Review
Compact / CAMERA REFERENCE
Lumix DMC-SZ8
Panasonic
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 16 megapixels
- Sensor size
- 1/2.33" (6.08 x 4.56 mm)
- Sensor type
- CCD
- Max resolution
- 4608 x 3456
- ISO
- Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 (boost to 3200/6400)
- Boosted ISO (maximum)
- 6400
- Uncompressed format
- No
Lens and focus
- Focal length (equiv.)
- 24–288 mm
- Maximum aperture
- F3.1–6.3
- Optical zoom
- 12×
- Number of focus points
- 9
- Manual focus
- No
- Image stabilization
- Optical
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 8 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/2000 sec
- Continuous drive
- 1.2 fps
- Exposure compensation
- ±2 (at 1/3 EV steps)
- Metering modes
- Multi
- Aperture priority
- No
- Shutter priority
- No
- Built-in flash
- Yes
- External flash
- No
Video and audio
- Resolutions
- 1280 x 720 (30p), 640 x 480 (30p), 320 x 240 (30p)
- Format
- Motion JPEG
- Microphone
- Mono
- Speaker
- Mono
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- None
- Screen size
- 3″
- Screen dots
- 460,000
- Articulated LCD
- Fixed
- Touch screen
- No
Body and connections
- Storage types
- SD/SDHC/SDXC, Internal
- Battery description
- Lithium-ion battery and USB charger
- Battery Life (CIPA)
- 200
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 159 g (0.35 lb / 5.61 oz)
- Dimensions
- 100 x 60 x 27 mm (3.94 x 2.36 x 1.06″)
- Environmentally sealed
- No
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- No
- Wireless
- Built-In
- Remote control
- Yes (via smartphone)
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
A catalogue year identifies the year held in the source dataset. Announcement dates and retail months are labelled separately. Specifications can vary by region, firmware and recording mode; use the linked manufacturer documentation for those conditions.
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