Panasonic Lumix FZ70 / FZ72 review
" The Panasonic Lumix FZ72, or FZ70 as it's known in North America, is a super-zoom camera with a 16.1 Megapixel compact sensor and a whopping 60x stabilised optical zoom. That's the longest zoom range currently available on a compact camera, so in a single bound Panasonic has leapt over the competition including Canon's best-selling PowerShot SX50 HS and Sony's Cyber-shot HX300, both of which sport lenses with a 'mere' 50x optical zoom. Announced in July 2013, the new model fits into the FZ product line-up between the flagship FZ200 and the FZ60 / FZ62 with a zoom range more than double those models' 24x range and significantly outreaching the other recent Lumix introduction, the budget 35x LZ30. The new mega-zoom will be received with joy and relief in equal measure from Panasonic followers, many of whom must have been wondering whether the company had given up the race for extended zooms on its FZ range. The new lens has range that starts at an ultra-wide 20mm equivalent, extending to 1200mm at the telephoto end and a maximum aperture of f2.8-5.9. "
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