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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 & DMC-FZ28 Digital Camera HD² Professional Digital Accessory Kit | Home » » » Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 & DMC-FZ28 Digital Camera HD² Professional Digital Accessory Kit | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Product Details: | | | Average Customer Rating:
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11 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 Mostly uselessJul 28, 2008
By Troy Packrat
"Squeek!"
Wow, where to begin....
The telephoto lens produces very poor images. The focus is very uneven; if you get the center properly focused the edges will be distorted. The lens doesn't seem to work with the camera's autofocus, and even on manual focus, it was a bit tricky; objects several miles away which should have been in focus at infinity were not, I had to pull the focus back quite a bit. The lens also suffers from terrible chromatic aberration, especially around the edges.
The wide angle lens produced decent images, but unless you zoom in (which totally defeats the purpose of the lens), you end up with a small circular image surrounded by black. It also required a lot of light to get a decent image; the lens gets in the way of the flash, resulting in a dark cone at the bottom of the image.
The lens adapter is well made, but a bit overly complicated. It consists of three different rings which screw together. No instructions were provided, so you're on your own to figure it out. It does produce vignetting unless you zoom in some.
The filters are too big to use directly on the FZ18, they can only be used with the lens adapter, which again causes vignetting at low zoom levels. The FL-D filter didn't seem to have much color to it, much less than other FL-D filters I've used in the past. I did not try out the polarizer.
The camera bag looked OK, but it stunk of plasticizers.
The cleaning kit was about what you'd expect, although the photo shows a bulb brush, which I did not receive. It did, however, include a screen protector, which was not listed in the description.
The tabletop tripod was of good quality, but I'm not sure if it would be strong enough to hold up an FZ18 AND telephoto lens. I did not open the box for the large tripod, but the brand name was Samsonite.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 Lenses/filters are junk.Jul 17, 2008
By Hector
The good- I like the camera bag.
The bad- the adapter ring for the lenses/filters appears as a big circle in any photos you take, unless you're zoomed in a touch. Of course, if you're using the wide angle lens, it kind of defeats the purpose, and seriously reduces the usefulness of any of the included filters. I suppose that's not a big deal if the only lens you're interested in is the telephoto, but for everything else, it's a problem.
Also, the mounting mechanism for these lenses would make Rube Goldberg proud. After playing around with the various mounting collars, rings, and adapters, eventually you find a configuration that actually lets you attach a lens or filter to your camera. There's a total of 3 different rings and adapters that screw into each other before you can actually mount one of the lenses, which makes it an extra hassle to use, and takes up extra space/weight in your camera bag.
Since I mostly bought this kit because of the included lenses and filters, I'm disappointed with it, and certainly wouldn't recommend this kit.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Wasted $90Aug 09, 2008
By James S. Botts
I, like others, was attracted by the telephoto and wide angle lenses. The wide angle lens is useless because you have to zoom to get rid of the tunnel effect of the adapter. The pictures look like you are photograpghing out of a well. The telephoto has distorted imagages and the filters will also leave you with a tunnel effect. If I could give this package deal and 47th Street Photo zero stars or minus stars I would.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 ok but not greatApr 27, 2008
By zippy
ok but not great wide angle is pointless telephoto ok but some loss of photo quality it does get alot closer I would not buy it again
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 PJack on FZ18 Lens kitMar 20, 2008
By Patrick Jackson
I just recieved my kit, it arrived on time. The first thing I noticed was that it was loosely packed in the box but everything was in great shape when I removed them. Like the promo said, the lenses could be attached with the lens hood adapter ring that came with the camera, I also found that an adapter ring was included in the kit that fit directly to the camera itself. As you can see the kit comes with a lot of useful items that make it a bargin for the price. The problem I have is not so much with the kit as it is with the camera itself, image stabilization for the most part won't work with the tele or wide lenses attached nor will the onboard flash, sense I purchased the kit for landscape and wild life photos I can live with this. As for the quality of photos taken with the lenses the jury is still out for now, you need a tripod for the tele, the wide angle lens has given me some great out-of-doors shots. I'll will write another review when I become more familiar with the camera and the kit.
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