Kingston 16 GB Class 4 SDHC Flash Memory Card SD4/16GBET
- Compliant - with the SD Card Association specification version 2.00
- Secure - built-in write-protect switch prevents accidental data loss
- Compatible - with SDHC host devices;not compatible with standard SD-enableddevices/readers
- File Format - FAT 32
- Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging
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The Panasonic Lumix DMC FX40 is up against some pretty stiff competition when it comes to pocket sized digital cameras. To try and make the Lumix DMC FX40 stand out from the crowd Panasonic has included an ultra wide angle lens. A wide angle lens helps you squeeze more of a wide scene into a photo. So this could be a big attraction to you if you like to take a lot of sweeping landscape shots or groups of people.
As with other cameras in this series you can increase the amount of zoom available if you are prepared to shoot at lower resolutions. Doing this will save space on the memory card and can also increase the quality of the pictures you take.
Another big attraction aside from the ultra wide zoom lens could be the High Definition movie mode. Although I would not claim that this can fully replace a camcorder, you cannot zoom in and out while recording for a start, this can come in handy if you want to fire off the occasional movie clip without carrying your camcorder around with you.
With dimensions of 95.3 x 52.9 x 21.5mm the Lumix DMC FX40 will fit into most pockets without much of a problem.
Panasonic has created black, silver and red versions. In terms of design I would describe it as a simple, unfussy camera. It has a smooth, matt finish. This helps to give the camera a feeling of quality. It weighs 128g without a battery or memory card. This makes it one of the more lightweight digital cameras.
I found this camera easy to use. Just how complicated you find it depends to a large degree on how many of the features you plan to take advantage of. The menu runs to three and a half pages, with an additional set up menu. Items such as the resolution, focusing mode and white balance are changed through the menu system.
So it is possible you will not feel the need to delve into the menu too often. When you do you should find it a simple task to find the setting you wish to change, even if you need to scroll through a few screens first.
On the back of the Lumix DMC FX40 in the top right hand corner is a control dial. You use this to change the shooting mode. For example you use the dial to place the camera in macro mode. The camera also has an iA mode. This stands for intelligent auto. In this mode the camera will check for common types of photograph such as a landscape scene and set the controls accordingly to take the best possible picture. This mode is worth testing out, but it most situations I have not noticed any significant difference in picture quality between this mode and the general automatic mode.
The Lumix DMC FX40 certainly takes bright, colourful photos, but I must admit to being a little disappointed with the sharpness of the more distant shots I took. This softness becomes increasingly noticeable as you move away from the centre of the shot. I have noticed this with the previous model in this series as well. This is not up to the usual high standard set by Panasonic. It may not be a problem with snapshot sized prints, but it will become noticeable with larger print sizes.
There are 40 megabytes of storage space built into the Panasonic Lumix DMC FX40. This sounds a reasonable amount, but if you are shooting at the full 12 megapixel resolution this only provides enough space for around 8 photos.
Andy writes and reviews digital cameras for Cameras.co.uk. See his test shots and ratings for the Panasonic Lumix DMC FX40
Question by ant_allen257: Which is the better camera – Canon PowerShot SX210 IS or Panasonic Lumix TZ7?
I know the cannon has slightly higher spec (resolution & zoom) – but is the Panasonic better for things like ease of use or better quality photos? The Cannon is about £50 more too (on Amazon) – is it worth the extra money?
If anyone has experience of both cameras I would really appreciate a comparison.
Thanks 
Best answer:
Answer by ryuzog
I haven’t used any of them but I did do a comparison a couple weeks back. Both these cameras are pretty good.
Based on my reading though I would recommended the Lumix TZ7. Both cameras are somewhat “advanced”. But the 14MP of the powershot isn’t worth it IMO. Megapixels don’t mean anything after a certain point except for larger printouts. And if you need THAT, you should really get a dslr.
Also, 12X zoom and 14x zoom doesn’t really have a difference. Go to the nearest best buy of w/e and do a comparison. You can also compare against the 20X or a 30X zooms from another camera. The difference is barely noticeable. Also, at higher ranges you can’t really hold the camera still to get “great” shots. I thought a higher zoom would be really “neat”, after using it though,(I have a 10X), I find that I don’t really take many pictures with it.
Also, there have been many complaints on the design flaws of the sx210, an annoying popup flash and a tight control dial.
this website is incredibly helpful with digital camera buying:
http://www.digitalcamera-hq.com/search/advanced
Also note that cameras with larger zooms have lower quality pictures. The powershot s90 is for example has only a 4x zoom but it wins in the “advanced” category of the above website because of it’s manual control and large sensor. (The sensor is actually that of a dslr I believe…, course, the sensor is less important than the lens…notice how some lenses are even more expensive than the actual dslr?)
Here’s another site that does a great and exhaustive reviews on the “travel zoom” category of cameras:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/Q210grouptravelzoom/
(both of your cameras are on there)
I eventually bought the DX5 due to its many other features, intelligent panorama and 10pics/s rapid shooting.
Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!
The Canon is easier to use. The Lumix has better glass. Picture quality depends on you.
I’ve got two Panasonic cameras and really like them both. I have one “advanced” camera and one pocket one. Both work very well however, even though the smaller camera is has more mega pixels, the color is not nearly as good as with the bigger camera with 1/2 the resolution. But that’s the difference between a $ 400 camera and a $ 100. one. I got the small one for the 14 year old son to take around with him and the big one is my baby.
