Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18: full UK specification
Dimensions (W x H x D): Approx. 117.6 x 75.3 x 88.2 mm (4.63 x 2.96 x 3.47 inch)
Weight: Approx. 360g. (0.79lb)
Approx.407g with Battery and SD Memory Card (0.90lb)
Camera Effective Pixels: 8.1 Mega pixels
Image Sensor: 1/2.5″, 8.32 Mega Total Pixels CCD
Primary Color Filter
Optical Zoom: 18 x
Extra Optical Zoom: 4:3 Aspect Ratio: 23x for 5Mega, 28.7x for 3Mega, 2Mega, 0.3Mega
3:2 Aspect Ratio: 23x for 4.5Mega, 28.7x for 2.5Mega
16:9 Aspect Ratio: 23x for 3.5Mega, 28.7x for 2Mega
Digital Zoom: 4 x
( Max. 72 x combined with Optical Zoom without Extra Optical Zoom )
(Max. 115x combined with Extra Optical Zoom)
Focal Length: f=4.6-82.8mm (35mm Equiv.: 28-504mm)
Lens: LEICA DC VARIO-ELMARIT
11 elements in 8 groups
(3 Aspherical Lenses / 4 Aspherical surfaces)
Aperture: Wide: F2.8 – F8.0 Tele:F4.2 – F8.0
Optical Image Stabilizer: MEGA O.I.S. (Mode1 / Mode2)
Conversion lens Compatibility: Yes
Focusing Area P / A / S / M / Intelligent AUTO / Motion Picture : Normal: Wide 30cm/ Tele 200cm – infinity
Macro: Wide 1cm/ Tele (approx. 6x-11x) 200cm – infinity
Tele Macro (approx. 12x – 18x) : 100cm – infinity
AF Metering: Face / 1-point / 1-point high speed / 3-point high speed / Multi-point / Spot
Focus: AF-Macro On/Off, AF/MF Switchable, Manual Focus(Joystick), One Shot AF, Continuous AF: On/Off
AF/AE Lock: Yes
AF Assist Lamp: Yes
ISO Sensitivity: Auto /100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1250 / 1600
(High Sensitivity Mode: Auto(1600 – 6400) )
White Balance: Auto / Daylight / Cloudy / Shade / Halogen / Flash / White Set1/2
White Balance Adjustment (2-axis adjustable, ±9steps each, except for auto set )
(Selectable at Portrait(Normal, Soft Skin,Creative), Sports(Normal, Creative),
Baby, Pet and High Sensitivity mode
Exposure: Program AE, Aperture Priority AE, Shutter Priority AE, Manual, Program Shift(Program AE mode)
Exposure Compensation: 1/3 EV step, +/-2 EV
Backlight Compensation: Yes (at Intelligent AUTO mode)
Auto (AE) Bracketing: +/- 1/3 EV ~1EV step, 3 frames
Light Metering: Intelligent Multiple/ Center Weighted/ Spot
Scene Mode Dial: Playback, Intelligent AUTO, P(Program) mode, A(AperturePriority) mode, S(Shutter Priority) mode,
M(Manual) mode, Custom, Portrait mode, Scenery mode, Sports mode, Night Portrait mode
SCN ( Food, Party, Candle Light, Sunset, High Sensitivity, Baby1, Baby2, Pet, Panning, Starry Sky,
Fireworks, Beach, Snow, Aerial photo)
Motion Picture, Print
Advanced Scene Mode: Portrait mode : Normal, Soft Skin, Outdoor, Indoor, Creative
Scenery mode: Normal, Nature, Architecture, Creative
Sports mode: Normal, Outdoor, Indoor, Creative
Night Portrait: Night Portrait, Night Scenery, Illuminations, Creative
Shutter Speed: Program AE : 1-1/2000 sec
Aperture Priority AE / Shutter Priority AE : 8-1/2000 sec
Manual: 60-1/2000sec.
