Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ30
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14 years ago
Panasonic Lumix TZ30 Review
Small body, big zoom: is Panasonic's TZ30 the best travel zoom on the market? The What Digital Camera TZ30 review takes a look...
Pros:
- Big zoom in a small body
- excellent stabilisation system
Cons:
- Still no Raw shooting
- battery life could be better
14 years ago
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ30 review Review
Great fun to use and packed with useful features, the sturdy Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ30 isn't cheap, but it has built-in GPS to geotag your photos, good low-light performance and an impressive movie mode.
Pros:
- Good low-light performance
- Great build quality
- Integrated GPS
- Impressive video performance
Cons:
- Slight noise in some conditions
- A little expensive
14 years ago
Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS20 Camera: Not bad, but a disappointment
Three years ago, I bought a Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7 digital camera, which was the first compact poin
Pros:
- Compact
- good audio recording
- 20x lens in a compact space
Cons:
- Focus "
- hunts"
- too much
- photos and videos noisier than expected
14 years ago
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ30
The Lumix DMC-TZ30 (also known as the DMC-ZS20 in the USA) is Panasonic's premium travel-zoom compact camera, featuring a 20x 24-480mm lens, 14.1 megapixel high sensitivity MOS sensor, 1080p Full HD movies at 50/60fps, 3 inch touch-sensitive LCD screen and fast burst shooting at 10fps with...
14 years ago
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ30
The seventh model in Panasonic's popular TZ series of slim and light, long-zoom cameras, the DMC-TZ30 features a 20x zoom lens covering the equivalent of 24-480 mm in 35 mm format. It also sports a redesigned MOS sensor with 14.1 effective megapixels and an upgraded GPS system that is supported by a...
14 years ago
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ30 review
Panasonic's flagship TZ camera series has always been about squeezing a big zoom into a small body. And the Panasonic TZ30 pushes the boat out. Last year's Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ20 featured a 16x zoom and a four step increase over the 12x zoom in the Panasonic Lumix TZ10 .
14 years ago
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ30 review
Travel cameras are designed to be pocked sized, and to provide the features needed to cover a wide range of situations. Panasonic's Lumix TZ series is one of the market leaders and the DMC-TZ30 is the latest flagship model.
14 years ago
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS20 is a well-designed, easy-to-use travel zoom camera that stuffs a 20X Leica lens into a body just 1.1 inches thick. As with its predecessor (the ZS10), its design, features, and performance are its best attributes, while photo quality could be better (though the ZS20 is...
Pros:
- Good photo quality (though see below
- Packs a 20X Leica lens in a pretty compact package
- "Power OIS" image stabilization
- with "active" mode for movies
- 3-inch touchscreen LCD with 460,000 pixels
- great outdoor/low light visibility
- Built-in GPS with landmark database and maps
- Good collection of...
Cons:
- While improved over the ZS10, photos still have too much noise, even at ISO 100, Tends to clip highlights, Strong redeye
- no removal tool in playback mode, Images have yellow/brownish cast in artificial light, No RAW, manual focus, or WB bracketing support
- movie mode lacks manual controls, Slow...
14 years ago
Panasonic Lumix TZ30
The travel compact segment of the digital camera market is one of the most lucrative and keenly contested, with all of the major manufacturers keen to claim a share of the spoils. The main reason why travel compacts have become so popular is because of the flexibility they offer.
Pros:
- Huge zoom range offers great flexibility
- AF speed is some of the fastest yet seen in a compact
- Easy to use and feels well built
- Built-in digital filters and a one-touch panorama mode
- Generous range of Full HD movie recording options
Cons:
- Still no ability to capture lossles Raw image files
- Choice of Full HD movie recording options can be confusing
- Battery performance still isn't great - especially with GPS on
14 years ago
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ30 ZS20 Travel Zoom Review
The Panasonic Lumix TZ30 provides a number of useful features including an impressive 20x optical zoom lens with image stabilisation, full HD video recording with stereo sound and built in GPS.
Pros:
- High speed continuous shooting
- Good image quality
- Great macro performance
- Full HD video
- stereo sound
- GPS logging
- Compact metal body
- 20x optical zoom
- In camera HDR / Panoramic
- GPS features with map
- Quick focus
Cons:
- Rubber grip on the back would be nice
- Battery life could be better
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