Customer Reviews:
 A Wonderful Hybrid January 7, 2009
This is a terrific example of a camera that is set up to help the novice experience good results and it also will satsfy the thirst of experienced photogs. I guess some of the Photo snobs would pick apart some of the things on this camera, but as an "Average Joe " photogragher there is plenty of room for growth with this little gem. I did a lot of research before buying and found out that this camera doesn't do any one thing perfectly, but it does many things extremely well.
I look forward to learning more about digit photography now that I have this wonderful tool. I have been pleasantly surprised with the few photos I have taken and seen on this board from other owners.
The only warning I can give about this camera is to not read the whole manual at one time as it may result in a severe "ICE CREAM HEADACHE"!
Awesome Camera January 7, 2009
I love this camera so much.
I lost our FZ18k - so I went shopping for another one to see if there was anything else out there. And it all came back to this one - the FZ28k. There's a few things different about this one - but it's all good stuff. I really like the video feature on it as well. We hardly ever use our camcorder anymore.
This camera really surpasses them all. I'm so glad that we purchased from Amazon also. I got my order early and there were absolutely no mishaps with my order.
I will order again from Amazon.
 Great overall camera for the price January 6, 2009
I had owned this camera for about 2 weeks and I like the overall performance of this camera. It holds great in your hand and has sturdy built. LCD screen is large enough for viewing and has sharp picture, just perfect to me. Has great zoom and navigation is easy. Great shutter speed too. Battery is excellent. It last me the whole day while travelling. Great price.
The only drawback I find on this camera is the contrast of the photos taken. If compared to Canon G10 or the S5-IS, I think Canon has better contrast but for the price, you can't beat this Panny. Plus it is still made in Japan....can take HD movies too!!
Overall, I love this camera.
Great camera for the money January 6, 2009
I've been using the Konica Minolta Dimage z2 for many years now. It was a great camera. It's time to get a new one and FZ28K was on sale for $239. @ Amazon, I couldn't pass the deal and got one.
It's fast and the flash is much better than the z2, it doesn't make the pictures come out so bright with flashes on your face. It's 10M so you can take with big picture and crop it and still have a decent size to print.
*The best thing is it has the HD video camera built in. It is amazing with the quality in 720p, although if you don't have a firm grip, and zoom too much, it's shaky. I use VideoStudio 11.5 plus from Amazon to make AVCHD dvd to play in Blu-ray player.
*It has a timer to take 3 pictures at a few seconds apart for you to change posts and such which is great. Sure is better than 1 at a time.
*The zoom iz amazing, 18x allows me to take picture from far away and catch all these faces from my kids.
*The battery lasts quite long. I filled up the whole 4 GB with HD movies and pictures @5MP and it still has some juice left.
*The pictures are great under low light without flash.
*Automatic Focus is fast but not as fast as the Z2, but efficient.
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Very easy to use, even my wife can take great pictures every easily.
The zoom button should be in the back of the camera where your right thumb usually is instead of the front which is very awkward. Bad design on this part. Other than that it's a great camera until your right index/middle finger get used to the zoom button.
Great for the price January 6, 2009
Good quality, good value, great intuitive interface. As a training bra to a SLR, it's holds its own and is great to look at what it produces until you upgrade to the real deal.
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