA video recording at 30 frames per second, versatile
scene modes, and an
accelerometer
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sensor for orientation tagging.
Exterior
The DMC-FS3 has a metallic case and is available in silver, black, blue and pink colour options.
Its exterior,
user interface
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and
firmware
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are nearly identical to that of the
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS5.
The device is equipped with an
autofocus lamp and an
Xenon flash
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.
Lens
Its
Leica lens has an aperture of 2.8 to 5.1 and 8.0 to 14.0 for brighter environments, respectively at a
35mm equivalent
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focal length
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of 33mm to 100mm.
Its jitter-compensating
optical image stabilization can be toggled, and optionally be set to operate while previewing in the view finder (''Mode 1''), or only during shutter (''Mode 2''), the latter of which slightly reduces power consumption. Jitter and movement can be indicated in real-time in the ''jitter/subject demonstration mode''.
Burst shot
The DMC-FS3 supports
burst shot
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s of three full-resolution photos per second and seven two-megapixel photos per second, the latter of which is accessible through a separate scene mode.
Video recording
Video recording is supported at the following resolutions, each with 30
fps
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and 10fps options:
* 848×480 (16:9
WVGA)
* 640×480 (4:3
VGA
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)
* 320×240 (4:3
QVGA)
Motion JPEG is used for video recording.
Optical image stabilization is enabled during video recording. Its
video player
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allows frame-by-frame navigation.
[Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS3 specifications – Digital Photography Review (DPreview)]
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Connectivity
The DMC-FS3 can be connected to a television via composite A/V and also supports Mass Storage
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, Media Transfer Protocol, Picture Transfer Protocol
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, and direct printing through PictBridge
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.
Storage
The DMC-FS3 supports SD-HC memory card
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s (up to 32 GB) and has 50 megabytes of internal storage which is intended as a temporary buffer during a memory card hot swap.[:14
The SD card slot is backwards-compatible with Multimedia cards.
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Display
The 2.5" QVGA RGB screen is able to adapt brightness and contrast levels automatically to the surrounding. While the device lacks an ambient light sensor
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, the brightness is measured through the image sensor.
User interface
The DMC-FS3 has an additional ''“E.Zoom”'' (''easy zoom'') button that allows optically fully zooming in an out with one button press.
The image browser, next to standard features such as miniature image browsing and zooming, slide show
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s, has a calendar viewing mode and category filters.[:68-71
The ability to jump over an increasing number of photos at once by holding the left or right navigation button accelerates navigation through high quantities of items.][:33
Photos and videos can be marked as favourites, and protected from accidental deletion. Photos can additionally be labelled with a title ( closed-captioned).
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Scene modes
The DMC-FS3 features various scene modes such as ''Landscape'', which avoids focussing on a window or windshield, possibly with stains and rain drops.face recognition
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, 9 focus fields, and a then new ''“Intelligent Automatic”'' (''“iA”'') mode that automatically selects the scene mode it deems most suitable.
The ''Sports'' scene mode reduces exposure time by increasing light sensitivity, to mininize motion blur on moving subjects.
Accessories
Accessory options for the device include a water-protected case.[
The DMC-FS3 supports ]ISO 1222
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tripod mounting.
References
Cameras introduced in 2008
Live-preview digital cameras
FS3
Digital cameras with CCD image sensor
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