Panasonic Lumix DMC FH 20V Review

Introduction:
High end performance, sleek body design and low price! This magical combination is there in every camera buyers mind. However they have to compromise at one or more of these, since most manufacturers compensate any of these features at the price of other! Here’s an exception to this above stated scenario. The new Panasonic Lumix DMC FH 20V has got excellent lens performance (14.1 Megapixel, 8X optical zoom etc), ultra-slim body and notable low price at the same time.

Accompanying the structural simplicity advantage, the camera also features the new intelligent features such as iA (intelligent auto) mode, mega OIS, high speed AF, extended battery life and so on.

Details:
When it comes to the lens performance of the DMC FH 20V, we find it scores much due to superior configuration. The camera holds a powerful 8X optical (4X digital) zoom lens with 28 mm wide angle. The maximum produced image quality by DMC FH 20V is whopping 14.1 Megapixel. This clearly underlines its superiority. Moreover as stated earlier the camera enjoys a highly slim and sleek body design. This makes the camera ideal for carrying in long travels or for day-to-day tours.

During travels many a times, all of a sudden you encounter “eye-catching” scenes and you wish to capture them immediately into your camera. Clearly you don’t have time to manage the camera settings to suit to the current scene. In like situations you can use the “iA mode” (Intelligent Auto), wherein the camera will take care of the settings needed for particular type of image capturing. This reduces both the setting time as well the setting erros.

HD motion image capturing is possible with the new DMC FH 20V. The image resolution can be as good as 1280 X 720 pixels at 30 fps. Along with stunning image quality, the manufacturers have also taken care of the battery durability. One can capture approximately 300 shots at one go, when the battery is charged completely.

The camera is priced at a very economic price of around $200. Such low price surely has not come up at the expense of its quality. The camera has ample amount of intelligent features and setting options. These include the iA mode, intelligent scene selector, mega OIS, intelligent ISO control, Face detection AF/AE, Auto backlight compensation, Macro zoom and so on. In short feature richness is another feature of this ultra slim camera.

Bottom Line:
Panasonic Lumix DMC FH 20V is a camera built with intelligent balance between features and price. FH 20V has got compact body and can easily fit into your pockets. The violet color suits onto the slim body of FH 20V and also blesses the camera with an overall lavish look. The camera’s technical configuration is satisfactory too. Moreover some of the features perform above average. Look at the 14.1 Megapixel image quality for instance. In all the new Panasonic Lumix DMC FH 20V offers the benefits of buying a high performance and an economy camera simultaneously!

The overall rating for the camera is 4.8/5.