Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ40 14.1 MP Digital Camera
December 17th, 2010 | 
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I bought this Panasonic Lumix because it looked like a beautiful camera in the pictures on Amazon.co.uk and because it was known for being a great all around camera. There were quite a few for me to choose from in this price range, but this one came with all of the features that I like. After owning it for about two months now, I have to pat myself on the back for buying such a great camera. It does a lot more than I thought it could and the pictures that it takes are all very crisp.
The intelligence of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ40 is easily my favorite thing about it because it allows me to focus on finding the perfect thing to take a picture of and then I get let the camera do the rest of the work. This is awesome because I really didn’t want to have to go through failing a bunch of times before I was able to take great pictures.
I know that a lot of people were a little bit upset that the price was dropped soon after the camera was available to the public, but even the original price was fantastic to me. Considering this camera has the same abilities of some of the high end cameras that cost twice or three times as much, this is the type of bargain that doesn’t come around very often. I look at the price that I paid, which was the original price, and I think that I got a huge discount.
One feature that is lacking is the ability to take pictures while shooting videos, which isn’t a big deal to me, but I do think that it is something that a lot of people expect from better cameras these days. Because it is so quick to respond to me pushing the shutter button, I don’t think I will have a problem switching modes to get the shots that I want.
I now fully understand why so many people gave the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ40 a great review because there is very little not to love about it. It is easy to use right out of the box, it is fast, and the picture quality is as good as anyone could hope for it to be. This is easily my favorite camera that I have ever owned and I think that I will keep it as my primary camera for at least a couple of years.