Starry Sky Mode: 15, 30, 60sec
Self Timer: 2sec / 10sec / 10sec/3images
Auto Review: 1sec, 3sec, Zoom
Review: 1x / 4x / 8x
Contrast: ±2steps
Picture Adjustment Sharpness: ±2steps
Saturation:±2steps
Noise Reduction:±2steps
Color Effect Mode: Black & White, Sepia, Cool, Warm
Recording Format: Still Image: JPEG(Design rule for Camera File system, based on Exif 2.21 standard), DPOF compatible
image with audio: JPEG (Design rule for Camera File system, based on Exif 2.21 standard)+ QuickTime
picture: QuickTime Motion JPEG
Recording Image Size: Still Image: 4:3 Aspect Ratio: 3264 x 2448 pixels, 2560 x 1920pixels, 2048 x 1536 pixels, 1600 x 1200 pixels , 640 x 480 pixels; 3:2 Aspect Ratio: 3264 x 2176 pixels , 2560 x 1712 pixels , 2048 x 1360 pixels; 16:9 Aspect Ratio: 3264 x 1840 pixels, 2560 x 1440 pixels, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Image Quality: Fine / Standard / RAW / RAW+ JPEG
Motion Picture 4:3 Aspect Ratio: 640 x 480 pixels, 320 x 240 pixels 30 fps, 10 fps
16:9 Aspect Ratio: 848 x 480 pixels 30 fps, 10 fps
Burst Shooting Mode: Full-Resolution Image, 3 frames/sec Max. 7 images (Standard mode), Max 4 images (Fine Mode)
Unlimited consecutive shooting: Yes
Easy Zoom / Zoom Resume: – / Yes
Still Image Rec. with Audio: 5 sec
Audio Dubbing: Max. 10sec
Real-time histogram: Yes
Composition Guide line: Yes (2 patterns)
Built-in-Memory approx: 27MB
Scene Mode Help Screen: Yes
Auto Angle Detection: Yes
Flip Animation: Yes
Travel Date / World Time: Yes / Yes
Title Edit: Yes
Text Stamp / Date Stamp: Yes / Yes
Built-in-Flash : Auto, Auto/Red-eye Reduction, Forced On, Forced On/Red-eye Reduction,
Slow Sync./Red-eye Reduction, Forced Off
Flash output Adjustment (1/3EV step, -2 – +2 EV)
0.3 – 6.0m (Wide/ISO Auto), 1.0 – 4.0m (Tele/ISO Auto)
Viewfinder: 0.44″ Color EVF (188K Pixels),Field of View : approx. 100%
LCD Monitor: 2.5″ Polycrystalline TFT LCD Display (207K Pixels) Field of View : approx. 100%
Auto Power LCD mode, Power LCD mode, High angle mode
Playback mode: 25-thumbnail display, 9-thumbnail display, calendar display, zoomed playback (16x max.),
Playback of favorite pictures, Creating still pictures from a motion picture
Category Playback (playback and slideshow of pictures in category)
Slide show (duration is adjustable, also manual controllable), image rotation
Resizing (selectable number of pixels), trimming, protection, aspect conv. DPOF print setting;
OSD language: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese
Recording Media: Built-in Memory, SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, MultiMediaCard
Microphone: Yes
Speaker: Yes
Interface: DC Input, AV Output (NTSC/PAL), USB2.0 Full Speed
Direct Print: PictBridge
Power: Li-ion Battery Pack (7.2V, 710mAh) (Included)
AC Adaptor (Input: 110-240V AC) (Optional)
Battery life: (approx.) 400 pictures (CIPA Standard) / 400 pictures (with EVF)
Included Software: LUMIX Simple Viewer, PhotofunStudio -viewer-
SILKYPIX Developer Studio 2.0SE
ArcSoft MediaImpression, ArcSoft PanoramaMaker
USB Driver
Standard Accessories: Battery Charger, Battery Pack, Lens Cap, Lens Hood(L)(S), Lens Hood Adaptor, AV Cable, USB Connection Cable, AC Cable, Strap, CD-ROM;
*1. Shooting conditions: 23°C with 50% humidity; LCD on; using the enclosed SD Memory Card; starting to shoot 30
