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Lumix DMC-TZ5 has a 28 mm wide-angle setting to fit sweeping landscapes into a single frame, and a telephoto setting to pull in subjects from far away and captur...
28mm wide-angle 10x optical zoom Leica DC lens (equivalent to 28-280mm on a 35mm film camera). The 28mm wide angle lens captures the subject and the scene wider ...
introduce two new Lumix digital cameras, the 9.1-megapixel DMC-TZ5 and 8.1-megapixel DMC-TZ4, each featuring a 28mm wide-angle 10x optical zoom Leica DC lens (equ...
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The TZ5, An excellent compact camera with good image quality
A review by Markh5682 on Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5 March 3rd, 2009
Author's product rating:
Picture Quality
Excellent
Range & Quality of Features
Diverse
Ease of Use
Very Easy
Durability
Excellent
Overall Look & Design
Excellent
Value for Money
Excellent
Advantages:
Good build & picture quality, Ease of use, 10x zoom, ISO can be set manually .
Disadvantages:
No seperate viewfinder, manual settings or supplied SD card, High ISO picture blurring .
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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Panasonic Lumix DMC TZ5EB-K
Overview
This review is based on my own reviews of this camera elsewhere and has been edited for the pupose of posting on here, I hope you will find it useful.
Normally I use large DSLR or bridge camera, but I wanted a small camera that would fit in my pocket when I don't want to carry a large camera with me, this camera is just about small enough to fit into a large pocket.
What attracted me to this particular model was its 10x zoom range from 28mm to 280mm (35mm equivalent) and its reasonable 9.1mp resolution.
I went out and took some pictures with this camera, and some more almost identical pictures with a Canon EOS DSLR, Whilst a compact can never match a good DSLR in image quality, the pictures from the Panasonic fared resonably well in comparison.
I was expecting the picture quality from a 10x zoom on such a small camera to suffer, but I was pleasantly surprised, the pictures were sharp throughout the focal range, even at its longest focal length, and there was no apparent chromatic aberrations, (colour fringing around high contrast subjects) plus the image stablizer worked well in all but very dim light conditions.
As in all compact cameras the image censor is very small, and cramming 9 or 10 megapixels onto such a small censor often causes problems with digital noise, especially at higher ISO settings, This camera also fared very well here with digital noise not apparent at all at ISO 100 and very little at ISO 200. but It gradually worsens at higher ISO settings, (I keep mine set on ISO 100 for daytime shots) but it is still well within acceptable levels for a compact camera, the cameras built in noise reduction causes some fine detail to be lost at higher ISO settings, but this is mostly apparent at higher magnifications of the image.
At very low light levels this camera performs reasonably well compared to some of the other compacts, and flash exposures are excellent, full of detail and well exposed.
The autofocus is reasonably fast and accurate in most cases, only struggling in very low contrast or difficult to focus subjects, and the face detection works well, macro, whilst not true macro, will focus as close as 5cm at the 28mm setting giving you a reasonable close up.
The camera itself feels solidly built, the menu's are logically laid out and fairly easy to navigate, and you will soon get to grips with it, it has an excellent printed manual.
There are more than enough modes on it to keep the budding photographer happy, with 2 auto settings and 22 auto scene modes to cover most conditions, and an exposure compensation setting of (+/- 2 at 1/3 stop increments) for those awkward situations when one of the auto modes will not give a correct exposure, it is a pity there are no manual settings however, which would have made this camera much more flexible in use.
The LCD monitor is a large 3" monitor, and is very clear and bright, making it easy to compose your pictures and to view pictures afterwards, although such a large screen could be vulnerable to damage so a good quality padded camera case is recommended.
A seperate optical viewfinder would have been a welcome addition, making the taking of moving subjects easier, especially at longer focal lengths, but many compact cameras do not include them anymore.
It does have a video and sound recording function, but I have not tried that yet, (I will update this review when I have) so I cannot comment on that, except to say that the microphone is positioned on the top left of the camera where it could easily be covered by a finger, causing sound problems.
