In the best underwater camera reviews the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT20 is an innovative waterproof, shockproof and dustproof digital camera.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT20
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This camera can be used underwater to a depth of up to 5 meters and is drop proof from a height up to 1.5m and it is freeze proof to -10 degrees C and dustproof also. Additionally, the 16 megapixel Panasonic FT20 offers a 25mm wide-angle 4x optical zoom lens with 720p movie recording, AF Tracking, Intelligent ISO Control. Another great feature is Face Recognition and an Intelligent Scene Selector. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT20 / TS20 is also available in black, blue, red or orange.
The 4x zoom range is modest and the wide-angle 25mm (equivalent) minimum focal length is ideal for capturing sweeping landscapes and precarious views down the sides of rock faces. This is not the brightest of lenses, however, with an f/3.9 aperture at its wide-angle setting. That’s nearby half the light-gathering capacity of an f/2.8 lens. Its 16-megapixel rating is very high and clearly designed to appeal to witless shoppers who are impressed by big numbers; it’s telling that Panasonic fits a 12-megapixel sensor in the more exclusive FT4, launched at the same time.
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT20 is a hefty, solid feel beast when holding in the palm and its presence almost industrialized thanks to the brushed metal front and back plates. It might grieve a dent or a scratch if you forcefully dropped or worn out it, but it will not completely destroyed. In this camera there’s not only a sliding catch on the side door protecting the joint battery and SD/SDHC/SDXC card slot, but also an extra locking switch to prevent any harm. On-screen warnings also lessen the prospect of accidents or jumping into the pool without doing the equivalent of battening down the hatches first.
When you want to locate a setting quickly, there’s a simple Mode button on the back plate, leading to an overall efficient use. You can press this and you’re accessible with an eight-option graphical mode menu overlaying whatever’s before the camera lens. The best underwater camera reviews highlights the familiar scene and subject-recognizing intelligent Auto (iA) venue, we get a ‘normal picture’ type which is Program by another name, plus Sports (up to 1.3fps continuous capture at full res or 8fps at 3 megapixels), Snow and distinct Beach and Underwater modes by way of indicating how Panasonic imagines this camera might be used. The last icon delivers a gateway to 13 pre-optimized scene modes covering the usual range of portrait and landscape photo biased subjects.
One of the Panasonic’s best features we have lost is the built-in mono speaker which has now shifted to the bottom of the camera, with a small hole housing the built-in mono microphone on top.
This camera gets 5 out of 5 stars because it has good video quality and good features to enjoy the precious momements with ur family.
