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Camcorders, bodies and Micro Four Thirds glass

Where it turns up

Camcorders, compact cameras, mirrorless bodies, macro and standard zoom lenses.

What the camcorder shelf owes it

Video cameras are a thinning market, and the shelves here that still have entries have them partly because Panasonic keeps making them. The specifications that matter on that shelf — sensor size, zoom range, stabilisation, recording formats — are published on its pages.

Micro Four Thirds, and what it changes

A smaller sensor means smaller lenses for the same angle of view, which is why the system’s glass is lighter than a full-frame equivalent and why its teleconverters exist on this site alongside OM System’s. The focal lengths on the box are not the full-frame figures; doubling them gives the equivalent.

Where the range does not go

No filters, no bags, no lights, no batteries. The accessories around a Panasonic body on this site are made by somebody else.

Every Panasonic unit reviewed here

  • Camcorders

    Panasonic HC-V900, 1/2.5 inch sensor, 25-600 mm, 24× optical, f/1.8

    1/2.5 inch sensor, the only one published here · 24× OPTICAL zoom, 25 to 600 mm · f/1.8 wide end · Full HD · five-axis Hybrid OIS+ · HDR movie · Full HD slow motion at 240 fps · zoom microphone with wind shield · 7.6 cm touchscreen, 1.56 million dots · no recording limit published

    The only camcorder of the six here to publish a sensor size, a real optical range in millimetres and an aperture — and it stops at Full HD while cameras a fifth of the price claim 5K.

    Best for: Events where a real 600 mm reach and stabilisation that works at it matter more than a resolution badge.

    ≈ £529 / 492 €

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  • Mirrorless cameras

    Panasonic Lumix FZ82D, fixed 20-1200 mm f/2.8-5.9, 18.1 MP

    Fixed lens, no interchangeable mount · 20-1200 mm stated · f/2.8-5.9 · 18.1 MP MOS · 4K 30p · 2.36 MP OLED viewfinder · 1.84 MP touch screen · USB-C charging · sensor format, card slots and sealing not published

    The one body on this shelf whose lens does not come off: a 20-1200 mm f/2.8-5.9 built in, quoted as a sixty-times range, with an OLED viewfinder that publishes its resolution when dearer cameras here do not.

    Best for: One-camera travel where the reach from 20 mm to 1200 mm matters more than the ability to change glass later.

    ≈ £379 / 419 €

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  • Compact cameras

    Panasonic Lumix TZ99, 24-720 mm, 20.3 MP MOS, five-axis hybrid OIS

    20.3 MP MOS sensor · 24-720 mm stated, 30× optical · Leica DC lens · five-axis hybrid OIS · 4K 30p and 4K photo · 7.6 cm flip touch monitor, 1.84 million dots · WLAN and Bluetooth · manual ring, manual focus, focus peaking, RAW · aperture not published

    A travel zoom that publishes its focal range in millimetres, 24 to 720, with five-axis stabilisation and a manual control ring — and never states the aperture at either end of it.

    Best for: Travel where one camera must cover a landscape and a distant roofline, by someone who will use the manual ring and shoot RAW.

    ≈ $619 / £519 / 549 €

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  • Prime lenses

    Panasonic Lumix G 25mm F1.7, 125 g, 46mm thread

    Micro Four Thirds mount · 25mm, equivalent to 50mm in 35mm terms · F1.7, closing to F22 · 47 degree diagonal angle of view · minimum focus 0.25 m · 46mm filter thread · about 125 g · no blade count published · no autofocus motor named · no sealing claimed

    A 125 g normal prime for Micro Four Thirds at 159 €, publishing its equivalence, its angle of view, its aperture range, its close focus, its thread and its weight — six figures, on a page of five short bullets.

    Best for: A Micro Four Thirds body that should stay small, where a normal field of view, F1.7 and 125 g cover most of what a single lens is asked to do.

    ≈ $198 / £149 / 159 €

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  • Macro lenses

    Panasonic Lumix S-E100 100mm F2.8 Macro, 298 g, 1:1

    L mount · full frame · 100mm · F2.8 · 1:1 magnification · minimum focus 20.4 cm · 298 g · 3 aspherical elements · dual-phase linear motor, focus breathing suppressed · protection against dust, splashes and cold claimed · no working distance published · no stabilisation named · no internal focus stated · no filter thread published

    A full-frame 1:1 macro weighing 298 g at 949 €, publishing its ratio, its minimum focus and its mass — and carrying a smallest-and-lightest claim the listing itself dates to 8 January 2024.

    Best for: Full-frame macro work carried on foot, and video where a lens that does not change framing as it focuses is worth the price on its own.

    ≈ $1120 / £911 / 949 €

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Each amount in a write-up is what the listing showed when that page was written. The figure next to the product is pulled in as you read, and it is the one that counts.