PROS
Well built and easy to use. Better picture quality than many compacts. 10x zoom covers the most usefull range from wide angle to a decent telephoto. 9.1mp resolution is more than enough for all but the biggest enlargements. It is compatible with SDHC cards. Large clear screen. Video and sound recording function. A printed manual, not one of those pdf files on a disc. Image stablizer. User settable ISO. Enough exposure modes to cope with most situations. Good as a second camera when it would not be practical to take a larger camera. Good price for what you get.
CONS
No SD card supplied, so you will need to buy one seperately. No viewfinder other than the LCD screen. Some fine picture detail lost (blurring) at higher ISO settings. Microphone could have been sited better. No manual exposure setting, but the exposure compensation does help. Can be a little complicated at first for novice users, but the manual is good. A little too big for small pockets.
Verdict.
This is a good camera for anyone who wants to replace a cheaper outdated camera with something that will take decent pictures and has a good zoom range, and for anyone who wants a small camera as a backup to a larger camera.
It is availlable for as little as £194.99, and is very good value at that price.
All in all this is a very good little camera for the price, with very little to be said against it, and it comes highly recommended.
Advantages: 10x zoom, amazing lcd screen, HD movie Disadvantages: High ISO settings give blurring, No manual settings
From what i have used of the camera so far this camera will eat up any picture you want to take with it, I makes everything look so good with the massive 10x optical zoom.
The specifications are as follows:
9.1 Mega pixels
10x optical zoom
Leica lens
1/2.33" sensor
Sd card with SdHc capability (upto 32gb)
3" lcd screen with 460k dots
lithium ion rechargeable battery
28mm wide angle lens
HD movie capability
So far there is only one problem ... ...the ISO gets above 200 the images start to blur slightly but i don't know of many, if any compact cameras with 10x zoom will prevent the blurring from happening on higher ISO settings.
The build quality of the camera is superb it feels weighty which to me is a good sign that the camera actually has something decent inside of it :). But i will say that it is not as small as most compact cameras but when you think about having a lens with 10x optical ...
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Advantages: Picture quality and zoom Disadvantages: lens
I recently purchased this camera as i needed one for my holiday with the girlfriend. We went into all sorts of electrical shops and found them all rubbish except for jessops who showed us all the cameras. We wanted a camera which was easy to use and not fiddily to use with plently of dials and buttons which were never going to be used. This was the perfect option easy to use is a understatement. It has everything you could want from a camera. It ... ...seen on a personal camera. The the intelligent auto selection is awesome it takes the ideal picture for what you want. It also has face recognition and anti red eye. It has a huge screen to view your pictures. The only diadvantage i can think is that you may damage the lens if you are to quick to put it away after use but this is only a minor gripe as i couldnt think of anything else. I can definately recommend this product to any buyer as its shear ...
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radon1284
Advantages: image quality is excelent Disadvantages: a little bit pricy
First Imust say that this product is good..
9.1 mp is good enough get a higher resulution of image plus the 10x zooming lens is good for distant object.
Base on my experience as a graphic designer and using varietey of camera the higher resulution is much better than the lower one
I can rcommend this product to the people who would like take picture to the place where they go. For the amatuer photographer graphic artist that needs quick image ... ...or a profesional photographer dont buy this kind of camera for its lack of extended lens for the far object although it has zooming lens but it will be blurry when it is done.
One thing i dont like this product is a lttle bit pricy than the other brand..
but in over all its good Here is over all
Design for me is excelent
image quality superv than the others
handy and good color combination ...
