Owners Ratings:
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30 (Overall)

Click for full specifications: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30
8.0 million effective pixels
35 mm - 420 mm (12x) zoom
Average rating (142 responses)

 Construction()()()()()() 4.57
 Features()()()()()() 4.54
 Image quality()()()()() 4.20
 Ease of use()()()()()() 4.45
 Value for money()()()()()() 4.47
 Overall()()()()()() 4.45

Owners Opinions: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30

NamePostedOpinion preview
Ken Partlow16 Jun 09I went through many a review of the FZ10 and decided to forgoe ...
WalkerCZ10 Mar 09mine third camera, I'm with him quiet
Anysia29 Aug 08After 3 years of of hard use, and still going strong, I had to ...
RegB1 Mar 08Some of the negative comments I've read about this camera amaze ...
cameraboy919 Feb 08I have had this camera for almost a month and have been very ...
Jimmie Burton26 Aug 07I've had this camera for almost 2 years and so far it's been ...
yuli210528 Jul 07Excellent camera
2229 Jul 07Looking for a replacement to FZ30, had this camera for over a ...
trimom634 Jul 07Gee, I'm wondering if I had a lemon - there are so many good ...
Jurgen Janssen21 May 07'Very good camera with a lot of possibilities.
Juan Valdez18 Apr 07After a year and a half, I'm still impressed with the images I ...
JVaccaro27 Feb 07As an amateur photographer, shooting mostly nature scenes and ...
Fabian Bricard31 Jan 07Bought this 2nd hand as I got offered a pristine condition FZ30 ...
Jerome Chyurlia6 Jan 07My first digital camera purchased second hand. So far have only ...
yoopersister1 Jan 07This is my second large zoom camera, the first being the Olympus ...
Giorgio Baron10 Dec 06Let´s face it, this camara seems to be awesome, but the picture ...
Edwin D Hershey13 Nov 06Great day time sports pictures. Still haven't found the proper ...
John Crawley2 Nov 06Took this camera to Canada with me and took about 600 shots. ...
deruta29 Sep 06Ok, so I'm gonna write a longer one...I've been interested in ...
qwqwqwqw9 Sep 06exelant camera , more good than the fz-50.i have both',and the ...
kalilax5 Sep 06I've had this little LOVELY camera for one month now and I have t
senmar16 Aug 06i'm very happy with the camera although it has it's limitations ...
AussieAviator13 Aug 06Not all camera's are perfect and this model by Panasonic is ...
James Evans9 Aug 06This is my first serious digital Camera. I purchased it instead ...
Joseph DeFelice18 Jul 06I love the camera so far. I have it appox 3.5 months and it has ...
Reg Barlow16 Jul 06No camera is perfect but the FZ30 is close to it! The greatest ...
THilton6 Jul 06Upgrading from a Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z5, I got this camera ...
Galen Huebner5 Jul 06I almost didn't write this review at this time because I’ve only ...
Roger Penny26 Jun 06When I gave up my Nikon SLR with a full set of lenses in favour ...
Pixeldrummer22 Jun 06I bought my first digital camera 10 years ago and the FZ30 is my ...
jeando8 Jun 06I realy enjoy using this camera !!
Kshyhoo6 Jun 06I think my review will be quite intresting, cause i have ...
Saroko5 Jun 06I returned My DMC-FZ30 today. I got it last Thursday and worked ...
klb4928 May 06Am re-doing this review from my previous one as I've now had ...
Down Under20 May 06I waited for the FX-30 release and bought one of the first ones ...
Nigel Clifford19 May 06I own both a DMC-FZ30 and a Canon 350 as well as a number of ...
Ron Bridges14 May 06Bought this last October (2005) before traveling to Pittsburgh ...
davide cardello21 Apr 06NEL COMPLESSO LA MACCHINA E´ABBASTANZA BUONA ,LO ZOOM LEICA DEVO ...
fbjon21 Apr 06The LCD and the EVF are very nice. The lens is very nice. ...
girlperson116 Apr 06I've had this camera now for a few weeks. Overall, it takes ...
bill jarvis14 Apr 06This is a wonderful camera at a bargain price.Have given 5 stars ...
b213 Apr 06not comment!!
b213 Apr 06not comment!!