And the TZ7 is the newer generation of my FZ7. And you should have a Leica lens, Panasonic’s optical image stabilization is great (no blurry photos unless your hands really shake), they have better than average battery life and have been really well rated for a number of years.
Do get a high speed card for storage. The Panasonic is capable of firing one shot after another but needs the higher speed cards to be able to do it. It should take SD HC so you’re good there. Don’t get just a plain SD card and expect good performance; it won’t happen because the card won’t let the camera write to it as quickly. Kinda like an old slow hard drive in a new computer; just doesn’t work real well.
panasonic now have a new version of the tz7 , the tz8 , which is higher quality & better zoom functions , and the tz10 with built in gps.
both cameras have the same size sensor , so image quality should be ruffly the same, but maybe the canon would have more digital noise because of the number of megapixels .
the panasonic also has many more features , such as 10 fps burst mode and more manual settings , as well as a brilliant automatic mode, the battery lasts longer and is so easy to use, go for the panasonic!
Great review! I hope I will review the cannon also?
For the price the picture quality not bad at all. I love Canon, go for it. Nice review!
decent camera except for the lack of a rechargable battery like 99% of the cameras out there. AA batteries are ancient!
Decent quality
Pretty nice camera for the insanely cheap price!
I have this camera (Not because I’m bad with technology) and the battery life is fine. It’s great. Because I use CAMERA batteries. Proper Lithium ones. So they last for a loooong time. I don’t like how I have to press the on button really hard to get it to turn on but that’s not a big deal. And I’ve dropped it a couple times and it’s not shown any trouble, no scratches or problems working. So it’s sturdy. I’m having trouble finding the b&w settings though… I can’t find them anywhere.
I have a Kodak C143. I got off of Ebay a few months ago for $57. Its an adequate camera for the price. The Kodak AA batteries are practically useless. I highly recommend getting rechargable batteries. It does take decent pictures and videos. The real highlight is the easy sharing feature, if you’re in a hurry to send pictures to a social network site or email them to someone. Overall, its an OK camera.
The camera does churp while you wait to take a picture but its not that bad. I don’t understand why is the camera trying to focus by its own. It should focus only when i press the button half way(or full press to take the picture). But still for this price (29.99€/ aprox.38$) its awesome.
can i ask a question? i have a camera like that but i dont know where is the volume button … when i am playing a video i cant hear anything plsss tell me where is the volume button
My camera turns itself off as soon as I connect it to my computer. Or, if I connect it to my computer first, I can’t turn it on. Therefore I can’t upload the photos to my computer. The batteries are fine and I registered the camera with Koadk. Any ideas?
i have that same camera used for my videos and it is the blue color like yours, the only downside is it doesn’t support HD recording but that’s okay for me.
Good for the money, but don’t expect fast speeds.,
Excellent for the price. I give it a 4/5 because it performs slower than expected from a C4 SDHC card. I also have a Sandisk EIII 2GB. Although it doesn’t have the class ratings because it’s not SDHC, the Sandisk outperforms the Kingston in both read/write.
My test scenario: Using a Nikon D80 taking 6 shots continuously. The Kingston took considerably longer to write contents from the Nikon D80 buffer.
If you’re looking for a high speed card in a similar scenario, then look elsewhere. However, if you want a good card and no particular need for speed, then I recommend getting.
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There are some things to consider before buying this particular card or any other 32gb SDHC card on the market:
1. This is NOT an ideal card for a digital SLR like a D80, D90, Rebel XT, etc… That is because it is a class 4 device. The class of a SDHC cards has to do with how fast they read and write files, not how much storage they have. For a digital SLR, you should purchase a class 6 SDHC card most of the time. Class 6 cards will allow you to take ‘bursts’ of photos and not be limited by the card’s capacity to write them. Also class 4 cards are slower reading data, meaning they will take longer to upload files to your computer. Upload speed is convenient, especially when loading large batches of files.
2. This card has far more storage than most people will need for their digital camera. Unless you like to keep all your photos on a SDHC card and never move them to your computer, or are a high volume photographer, there is very little need for more than about 8gb of storage space for most caeras. The possible exception to this is if you have a professional SLR that shoots files in the 16-20mb range–but if you do, you’ll likely want a class 6 card anyway. If all you intend to use this card for is a digital camera, save yourself a lot of money and buy a PNY 8GB SDHC Card. If you’re worried about running out of space on a vacation, buy a few of them. Otherwise you run the risk of having ‘all your eggs in one basket.’ If one card fails, you lose all your pictures instead of only a portion of them.
This card is fantastic for use in a video camcorder capable of writing to an SDHC card. (Check with the manual first to insure that a class 4 card will be fast enough first). It is also perfect as extra storage for an ultra portable computer or net book like the Asus EEE pc. Another great application would be as added storage to a personal media player or MP3 player equipped with a SDHC slot such as the Cowon D2.
There are other good 32gb SDHC cards on the market, some at cheaper price points than the Kingston card. IMHO, brand matters very little with something like a SDHC card, since they all are made pretty much the same way. None of the brands currently offering them (Transcend, PNY, Kingston) have high fail rates with their other products, so I believe they are all pretty similar. What you decide to buy will depend on whether you trust a particular brand, or who has the lowest price. All of them will work equally well.
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