Is the Panasonic LUMIX FZ47 Worth Buying in 2026?

The CCD sensor in the Panasonic FZ47, is positively one of the best things about this almost vintage camera. Well, that, and the fact that there's a massive optical zoom lens. It’s been a little over a year since we last looked at the Panasonic FZ47, a 15-year-old 12-megapixel bridge camera with a 24x optical zoom lens made in partnership with Leica. While, on its face, a camera with fewer megapixels than the latest smartphones sounds like terrible value, this camera continues to be one of my favorite options, especially for a younger generation of photographers looking for the nostalgia of digital photography of the early 2010s.