There’s plenty to like about the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ80. It’s a generously featured and highly flexible compact that ticks all the relevant ‘travel camera’ boxes. It also benefits from a number of key upgrades over its predecessor, especially in terms of its video-recording abilities and speedier...

4K video capture; 4K Photo modes help to capture the ‘decisive moment’; Physical controls offer excellent customisation

Image quality at higher ISO settings displays usual small-sensor shortfalls; Touchscreen can accidentally change focus point when used at eye level

The Panasonic TZ80 is a compact camera for people who want to have it all. It has a huge 30x optical zoom, but is very small and can even shoot 4K video. Its bullet-point list of features is pretty impressive. At ￡329, though, the Panasonic TZ80's images don't exactly blow us away.

30x zoom lens offers great flexibility; Small enough to fit in some pockets; Lots of burst mode options

Image quality not great; Lens is slow; and soft towards the end of its zoom; Some laggy parts of the interface

We just got this camera, and haven't really used it much, but as far as I can tell it takes great quality pictures outdoors. Amazing zoom for such a compact camera. It also looks and feels like a quality product. I hope it'll last

I bump into a guy I haven't seen for 45 years called Richard Elphick. It turns out he's done incredibly well in the law – no surprise there – and is a regular reader of this page. I like him already.

Great all round camera. Excellent for travel. (Used on a cruise to through the Suez canal/ Jordan/ Abu Dabai. No issues!) Loads of modes/ features. Creates some stunning images under the right conditions. Surprised by the quality of the zoom, when used to identify distant objects. i.e. birds.

Great zoom and easy to use. However the camera has two significant flaws. 1. The writing on the controls wore off so I had to memorize the functions. 2. The battery cover broke off easily. Love the touch screen.

Compact

Build quality

This is to replace my canon dslr camera when I go on my walks. The dslr is to large and bulky to carry about but this lumix is ideal to put in your pocket. The zoom on this camera is also outstanding with a 30x. 4K video etc etc. Too many comments to make, thus us just a great camera.

Purchased the camera in 2017. I mainly take mountain scenery both photo and video. the spec looked great for me especially the great zoom. unfortunately I cannot get good pictures out of this camera. the focusing is terrible. I cannot get it to focus.

Lovely super camera the zoom is great took some lovely pictures of birds and wildlife at my local. Touch screen is a good feature as well camera not bulky fits in your pocket or you bag would recommend to all

So far very happy with the camera. Needed a more compact camera than my dSLR and I am very pleased with this. For a compact camera it packs a punch as far as quality is concerned and is much easier to stick in a small bag when I don't want to take my big camera. Very pleased.