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Panasonic formerly between 1935 and 2008 and the first incarnation of between 2008 and 2022, is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka. It was founded by Kōnosuke Matsushita in 1918 as a lightbulb ...

Lumix Lumix is Panasonic's brand of digital cameras, ranging from pocket point-and-shoot models to digital SLRs. Compact digital cameras DMC-LC5 and DMC-F7 were the first products of the Lumix series, released in 2001. Most Lumix cameras use di ...

DMC-FZ18 is a

superzoom A superzoom or ultrazoom lens is a type of photographic zoom lens with unconventionally large focal length factors, typically ranging from wide angle to extreme long lens focal lengths in one lens. There is no clear definition of a superzoom le ...

bridge digital camera that features: * 8.1

megapixel In digital imaging, a pixel (abbreviated px), pel, or picture element is the smallest addressable element in a raster image, or the smallest point in an all points addressable display device. In most digital display devices, pixels are the sm ...

resolution * Fast f/2.8 Leica-branded zoom lens with super 18x zoom range * Mega O.I.S. (optical

image stabilizer An image is a visual representation of something. It can be two-dimensional, three-dimensional, or somehow otherwise feed into the visual system to convey information. An image can be an artifact, such as a photograph or other two-dimensiona ...

) in the lens, reducing blurring by compensating for hand shake * Intelligent ISO Control * 4x Digital Zoom * Multiple modes of operation, including manual modes * Optional Raw image format * VGA movie

mode Mode ( la, modus meaning "manner, tune, measure, due measure, rhythm, melody") may refer to: Arts and entertainment * '' MO''D''E (magazine)'', a defunct U.S. women's fashion magazine * ''Mode'' magazine, a fictional fashion magazine which is ...

in both normal and wide aspect ratio * Compact size and light weight As with most Panasonic Lumix cameras it uses a

Venus Engine The Venus Engine is an image processing engine for digital cameras. It is developed by Panasonic, and almost all of their Lumix cameras use a version of it. It is based on the Panasonic MN103/MN103S. Image processors operate in four steps: rec ...

, in this case th
Venus Engine III
The camera has a 2.5" color LCD display and a color

electronic viewfinder An electronic viewfinder (EVF) is a camera viewfinder where the image captured by the lens is displayed on a small screen (usually LCD or OLED) which the photographer can look through when composing their shot. It differs from a live preview ...

, and is available in two colors, black (suffix K) and silver (suffix S). The DMC-FZ18 became available in the United States in July 2007. The successor to the FZ18 is the FZ28. The range of digital superzoom cameras also include models like the Nikon Coolpix P90.

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Reviews

*http://www.steves-digicams.com/camera-reviews/panasonic/lumix-dmc-fz1/panasonic-lumix-dmc-fz1-review.html *http://www.digitalcamerareview.com/camerareview/panasonic-lumix-dmc-fz18-review/ *http://www.dcviews.com/reviews/Panasonic-FZ18/Panasonic-FZ18-review.htm *http://www.photoxels.com/panasonic-fz18-review.html *http://www.trustedreviews.com/Panasonic-Lumix-DMC-FZ18-review *https://web.archive.org/web/20081206173339/http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/08/review-panaso-1.html *http://gadgets.fosfor.se/panasonic-lumix-fz18-review/ *http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/FZ18/FZ18A.HTM *http://www.dpreview.com/articles/9332056286/panasonicfz18 *https://gizmodo.com/281632/panasonic-intros-18x-optical-zoom-powerhouse-lumix-dmc-fz18 *http://digicamreview.com/panasonic_lumix_dmc_fz18_review.htm *http://www.tlc-systems.com/artzen2-0037.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Panasonic Lumix Dmc-Fz18 Bridge digital cameras Superzoom cameras FZ18 Live-preview digital cameras