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The Lumix DMC-FH5, introduced by Panasonic in 2011, stands out as an ultracompact marvel. Despite its budget-friendly price, the camera boasts a prestigious Leica lens and a 16 MP sensor. Curious about the image quality? This article will help you unravel the mystery.
Design Insights: Lumix DMC-FH5 Compact Camera
The Lumix DMC-FH5 travel camera (also known as Lumix DMC-FS18 in some regions) has overall dimensions of 94.3 x 53.5 x 18.8 mm, with a total weight including the battery at 121 g—compact and lightweight for your travel adventures.
Slim and Compact: Lumix DMC-FH5, Your Travel Companion
The Lumix DMC-FH5 travel camera impresses not only with its compact design but also with the convenient arrangement of function buttons by the manufacturer. On the front, the 28mm lens is positioned slightly to the right, with the Lumix logo designed in a recessed fashion on the left, serving as a comfortable grip for fingers.
As usual, the front is dominated by the lens and flash unit.
Turning to the front, the upper left corner features a small ridge where the thumb naturally rests, enhancing the camera's grip and stability. Just below the ridge is a switch button for easy mode transition between video recording and photo capture, followed by the directional buttons and the Qmenu button.
The front of the Lumix DMC-FH5 travel camera houses a 2.7-inch screen and functional buttons.
The top of the camera hosts a toggle power button, followed by the combined photo capture button and zoom ring for zooming in or out while taking photos or viewing. The battery compartment and memory card slot are placed on the bottom side along with the tripod mount.
Features of the compact Lumix DMC-FH5 Camera
The Lumix DMC-FH5 compact camera utilizes a CCD sensor with a sensor size of 6.08 x 4.56 mm, providing a 16 MP resolution. Paired with a 28mm lens from the renowned Leica manufacturer, it offers a 4x optical zoom, delivering a focal length of 28-112mm in photo mode, with an aperture of f3.1-6.5. The Lumix DMC-FH5 employs the Venus Engine IV image processor, ensuring impressive image quality.
The Lumix DMC-FH5 compact camera utilizes a CCD sensor with a size of 6.08 x 4.56 mm and a resolution of 16 MP.
The Lumix DMC-FH5 compact camera supports a broad ISO range from 100 to 1600, with HiAuto extending up to 6400. It is advisable not to exceed ISO 800 for the best results with clear details. In low-light situations, the built-in flash, effective within a range of about 3.5m, can be your ally.
Being part of the compact camera category, the Lumix DMC-FH5 employs an electronic shutter with the fastest shutter speed at 1/1600s and the slowest at 1/60s.
Belonging to the budget-friendly compact camera line, the Lumix DMC-FH5 supports only JPEG image format and is compatible with memory cards such as SD/SDHC/SDXC, providing 70 MB of built-in memory.
Belonging to the budget-friendly compact camera line, the Lumix DMC-FH5 exclusively supports JPEG image format and is compatible with various memory cards like SD/SDHC/SDXC.
The Lumix DMC-FH5 compact camera is capable of recording videos in three resolutions: 1280 x 720, 640 x 480, and 320 x 240. All recordings are captured at a speed of 30 frames per second, saved in motion JPEG format, and feature mono sound.
Image Quality of the Lumix DMC-FH5 Compact Camera
While the Lumix DMC-FH5 compact camera may not boast the best hardware, evident in its affordable price as a travel camera, its image quality is surprisingly good. This is attributed to the support from the Venus Engine IV image processor.
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Sharp images and fine details captured from Lumix DMC-FH5 with a focal length of 28 mm and ISO 100.
Sharp images and fine details captured with ISO ranging from 100 to 400, along with the shortest lens focal length of 28 mm.
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Sharp images and fine details captured from the Lumix DMC-FH5 with a focal length of 48 mm and ISO 100.
We experimented with zooming the lens to focal lengths of 48 mm and 70 mm, and to our surprise, the Lumix DMC-FH5 camera continued to deliver excellent image quality.
Images at 70 mm focal length and ISO 100 showed some noise and graininess, but the details were still well-preserved at a good level.
Conclusion
Compact, convenient, with a powerful image processor, the Lumix DMC-FH5 compact camera is truly worth carrying along on your travels.
Minh Huong
(As per photographyblog)
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