Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5K 9MP Digital Camera with 10x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black) by Panasonic
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Digital camera reviews of Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5K 9MP Digital Camera with 10x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black)
Digital camera Review: Amazing camera
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a camera that you can take a picture of anything under any conditions. I tried a completely dark room with no lights on and I could get a picture just as if its all light up. The pic quality is amazing.
I just wish it was a bit smaller.
Digital camera Review: Amazing performance
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this camera after playing with an older version and I have been using this little gem a lot for over 2 years. I compared and researched a lot and the promises were high enough to warrant buying it.
Performance: The pictures are really good and the ISO settings allow a lot of flexibility. The video is 720P and seems to have no limit on how long you can shoot. It plays really smooth and the sound is really good as long as you remember to keep your left index finger off the mic. You can even zoom in and out while you are shooting but the focus can sometimes go in and out rarely. I put in a 16GB card and it will use all of it no sweat so I have no idea what the memory size limit is.
I purchased an extra battery and they perform pretty well. The camera comes with a recharger and battery that easily pop in and out. Everything seems to be very well built including the standard tripod mount. I am currently upgrading to a professional level camera but I will never part with this reliable compact gem.
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Digital camera Review: Amazing pictures
Summary: 5 Stars
I had the earlier model, TZ3 and it was great this one has corrected some of the very few drawbacks of the earlier model. THe pictures are crisp, this is easy to use and the playback set up is more intuitive. I love this camera, the zoom is incredible.Digital camera Review: An amazing compact camera
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this camera for my wife after being unhappy with her Canon 1100. I use an DSLR, and found the Canon's pictures were full of noise and the flash was completely a waste. This Panasonic, beyond having an amazing zoom lens, takes much less noisy pictures, and the flash is exceptional for a compact camera.Digital camera Review: Another excellent entry in the TZ series
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the third TZ series camera I've owned. Each has been incrementally improved over the preceding model. If there is a better, pocket-sized point 'n shoot digital camera with a 10x zoom out there, I haven't found it.
The TZ5 has a 10x Leica lens that begins its range at 28mm. I absolutely love this feature because you can shoot a group two or three feet closer than with the more typical 35mm equivalent lens.
Response time is typical for a point 'n shoot. If you need instantaneous shutter response, shell out the bucks for a DSLR.
The built-in flash is the weakest part of this camera. It feels slow to recycle. It will not stop you from taking a shot before it has fully recycled, but your color balance and exposure will be way off. Redeye prevention seems to work pretty well. I've had a lot fewer shots with redeye than I did with the prior model.
I can't tell if the face detection feature is working or not. It doesn't seem to make much of a difference.
As is the case with all Panasonic digital cameras, the optical stabilization system is marvelous, making many otherwise impossible shots a simple matter.
There's no optical viewfinder, but the display screen is large, finely detailed and visible in all but direct sunlight.
Overall exposure is good. I haven't had a problem in any of the several thousand shots I've taken that I could attribute to the camera's exposure handling.
Needless to say, at higher ISO equivalent speeds, there is noise. Just part of what you're going to get with a point 'n shoot.
Movies made with the TZ5 are great. With halfway decent lighting, exposure is excellent and motion capture is very, very smooth without artifacts. I really enjoy the convenience of having a high quality motion capture capability in a digital still camera. Movies are in Quicktime format. Filesize is limited to 2GB, but you can save multiple 2GB files to a large SDHC card. I've used up to 16GB SDGC card in the TZ5 without a problem.
Panasonic claims about 300 shots from a battery. I feel lucky if I get 150 flash shots. Plan on buying and carrying one or two extra batteries with the TZ5. The recharger is small with folding prongs.
All in all, this is a great pocketable point 'n shoot. The only serious negatives I have with it - and they are common to all cameras of this class - are a somewhat deficient flash unit and slow shutter response times.
But for day-to-day use, just carrying it with you, I don't think you can find a better camera.
Jerry