Panasonic's new Lumix DMC FZ50, which replaces the FZ30, is an excellent superzoom camera that carries a host of improvements. First of all, it's now got 10 megapixels. Second, it can shoot at a greater range of ISO ratings—up to 1,600!—although my test shots did show noise creeping in at around 800 ISO. In addition, the camera can shoot video in a novel 16:9 movie format, which offers 848-by-480 resolution and is slightly larger than VGA. Following the industry trend, Panasonic has done away with support for the TIFF file format. Of course, the camera shoots in the more flexible RAW format, which helps offset this deficiency. Other than that, it's exactly the same camera as the FZ30.



Link: PC Mag