Panasonic DMC-FX150 14.7 Megapixel Digital Camera (Black)

I bought this camera hoping it would improve my photos of the many concerts I attend. It's a great little camera, slim, light and nice looking. This is a lot of camera for not a great deal of money. I spent hours reading the manual and trying out the numerous different functions from portrait, landscape, sunset, hi-spec and many others. I tried this out on a rock gig about a week after I received it and while I did have a few blurred shots I think that was more down to me and my unsteady arms above my head. It captured colour really well and even without a flash the pictures are really clear. The Intelligent auto function is a great one if you just want to set it up and go. The facial recognition feature will follow the subject if it moves in the frame and re-adjust the focus back to the subject. The auto tracking function is another god send as it will re-focus the centre of the frame in much the same way as facial recognition if you're taking a wider angled shot. I did use the flash a couple of times but turned it off as the camera picked up the stage and lights much more clarity without it. The battery life was really good as well, 200 + pics taken and only 1/3 of the battery gone. I can guarantee this camera will get so much use thanks to it's ability to take great pics under some very restricted lighting conditions. Bring on my next concert to try it out with a little more confidence -after I've re-read the manual again no doubt to check out a few more of the hundreds of ways to take a picture.

I bought this compact because of it's ability to shoot in Raw mode as well as the vast array of features that are found on this camera, after taking the camera out for the day i have found that my biggest fear has been realised, the noise generated in the images, and i mean on settings of less than ISO 400, now I know that compacts do generate more noise than DSLR but i was taken aback by the amount of noise on twilight photos and sadly taking photos in Raw doesn't seem to help any at all, in fact i would say that Raw exposure in this camera is a waste of time, a shame because the bundle Raw software that came with the camera is good and feature packed, a real shame.
Quality on manual mode is limited to P or M, but don't get too excited, the aperture only goes from F2.8 to F9.0, but the exposure is good on F2.8, a worthwile addition to any lens, along with the wide 28mm. Quality is good, battery life is good, i like the menu system which is easy and clear. As i said i thought the leica lens would be good and it is, but the damn noise in low light is spoiling what could have been an excellent camera, in fact the best thing you can do is set the camera to iAUTO and let the camera do the work, as it seams to take a better photo if left to it's own thing. HD recording is good, but i never use the option.
For £150.00 it's a good buy, but if Panasonic sorted the noise problem out then it would be even better.

Amazing Camera and a great toy/gadget to own , just bought for a general usage camera but can take great professional shots with ease, The iA mode is amazing and face recognition is great all of the features are great , my favourite is the HD Movie Recording , the quality is 1080p which is great from an older generation camera :)

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Strongly advise people to buy this :D

I bought this for my dad for a retirement present. He was a little lost with it so I had to work out how to use it for him. The manual must be read & followed to get the max from the camera. So simple when you know what your doing & the hd video is awesome quality for a camera!!! Great bargain...........