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4.5 stars
"Impressive zoom with image stabilization"
Pros: 10x zoom, image stabilization, wide-screen video, big LCD, fast
Cons: Detached lens cap, off-center tripod socket, few manual controls
Summary: This is a great camera for snapshots. The 10x optical zoom lets you capture far away objects with great clarity. The image stabilizer works great! 5MP is good enough for most home projects.
This camera has few manual controls, so don't expect to use it for art. But the image quality is decent, and it has reasonable performance in low light conditions.
You can also shoot wide-screen video (848x480) at 30fps (very large files!) which is nice if you have the TV to go with it. One very neat feature is its ability to detect the orientation of the shots (i.e., portrait vs. landscape; probably thanks to the circuitry used for image stabilization) so you don't have to manually rotate images for later use.
The tripod socket is way off-center, so you can't use pocket-sized tripods. Also, with image stabilizer and LCD at high brightness, battery life is not great, probably good for 100 shots. But the charger is very small and light, so carrying it is no big deal. I still recommend buying an extra battery for trips. Note that this is not a very pocketable camera. I usually carry it in a belt pouch.
The biggest problem of this camera is the detached lens cap, although secured by a short wire, it's a hassle to clip it on and off for taking pictures. The lens being fairly big, I guess it can't be avoided. This is the worst problem for this camera, which speaks volumes about the quality of everything else!
Highly recommended.
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1K:
$359.99
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