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Panasonic Lumix DMC LZ40 $158 @ Officeworks

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Panasonic Lumix DMC LZ40 $158 @ Officeworks
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Lbeing on 20/04/2016 - 11:30 officeworks.com.au (479 clicks)

Apparently 2 remaining @ sth Melbourne, just took the display from Elizabeth street for $130. School me if not a bargain, otherwise pretty happy with my purchase.

Features
This camera takes photos up to 20 megapixels.
It has 42 x optical zoom.
The camera has a 3" LCD screen.
It features a 22 mm ultra wide angle lens.
The camera can record HD videos.
The camera has intelligent auto and an optical image stabiliser.
There are 15 x creative effects, 15 x creative retouches and 13 x creative panoramas built into the camera.

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  • seanbaussie on 20/04/2016 - 11:43
    +1

    I went looking for this all over Adelaide and no-one has stock here.

    • terrys on 20/04/2016 - 11:49

      Prospect is showing as limited - a bit far for me, but maybe worth a call.

  • [Deactivated] on 20/04/2016 - 11:51

    20 mp and no need to buy lenses for a dslr
    Be interesting to know if it's just a little compact camera sensor in it
    Looks ok for a beginner

  • bargainball on 20/04/2016 - 11:59
    +1

    I have never found OW clearance items stocks. its always, out of stock or limited stock which means no stock

    • being on 20/04/2016 - 16:11

      In all honesty every (decent) OW clearance deal I've ever scored (quite a few now) has been one I've found myself. Usually by the time someone posts on here the low stock of these clearance lines is usually depleted.

  • [Deactivated] on 20/04/2016 - 12:01

    found one with stock in sydney..on hold

    • OzSikh on 20/04/2016 - 12:06

      is it any good ??

  • sillyhead on 20/04/2016 - 12:19

    I had a look when it was $208 on clearance. I think from the reviews it a small sensor. I think this price is about right for it. I ended up buying an ixus 180 on the 20% eBay deal for about $116 instead.

  • whats up skip on 20/04/2016 - 12:29
    +1

    Probably not an issue for most people, but it only records JPG for still images. This is a big difference to DSLR which can record RAW sensor output which has no loss of quality and allows much more post processing.

    • [Deactivated] on 20/04/2016 - 18:13

      This basic point and shoot superzoom isn't really suited for people that shoot RAW.

    • llama on 20/04/2016 - 19:28
      +1

      RAW is totally and utterly irrelevant to the people who would buy this.

      They'd think that "RAW" photos were an opportunity that might occasionally become possible when using the 42x Zoom at the local nudist beach, etc.

      • whats up skip on 21/04/2016 - 11:25

        I just find that many cameras that use JPG compress the images too much. Why given the cost of storage is so low these days.

        • llama on 21/04/2016 - 17:10
          +1

          I agree that many (most) cameras compress too far. And the odd thing is that they create a horrid picture quality within that file size.

          I have a Sony Ultra Zoom compact that's got 16mpx sensor, and really good optics (for what it is) yet the images it creates are kind of like a patchwork quilt. I mean at over 100% zoom, this becomes noticable, but of course it's invisible in normal pictures.

          I'm not making it very clear but I don't know how better to explain it - it's not JPG artifacts or fringing on tonal boundaries, but more like you got a "oil paint" filter and applied it. But on a tiny tiny scale, so anything which needs tyo be cropped is dreadful.

          That patchwork appearance cannot easily be removed like normal noise or JPG artifacts. I've searched everywhere for a firmware hack to pull back the compression or whatever they are doing to make it look so crap.

          And stupidly, if you drop the image resolution down, the image quality improves!

          I think that this occurs because of the ever-increasing need for fast burst rates. They want the image processed and written to the card instantly, yet the processor is only a tiny thing.

  • tae on 20/04/2016 - 12:41

    $168 here? In case you really want it and can't find stock
    https://www.camerasky.com.au/panasonic-lumix-dmc-lz40-digita…

  • Raynes on 20/04/2016 - 14:05

    720p video … blehhh

  • syousef on 20/04/2016 - 15:41

    For those interested in the difference between the output of a superzoom vs DSLR I did one a couple of years back. Both cameras are now older models but I believe the story wouldn't be that different today.

    http://www.dpreview.com/galleries/0242274667/albums/nikon-d9…
    http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3732350#forum-post-544…

    • llama on 20/04/2016 - 19:43

      Might be slightly better to link via Facebook, but nevertheless that is an ultra-cumbersome way of doing a comparison.

      Facebook are all resized down to almost thumbnails so those are useless.

      The dpreview gallery is silly because it's not apparent to casual viewers that you have added a comment for each camera… in fact, now I cannot find where you did that. GRRR

      Also the Gallery shows them at 480x319 and even the largest size is resized down to 1600x1063. To be honest, at those tiny sizes I cannot see much of a quality difference on ANY of the shots.

      The biggest issue on your comparison is that the cheapo Canon cannot cope with the dynamic range as well as the Nikon DSLR. However that's not really indicative of how this Panasonic compares.

      A good Superzoom can beat a cheap DSLR for image quality. At the same price point, the DSLR will certainly lose, since there is no photo output from a DSLR camera that doesn't exist!

      It's not fair or relevant to compare this ultra-cheap Panasonic to an expensive DSLR.

      • syousef on 21/04/2016 - 23:47
        -1

        The comparison I did clearly shows the differences and shows a clear winner in terms of the photo quality. I'm sorry you found it so useless but as commented at the time others did not.

        The SX50HS was one of the better superzooms when I did the comparison. The D90 was an older DSLR but still considered very good. The comparison was more than fair. People here have bought bottom of the line DSLRs for ridiculously low prices. This is ozbargain after all. <$300 is not unusual.

        Superzooms by necessity have small sensors - without that they could never achieve such high zoom at full resolution and maintain their size. A small sensor is not going to win vs DSLR that 2/3rd of a full frame sensor. Lenses with extreme zoom are also going to suffer in terms of sharpness compared to lenses that only do 4x zoom and are larger. You can argue with me all you like but it's physics.

  • Garagesale on 20/04/2016 - 16:03
    +1

    was $159 on kogan according to getprice

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