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Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 Review

Panasonic’s new 7.2-megapixel Lumix DMC-TZ3 point-and-shoot digital camera is heavy on the features with a large 3-inch LCD display and a 10x Leica DC Vario-Elmar optical zoom lens with MEGA O.I.S. image stabilization. The 10x optical zoom lens puts the TZ3 in the superzoom category and it’s a bit larger than most pocket point-and-shoots. However, in spite of the big zoom, it’s still small enough to fit into your pocket.

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 - China, Subway

    Pros

  • 10x 28-280mm (35mm equivalent) optical zoom lens
  • Quiet on / off and zoom operation
  • Large, crisp, 3-inch LCD screen
  • Good user manual
  • Impressive 3 frames-per-second capture rate
  • Minimal shutter-lag
    Cons

  • Not really a pocket camera
  • Confusing menus
  • Memory card goes in opposite than you’d think
  • Cheap feeling battery door
  • Too many buttons
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 - front and back


Introduction
The most impressive element of the Panasonic Lumix TZ3 digital camera is the 10x 28-280mm (35mm equivalent) Leica zoom lens. At 28mm on the wide end, it actually has a wide-angle aspect, something that isn’t common among compact digital cameras.. No one will be referring to the TZ3 as “cool” or “swanky” - this is a working-persons camera. But it does work well. I appreciated it during a newspaper work trip to Beijing, China where I needed a camera stealthier than the big digital SLR I usually use.

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