Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1K

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"Well, No complaints about the picture quality."

by Someshcnet on July 9, 2006

Pros: Very Good 10x optical zoom with Panasonic's Mega OIS gives a very good picture even for people with a little shaky hand.

Cons: It uses Panasonic Proprietary battery which is expensive and also a disadvantage if you go for a three day trek in a jungle :) (Panasonic claim its a traveller camera!!!, at full charge by using flash
Summary: Summary
Well, No complaints about the picture quality.

Put the pict mode to 'standard', good for shooting outdoors, put it to 'natural' and the inbulit noise reduction algorithm starts to work and is good for shooting indoors ,and if you want some extra fun with colors, use the 'vivid' mode.

Strength
1. Very Good 10x optical zoom with Panasonic's Mega OIS gives a very good picture even for people with a little shaky hand.
2. Can use the full 10x zoom even while shooting the video.
3. when you shoot at 3MP or less, you can have effective optical zoom of 12.5x
4. Lots od inbuilt scene modes, which is of gr8 help to avoid manual settings to get a good photo.
5. Start up time is very quick
6. Hand Grip is very good.
7. Its one of the few panasonic Lumix which looks good
8. Shutter can open for 15, 30 or 60 secs in 'starry sky scene mode' and 8 secs in 'night scenery scene mode'

Weakness
1. It uses Panasonic Proprietary battery which is expensive and also a disadvantage if you go for a three day trek in a jungle (Panasonic claim its a traveller camera!!!, at full charge by using flash for alternative photos, u can click 235 photos)
2. No optical View finder, big disadvantage given the optical zoom range and using a proprietery battery.
3. Shutter speeds are fixed, and u cannot have full control over it.
4. Lens cover is not inside the camera, u have to manually out the cap from outside (cap is provided with the camera and needs to be tagged to it)

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