Charlesfreeman13 Apr 06Image quality is nothing on the FZ20, the FZ30 is plauged by ...
Nice Snob10 Apr 06Calculated misinformation. That's how I view so many negative ...
j Barry8 Apr 06THE FZ30 IS MY THIRD DIGITAL CAMERA.I AM PARTICULARY PLEASED ...
Mark Manuel4 Apr 06Bought this camera last month hoping to get closer to my dream ...
Marc Fenek3 Apr 06Very good ergonomics (except for a few little details, see ...
Zipnil31 Mar 06I had purchased a Canon S2 IS, had it for one day then found a ...
Gerrit Lachaert29 Mar 06I got Nikon, HP, Canon digital cameras before. But this one ...
ambretes23 Mar 06all good with this camera. noise, yes, but very little, and, 80 ...
crimson8422 Mar 06a must have camera !
duesseljunge20 Mar 06Nice and handy bridgecamera. Leica lens !I use (d) it as my ...
pitts10 Mar 06You are right mamazmeilor, the camera is awesome!It looks great ...
mamazmeilor8 Mar 06Nice camera, great picture quality - the noise is an issue only ...
Raiter17 Feb 06First of all, thanks to dpreview.com for the excellent reviews, ...
stephan6307416 Feb 06This is my third digital camera. I started with Leica Digilux1 a ...
Tafidisme14 Feb 06Excellent bang for buck...the optical and digital zoom is ...
Dick Bode13 Feb 06Camera in use for 3 weeks. Decided to buy this one because of ...
jj11113 Feb 06Let me start by saying that this review is focused more for ...
Alasaad6 Feb 06I own the FZ20 'Floozi', and wanted to give the FZ30 a go. A ...
Saldahna29 Jan 06I had the FZ30 plus a Canon 350D with me on a months vaccation ...
Wolfeye24 Jan 06You can produce some very fine images with this camera. The ...
Randee Savage20 Jan 06I've read user and professional reviews. Looked at sample ...
jbag17 Jan 06Mine is in the shop.I have been without it for a month now ...
Ollie15 Jan 06Once you learn how to tweak the settings inside like lowering ...
Timmo19 Jan 06Ollie - don't take life so seriously!!!I did actually borrow one ...
Lac8 Jan 06Great camera. Very solid build.
zygh7 Jan 06Had this camera for a few months. It's not a bad camera and it ...
Mat_bo6 Jan 06The FX30 is my 7th digi-cam in seven years. So I think I know ...
Fire 3776 Jan 06Money well spent easy to use great results
Mr Tea4 Jan 06When I needed to replace my Olympus C2100UZ, this is the camera ...
RulerOfHeck29 Dec 05Anguished over upgrading from my long friend FZ-10 and ...
christian1230cg27 Dec 05I think that this camera gets too manynegative comments when ...
Norberto7523 Dec 05(No text)
scarysquirrel22 Dec 05If you were disappointed with the DMC-FZ20, read on...I purchased
bertu10 Dec 05Very good for amateurs and semi- may not be for real ...
El Gordo Magnifico4 Dec 05I bought the FZ30 to compliment my FZ15, and have shot a little ...
Solution30 Nov 05The manufacturer tells lie! The beauty's face in the official ...
Solution30 Nov 05The manufacturer tells lie! The beauty's face in the official ...
joelfoto24 Nov 05I thank you for your forthright assessment.
Bear 74017 Nov 05I have posted a review on this camera before but I did not see ...
Luke J Stokes13 Nov 05I recently purchased both a Z20 and a Z30.One of these was to ...
zomgwtf12 Nov 05Quite satisfied with it. In fact I love it. Most of the time ...
Chip_de10 Nov 05I now own my FZ30 for about four weeks and took about 2,500 ...
eddiephoto10 Nov 05I come to this camera from an Olympus C3040Z so wanted all the ...
Stan Wolf9 Nov 05The camera feels very solid - great camera- operation is fast - ...
vksac7 Nov 05Hi,I recently bought this camera too. It produces some amazing ...
Baerenfaenger6 Nov 05The camera is a extremely good compromise in value for money. ...
guberro6 Nov 05I bought this camera about a month ago and didn't like it at ...
