| Camera Name: | Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ2500 |
| Image Alt: | Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ2000 |
| Sensor Type: | CMOS 20.1 MP |
| Sensor Size: | 13.2 × 8.8 mm (1 inch type, 2.7X crop factor) |
| Recording Medium: | SD/SDXC/SDHC, single slot |
| Res: | 5472 × 3648 (20.1 megapixels, 3:2 RAW) |
| Lens Mount: | fixed lens |
| Lens: | Leica DC Vario Elmarit 2.8 - 4.5 8.8-176 mm Asph. (24 - 480 mm equivalent) |
| Flash: | Built-in |
| Frame Rate: | Up to 50 fps at 20 MP |
| Shutter Speeds: | minimum: 1/16 000 s (electronic), 1/4000 s (mechanical) maximum: 60 s |
| F-Numbers: | 2.8-4.5 at the widest - 11 (7.6-12.2 equivalent) |
| Farea: | Normal: wide 30 cm - infinity/tele 100 cm - infinity, Macro: 3 cm - infinity |
| Fmode: | Normal/AF macro/MF/Quick AF On/off, Continuous AF |
| Viewfinder: | Electronic, OLED, 2.36M dots |
| Speedrange: | 125-12800 (80-25600 expanded) |
| Rearlcd: | 3.0" free-angle TFT screen LCD display |
| Storage: | SD, SDHC, SDXC |
| Battery: | Li-ion battery pack (7.2V, minimum: 1200mAh) |
| Dimensions: | 137.6 x 101.9 x 134.7 mm |
| Weight: | 966g with battery and SD memory card |
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ2500 (also known as the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ2000) is a 1" sensor DSLR-styled digital bridge camera released by Panasonic on November 28, 2016.[1] It succeeded the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1000, however the FZ1000 II was released in March, 2019 also. Its main competing model is the Sony RX10 III.
The FZ2500 offers several improvements over its predecessor, including a touch screen, headphone jack, Cinema 4K (24 fps only), a longer zoom, internal ND filters, unlimited 4K Recording, 4K image stabilization, a side loaded SD Card slot, and a Pull Focus function.[2] Regarding its lens, compared to that of the FZ1000 it has 9 blades instead of 7, as well as an additional element.[3] However, its first release was $400 more expensive than that of the FZ1000.
In their review of the FZ2500, DPReview wrote, "The Panasonic DMC-FZ2500/FZ2000 is a well-designed, full-featured enthusiast bridge camera that's hard to ignore. While it's clearly targeted toward video shooting, at which it's excellent, it is also a very good (but not best-in-class) stills camera.", and gave it its Silver Award.[4]