I own an older Lumix and I love it, so when I wanted to buy cameras for my siblings this summer I bought two of these new ones and they were very happily received gifts! For the money this is an excellent camera - it has a super zoom which allows you to photograph things from far away, which will be great for my stepsister taking photos of her horses in the pasture, and it is absolutely tiny, which is great for my brother as he likes to stuff everything (ipod, books, you name it) into the pockets of his cargo pants. It takes wonderful photos and makes it really easy to grab a quick home movie on the fly. The controls are nicely balanced, if you just want to get a snapshot without thinking about it too hard it is easy to use in idiot mode, and if you want to have more input into what your picture looks like there are plenty of serious-photographer options for you to choose from, although there is no manual focus. And it comes in variety of fun colours - I chose a red one for my stepsister and a black one for my brother.
Unlike my older Lumix - a DMC TZ3 - this one does not come with a Leica lens, it has an 8x optical zoom rather than a 10x optical zoom, and it is manufactured in China rather than Japan. But then again it costs less than half the price I paid for my old DMC TZ3, and it is about half the size. If you want a Leica-lensed more serious Lumix you can still buy one, they make new models with the Leica lens, loads more options and a price to match - this one, the DMC ZS7 looks pretty awesome:
Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3.0-Inch LCD (Black)
. But if you want to get a great camera for a very low price you will be very happy with this one, it is a lot of fun in a small package.
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| display type | — | LCD | LCD | LCD | LCD | LCD |
| display size | 2.7 inches | — | 2.8 inches | 2.88 inches | 2.7 inches | 3 inches |
| lens type | zoom | Wide Angle | Fisheye | Telephoto | Wide Angle | Fisheye |
| zoom type | Optical Zoom, Digital Zoom | Optical Zoom | Digital Zoom | Digital Zoom | Optical Zoom | Digital Zoom |
| shooting modes | Sports | Easy | Automatic | Manual | Automatic | Automatic, Manual, Shutter Priority, Easy |
| connectivity tech | USB | USB | Type C | USB | USB | USB |
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Good in good light & close flash, fast camera!
This camera takes good pictures on sunny days (even if the photo has part shade)and nice photos with flash of close up subjects. The flash will light up a pitch black room. However, if you insert a person indoors some distance away, the room and person will appear someone dark (a casual shot from the side without allowing the camera to hit face detect and focus on the person). On cloudy days outdoors, the camera takes darker pictures than I like. So it's a mixed bag--the daylight, bright day photos are quite sharp up until you full zoom, but then the far end of the zoom can get a tad blurry.So I think this camera, which is very fast at focusing and fun to use, would work for family photos IF it can face detect and you are close enough to the people indoors. Outdoors in good light it should work fine. General scenery and yard type photos would do well as long as there is light.I cannot quite give it a 5 rating, however, because of the poor low light ability outdoors on cloudy days and the darker photos indoors unless you are close to the subject.The lenses on these small Panasonics are a bit "slow" (3.3 to 5.9 vs. 3.3 to 4.9 on the bigger cameras), but as long as you are taking wide angle shots or only zooming part way out (to leave the f stop at 5.3 or below), the photos are quite clear. Also, this camera has a slower USB port than most and takes a little patience downloading if you have more than just a few photos at a time.Bear in mind that for most scenery shots this camera did a fine job, and that I did NOT try out the "cloudy" scene setting on darker days.I decided to send this back and get one with a Leica lens, hoping that might clear up the troubles. The Panasonic DMC-ZR3 with a Leica lens and a bit bigger grip. It is still small like this camera, but I'm hoping the Leica lens will focus to a bit clearer photos on zoom. I may shoot it at a reduced MP size of 10 or 12 since 14MP is a bit much for the sensors on these cameras. If the Leica lens in the ZR3 still has focus problems on the far end of 8x zoom like this one does, I will go for an older TZ5 or TZ4.
