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.
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 ...
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
extremely compact at 2.35? x 4.07? x 1.29? and weighing only about 0.45 lbs - it is basically a lens attached to an LCD screen. This size is very useful as it can be easily kept in a small bag or coat pocket,and is robust enough to be carried around all day, so you never miss a shot. The 2.7 inch LCD screen is large enough to browse pictures and bright enough to easily compose images.There are some disadvantages to this small size as the camera does not have space for a viewfinder, which can be difficult in very bright conditions, but actually does not really bother me. The other aspect of the design that could be improved is the buttons - they are very small, and even though this camera is very compact, there is plenty of room for bigger buttons that would be easier to use.
Ease of Use
This camera is very easy to use as everything can ...
Advantages: Cheap, Good specifications Disadvantages: Not Readily Available
understand, but simply because the English version is difficult to find. The instructions are just one large sheet which is printed on both sides and because they're quite in depth, there's a lot of writing, and in numerous languages. Even the diagrams are multi lingual, although to be fair to Polaroid, English is the first language used.
When you find the English version they are comprehensive and cover things like how to insert the batteries, the smart card, how to scroll through the various menus, how to connect to the computer including how to load the software and of course how to use the camera. NOTE: The instructions do not make it clear which USB system the camera is compatible with. For those that don't know there are two USB systems in use now. The older USB 1.1 is being phased out by the newer, faster USB 2.2. USB 2.2 will operate ...
