The camera features a 3x optical zoom lens along with Panasonic's MEGA Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) technology which reduces blurry photos caused by unsteady hands. The FX3 features a 35mm lens with 3x optical zoom.

The FX3 also features a large, crisp 2.5-inch LCD and includes multiple scene modes that make it simple to capture great images in all kinds of shooting conditions, such as night portrait, party, food, sports, and the ever popular Baby Mode, which lets the user set a birth date for a child and automatically capture the age each time a picture is taken.