Panasonic FZ28 vs Panasonic ZS10

Its time to look a little more in depth at the Panasonic FZ28 and Panasonic ZS10, both Small Sensor Superzoom cameras and both are designed by Panasonic. There exists a large gap among the sensor resolutions of the FZ28 (10MP) and ZS10 (14MP) but they feature the exact same sensor measurements (1/2.3").

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The FZ28 was announced 24 months before the ZS10 making the cameras a generation apart from one another. Both cameras come with the identical body type (Compact).

Before diving straight into a in-depth comparison, below is a quick summary of how the FZ28 grades against the ZS10 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a sample of the gallery pics for Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28 & Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS10. The whole galleries are viewable at Panasonic FZ28 Gallery & Panasonic ZS10 Gallery.

For those who are planning to lug around your camera regularly, you should factor its weight and dimensions. The Panasonic FZ28 has got outer dimensions of 118mm x 75mm x 89mm (4.6" x 3.0" x 3.5") along with a weight of 417 grams (0.92 lbs) and the Panasonic ZS10 has dimensions of 105mm x 58mm x 33mm (4.1" x 2.3" x 1.3") accompanied by a weight of 219 grams (0.48 lbs).

Check the Panasonic FZ28 and Panasonic ZS10 in our brand new Camera plus Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Remember that, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you are using at that moment. Below is the front view over all size comparison of the FZ28 vs the ZS10.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability score of the FZ28 and ZS10 is 72 and 91 respectively.

Quite often, it is tough to see the contrast in sensor measurements only by viewing specs. The visual here should give you a much better sense of the sensor sizes in the FZ28 and ZS10.

As you can plainly see, the 2 cameras posses the exact same sensor measurements but not the same MP. You can expect to see the Panasonic ZS10 to provide you with extra detail with its extra 4MP. Greater resolution will allow you to crop photos somewhat more aggressively. The older FZ28 will be disadvantaged with regard to sensor innovation.