What does the "DMC" and "FZ" stand for???

Ebenski · Aug 21, 2005

Since I will be owning one of these things soon, Id like to know what all these abreviations stand for. Does anyone know? Is it just marketing techy nonsense?

I owned a Canon SLR for years without ever knowing what "EOS" stood for. Im not even sure canon knows what it stand for!

MightyMike · Aug 21, 2005

DMC... Delorean Motor Company ... LOL

Actually its something along the lines of Digital Media Camera...

FZ thats any ones guess... probably a 2 letter designation that sounds cool... it also could mean Far Zoom... or Fast Zoom... but then what does LC, LX FX, LZ and any others stand for
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megaresp · Aug 21, 2005

Ebenski said:
Id like to know what [DMC] stand for.

Damn Magnificent Camera?

That's certainly how I view mine. What a bargain it is!

wonderwhy · Aug 21, 2005

Digital Movie Creator?
Lumix = illumine + Roman numeral 9

wonderwhy · Aug 21, 2005

FZ Frank Zappa, Focus Zero, Far-Zone, Format for Zooming

wonderwhy · Aug 21, 2005

LC Love Canal, Least Common
LX Lux
FX Factory Experimental, Freedom of Expression, HDavidson Softail Deuce
LZ Leading Zero, Large Zenith, Light Zone

Boomz · Aug 21, 2005

FZ - Fantastic Zoomie
LC - Lumix Compact
LX - Lumix eXtreme
LZ - Lumix Zoomie
FX - Fanasonic eXtreme

LOL!

MightyMike said:
DMC... Delorean Motor Company ... LOL

Actually its something along the lines of Digital Media Camera...

FZ thats any ones guess... probably a 2 letter designation that
sounds cool... it also could mean Far Zoom... or Fast Zoom... but
then what does LC, LX FX, LZ and any others stand for
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Mike from Canada

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http://boomzfoto.fotopic.net - my collection of FZ5 pics.

http://onokinegrindz.com - Food review site; some photos were taken with the FZ5.

Digicam Newbie · Aug 21, 2005

F'ing-long Zoom

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Blinblue · Aug 21, 2005

I doubt there is any meaning that is set in stone. Rather it is the impression you get when you see the letters. For example, FZ, what does it make you think of when it is in the camera's model name? Well, for me, 'F' makes me think of fast, and the 'Z' makes me think of zoom. While Fast Zoom doesn't make too much sense (though I guess F2.8 at tele makes it "fast," the average consumer would be thinking of that), but both individual words are what you want in a camera.

L makes you think of light, C = compact, and X is just something that makes anything look cool

Of course there might be some other erason why panasonic went for those letters. But you have to admit that YRK-BD30 doesn't have the same ring that DMC-FZ30 does

(oh, and DMC=Definitely My Camera

wonderwhy · Aug 21, 2005

DMC Digital Microcircuit, Dynamic Motion Control

Simon Joinson · Aug 21, 2005

Ebenski said:
Since I will be owning one of these things soon, Id like to know
what all these abreviations stand for. Does anyone know? Is it just
marketing techy nonsense?

I owned a Canon SLR for years without ever knowing what "EOS" stood
for. Im not even sure canon knows what it stand for!

EOS, apparently, stands for electro-optical system.
S
--
Simon Joinson, dpreview.com

Kimnicho · Aug 21, 2005

"dmc" must stand for "digital Matsuhita camera" or something equally Japanese and "fz' for "far away zoom" =blame it on the translation

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cleanmaxx brian · Aug 21, 2005

OK newbie question...

Where did "Fluzi" come from and what does it mean?
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Ramblin · Aug 21, 2005

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1033&message=6277284

cleanmaxx brian said:
OK newbie question...

Where did "Fluzi" come from and what does it mean?
--
Brian - Canon s10-sold and still working! Canon S400-a great point
and shoot!
My picture page:
http://www.pbase.com/cleanmaxx_brian/

My 91 Nissan Sentra SE-R
http://www.jbl.com/car/featured/installs/sentra.asp

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wonderwhy · Aug 21, 2005

cleanmaxx brian said:
OK newbie question...

Where did "Fluzi" come from and what does it mean?

Rhyhmes with UZI, (ultrazoom)
But its an FZ Fluzi

wonderwhy · Aug 21, 2005

That fails my expectation.

Ramblin said:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1033&message=6277284

Mofongo said:
Pronounced floozy...
Can't wait till the release of the Floozy...

Floozy is a woman regarded as tawdry, gaudy and cheap in nature or appearance.

korsair · Aug 21, 2005

But good at what it does...........
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Korsair

Ebenski · Aug 21, 2005

Simon Joinson said:
EOS, apparently, stands for electro-optical system.
S
--
Simon Joinson, dpreview.com

Wow, Thanks for finally answering that great mystery! Canon used EOS with ALL their SLRs for ages and never told anybody what it means.

How about the LUMIX? What does that mean or stand for? The name of the "Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ30" camera just begs to be shortended.

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