Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Panasonic takes the optical arms race to another level with the massive 18x zoom lens on board the DMC-FZ18

Pros: Excellent telephoto lens, Good all-round image quality

Cons: Not the fastest

Verdict: It can use face detection, adjust the ISO and even activate the image stabiliser for you - although we'd recommend simply leaving this turned on all the time

Award: Recommended!

Review summary: With a huge 28-504mm 18x zoom and optical image stabilisation, Panasonic's new flagship is hard to fault

Verdict: The Lumix FZ18 is a very nearly the ultimate super-zoom camera, with good performance and handling, an excellent range of features and a simply astonishing lens, made usable by an equally superb image stabilisation system. However it falls just short of g

Review summary: Shoot from far, like from a real long way away, with the latest megazoom from Panasonic.

Review summary: At the press conference in Dublin I was able to shoot with the new Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 digital Megazoom camera. The Panasonic FZ18 is a camera for the photographer who is into a variety of photographic shooting. Although the camera is easy to handle

Review summary: The Panasonic Lumix Lumix DMC-FZ18 is an 8 megapixel digital camera with a whopping 18x Optical Zoom lens. This SLR style camera (it's not actually a DSLR but looks a little like one) has a 1/2.5 inch CCD sensor with a lens that has an equivalent focal ra