Rather than following other bridge-makers in the race for zoom power, Panasonic has focused on boosting lens speed and aperture in its latest models. At first glance, f/2.8 aperture may not seem so impressive for the Lumix FZ200. However, this is no 3x zoom compact—it's a 24x bridge that maintains the f/2.8 aperture over the whole focal range, right the way up to 600 mm!
Flash back to 2004. Panasonic had a nice little set of bridge cameras, the FZ10 and FZ20, sporting some rather unusual 12x zoom lenses with constant aperture. Now, eight years later, the manufacturer has returned to constant aperture lenses, with f/2.8 over the entire focal range in 2012's Lumix FZ200. But this time, Panasonic's bridge has a 24x zoom lens that starts at a focal length of 25 mm! On top of that, the FZ200 has a 12-Megapixel "high-sensitivity" CMOS sensor and films Full HD video.
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Flash back to 2004. Panasonic had a nice little set of bridge cameras, the FZ10 and FZ20, sporting some rather unusual 12x zoom lenses with constant aperture. Now, eight years later, the manufacturer has returned to constant aperture lenses, with f/2.8 over the entire focal range in 2012's Lumix FZ200. But this time, Panasonic's bridge has a 24x zoom lens that starts at a focal length of 25 mm! On top of that, the FZ200 has a 12-Megapixel "high-sensitivity" CMOS sensor and films Full HD video.
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