Advantages: Picture Quality ,Ease of use Disadvantages: no
honest I am basically a panasonic sound system fanatic simply because I am a person to whom music means a lot, but it is also true I have an inherent weakness for the panasonic brand name itself. Although I am not a professional photographer but photography does interest me a lot and on top of that there are friends who are professionals in this field. I came across panasonic lumix dmc-tz7 through one of my friends, what attracted me was its silvery looks ..more...Image Stabilization which functions by raising the camera's sensitivity (and along with it, the noise levels) so as to achieve a higher shutter speed and reduce motion blurring. The panasonic lumix dmc-tz7 will also include face detection capable of identifying eight faces simultaneously, and will take into account the locations of detected faces when calculating autoexposure ...
Advantages: Fantastic little camera with 12 x zoom & 10.1MP (better than TZ5), but cheaper than TZ7 Disadvantages: No HD movie mode, not very cheap
There are very few other 12 x zoom compacts (I can only think of the Canon PowerShot SX200 IS), so the Panasonic Lumix TZ range pretty much has the market to itself. The TZ6 has the advantage over the TZ5 with and extra 1 megapixel and 2 x zoom, as well as a slightly different styling. As far as I have seen the TZ6 is not thatmuch more expensive than the TZ5, so I found it worth getting the newer model. The TZ7 is the most recent release in the series and is almost exactly the same as the TZ6 both with 10.1 MP and 12x zoom - having seen them together in a shop, they look like carbon copies. The main difference on the TZ7 is the new HD movie mode, which is a feature I would like, but I can't justify spending a significant amount extra for this one feature, as still image quality is the most important aspect for me. The only other improvement ...
upload the software. This is helpful, as we are able to upload photos on a computer wherever we are and not just on the computer which the software is installed on
Video
Like most of the latest cameras the Lumix also has the option for making small videos and clips, these are just as impressive as the pictures, the quality is brilliant when played on the camera itself and on the computer. We haven?t yet converted anything onto a DVD format as none of the videos we have are that interesting, but as soon as we do I can update you of the quality
Price
As I have said, we bought this for £130, my camera that I bought was over £200 and although is a good camera I prefer the Lumix as it is far more easily used and I think the LCD and picture quality is brilliant.
I have seen the Panasonic Lumix for around £150 but I would advise that ...
amyloop 04.07.2009 (13.07.2009)
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