Cameralabs have reviewed the new Panasonic Lumix FZ35 / FZ38 - the new camera features a 27mm wide angle 18x optical zoom lens (27 - 486mm), new Power Optical Image Stabilisation (O.I.S.), ultra high-speed start-up of approx. 1.2 seconds, a 2.7″ screen, HD 720p Video at 30fps, 12 megapixel sensor, and manual operation. The camera will be available in black from September, for £265.

“The optical range of course remains the highlight here, and even though Panasonic has now become the ‘shortest’

super-zoom in the current pack, it remains extremely flexible in use. It starts with decent 27mm wide-angle coverage, and 18x later ends up at an equivalent of 486mm. Sure, that’s shorter than the industry-leading 26x range (26-676mm) of the Olympus SP-590UZ, but 486mm is still very serious telephoto and we never found any situations where it wasn’t long enough.”

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