Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20 is a 2004
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 by
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 ...
. It is the successor of the
FZ10. The highest-resolution pictures it records are 2,560 by 1,920
pixel
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In most digital display devices, pixels are the ...
s (4.9 megapixels). It has a
polycrystalline
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Bacillite is a type of crystallite. It is rodlike with parallel longulites.
Stru ...
,
thin-film transistor
A thin-film transistor (TFT) is a special type of field-effect transistor (FET) where the transistor is thin relative to the plane of the device. TFTs are grown on a supporting (but non-conducting) substrate. A common substrate is glass, becaus ...
,
liquid crystal display and EVF (electronic view finder). It records to
Secure Digital
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The standard was introduced in August 1999 by joint efforts between SanD ...
media. The camera also has a
microphone
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. The camera's dimensions are 127.6 mm (5.02 inches) in width, 87.2 mm (3.43 inches) in height, and 106.2 mm (4.18 inches) in depth. Its mass is 520 g (18.3 ounces).
This camera is known for its
Leica lens with "Mega OIS" optical image stabilisation. It has a 12x optical zoom,
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/ref> often said to be equal to a 400 mm lens, which can stay ''f/''2.8 for the entire zoom range. There are full manual controls too. Optional lenses are available to double the focal length or for wide-angle view.
Modes include full automatic, aperture priority, shutter priority, full manual, macro (from 5 centimetres on), film, and sequence of shots. Film is recorded at 320x240 px resolution in mJPEG format and playable in QuickTime.
Files can be stored in TIFF and two levels of JPEG, either a high quality or lower quality. The camera can be set to save both a JPEG and TIFF file.
The lens itself extends from the barrel of the camera and cannot have filters or lens hoods attached directly to it. A special adapter is required which allows 72 mm filters and the included lens hood to be attached to the barrel of the camera. Alternatively, adapters are available from third-party manufacturers that allow less expensive 62 mm filters to be used.
Its successors are the FZ30, announced on July 20, 2005, and the FZ50, announced around a year later.
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See also
* List of bridge cameras
References
External links
Review
at Digital Photography Review
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.
Review
at Digital Camera Resource Page.
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Bridge digital cameras
Superzoom cameras
FZ20
Live-preview digital cameras
Digital cameras with CCD image sensor