Doug S3 Nov 05I took my new FZ30 out of it's box yesterday. My only ...
Pedro Violindo1 Nov 05I am a Portuguese amateur photographer and I tried a group of ...
Macazi26 Oct 05Overpriced great zoom machine. I sold my FZ20 just to get the ...
dvdgd24 Oct 05Well as with many other owners i have t oagree that those people ...
f2point816 Oct 05The controversy surrounding this camera seems to be tilted by ...
flylow16 Oct 05Ultrazoom cameras seem to be a bit of different breed than ...
SlawMa13 Oct 05I've bought this camera as a replacement of Oly C-740UZ. Key ...
Murphy312 Oct 05This is my second digital camera, and I must say the progress ...
sheshe8 Oct 05This is the fifth digital camera I have owned. The others don't ...
The Uzbek5 Oct 05Overall a very good camera, certainly worth its price. The OIS is
g1tlh4 Oct 05Fatally flawed exposures.When you get the camera out of the box ...
Baenwort29 Sep 05Well, coming from the Oly C-2100 before this I'm very happy with ...
Yareck28 Sep 05I was hasiteting but now I'm happy. camera's performance is ...
Yareck28 Sep 05I was hasiteting but now I'm happy
hk999199727 Sep 05Upgraded from FZ 10. Looks good for all new features and super ...
deeply800827 Sep 05I love it, color is so beautiful in landscape.
Dave Santora26 Sep 05DO NOT BUY THIS CAMERA!!!The noise levels are completely ...
Tim Curtin26 Sep 05I've been a Digital SLR user for some time, but like a lot of ...
iluxo24 Sep 05Very nice, enjoying it immensely. Sure it isn't perfect, but its ...
rogie australia23 Sep 05i upgraded from the FZ10 and i think the FZ30 is excelent,manual ...
Aleo22 Sep 05After reading all this words about I only have to say:This is a ...
Marty Krame21 Sep 05See below
danto21 Sep 05Returned after less than a weekAfter using my first digital ...
kiw20 Sep 05After reading all the stupid ratings from people who only have ...
Ebenski20 Sep 05Ive had this camera for 3 weeks now and shot about 500 photos. ...
avicenanw18 Sep 05The best you can get from a camera using 1/1.8' CCD sensor. ...
it13 Sep 05I've taken 500 pics in a weekend, including bright sunlight, ...
audiovue13 Sep 05Very good picture...
kzebra11 Sep 05For the money this is an incredible camera. I had some worries ...
audiovue10 Sep 05Great picture for the money!But see below.......
Mmosaik10 Sep 05Panasonic is very evidently going after the DSLR market with ...
Tom K.7 Sep 05FZ30 - heir to the 2100 throne?Looks like someone finally put out
Terry Fraser3 Sep 05This is a great camera. I am a former DSLR user that had 4 very ...
Mars Chan31 Aug 05overall: good lens, good body design, good camera!
ipqw29 Aug 05Bought this camera in Tokyo on the release date (August 26nd) ...
wazza28 Aug 05Managed to have an hour using a local distributors display ...
guss.ramis27 Aug 05STOP REVIEWS IF YOU DID NOT BUY THE CAM!
A Girard25 Aug 05This wouldv'e been the camera of the year if it were not for the ...
sophia4025 Aug 05good~
MightyMike20 Aug 05First impressions... -Wow it looks nice! -The build quality is s
jonny b18 Aug 05the fZ 20 keeps the same f2.8 across the entire range which put ...
rakete_10012 Aug 05Seems to a cool camera with the incredible leica lens
JoeR11 Aug 05The camera has not been released and people are rating it. What ...
Erno11 Aug 05i was planning to buy the fz20 but then i saw this and decided ...
wapsijim10 Aug 05comparing this camera to my FZ10, it's WAY better on specs. was ...
Vanina4 Aug 05I owned FZ20 and have persuaded friends and colleagues to use it ...
IDBugman1 Aug 05Camera isn't out yet. Use this review to offset the 2 reviews ...
IDBugman1 Aug 05Camera isn't out yet. Use this review to offset the 2 reviews ...
IDBugman1 Aug 05Camera isn't out yet. Use this review to offset the 2 reviews ...
malford29 Jul 05No text
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