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Advantages: good picture quality Disadvantages: none
I recently purchased this camera as i needed one for my holiday with the girlfriend. We went into all sorts of electrical shops and found them all rubbish except for jessops who showed us all the cameras. We wanted a camera which was easy to use and not fiddily to use with plently of dials and buttons which were never going to be used. This was the perfect option easy to use is a understatement. It has everything you could want from a camera. It ... ...seen on a personal camera. The the intelligent auto selection is awesome it takes the ideal picture for what you want. It also has face recognition and anti red eye. It has a huge screen to view your pictures. The only diadvantage i can think is that you may damage the lens if you are to quick to put it away after use but this is only a minor gripe as i couldnt think of anything else. I can definately recommend this product to any buyer as its shear ...
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Advantages: Best for Travel ....good Satisfacion Disadvantages: Noise on Higher ISO Setting.
I have decided to buy Panasonic Lumix TZ-5, after having long research on reviews sites and feedbacks.
Today in the market there is maximum share of compact cameras are under of canon and Sony.
But I decided such a camera which can fulfill my maximum requirements with travel features, which I can keep with me every-where and I can't loose any chance of good shot.
Having all above points in mind I have decided to go for Lumix TZ-5 and it was my ... ...is really a best feature Panasonic bundled in it.....what u say..? It is excellent.
Many other features that are most probably common u will find in many other cameras.
Like face detection Technology, OIS, AF assist beam etc.
Some bad points also should be considered…
The bad thing u will experience that is common in approximately all this kinds of cameras and that is noise problem on high ISO setting.
It provides good Image quality till ISO-200, ...
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Advantages: ultra compact design Disadvantages: As per the tradition, Higher ISO problem
...display. But the main differences in both screens are its functionality. This camera doesn't have touch screen but Sony camera has large touch screen. I personally don't like touch screen camera as it is very bulky feeling.
I really appreciate this display screen with bright and clear pixel display. If you want high resolution screen than it will be good choice for you to go for PanasonicLumixDMCTZ-5, that camera has very high resolution display screen.
Next feature to discuss about the camera is its ISO speed and its results. As like many other cameras this also have problem with high ISO setting and there are range of ISO 100, to ISO 1600. But I am unable to understand that why all camera manufacturers are trying to provide more and more ISO speed in digital cameras as they give very noisy and unacceptable results at all. I don...
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Advantages: Great Zoom. Simple to use. Fabulous zoom & image stabalisation Disadvantages: A little bulkier than some
...TZ4 - Make it Snappy
A while ago we bought a Minolta Dimage E500 compact digital camera and although we were content with it, the images under low light could often be poor and the zoom was just too short
So I set about looking for a good compact camera with a long zoom after doing my research we opted for the PanasonicLumixDMC-TZ4 (in black) which we got from 7dayshop.com for £149 + £5 p&p.
The camera is a little larger (103.3 x 59.3 x 36.5 mm) than some of compacts on the market but that is the sacrifice for the larger 10x optical zoom (giving a range of 28mm - 280mm) but this does give it a solid feel which is further helped by the small handgrip moulded into the right hand side of the camera. The zoom is activated by mean of a left / right rocker switch on the top right of the camera with the shutter button in the middle...
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Panasonic is pleased to introduce two Lumix digital cameras, the 9.1-megapixel DMC-TZ5, featuring a 28mm wide-angle 10x optical zoom Leica DC lens. The 28mm wide angle lens can capture the subject or scene wider at the same standpoint than a normal 35mm camera, zooming in or out with the 10x powerful optical zoom. The DMC-TZ5 is the latest members of the Lumix TZ family, which is renowned for packaging a remarkable 28mm wide angle 10x optical zoom lens in a compact body. The DMC-TZ5 integrates recording capabilities for 720p HD (high-definition) motion pictures, together with its direct output function as a stills camera, allowing users to enjoy watching both still and motion images in impressive HD quality on a large-screen HDTV via an optional component cable. The DMC-TZ5 boasts Intelligent LCD function, which detects lighting conditions and controls brightness levels of the LCD in 11 steps, to offer a display with the clearest image in any situation with developed 460,000-dot high resolution in 3.0-inch (TZ5).
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