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 enlarge | Brand: Panasonic
Category: Photography
List Price: $349.95
Buy New: $236.69
You Save: $113.26 (32%)
New (52) Used (6) Refurbished (1) from $190.00
Rating:  276 reviews
Sales Rank: 63
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Includes Software: Yes
Optical Zoom: 10
Digital Zoom: 4
Connectivity: AV
Display Size: 3
Maximum Focal Length: 47
Minimum Focal Length: 4.7
Maximum Resolution: 9.1
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 2.3 x 1.4 x 4.1
MPN: DMC-TZ5K
Model: DMC-TZ5K
UPC: 037988987665
EAN: 0037988987665
ASIN: B0011Z8CCG
Release Date: March 7, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Awesome! September 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5K 9MP Digital Camera with 10x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black)After researching digital cameras for about a month I decided on the Lumix. It takes awesome pictures and there are a lot of great features. I had puchased this camera after my $450 camera was stolen. I can tell you this camera is way better than the one I had that was more expensive. I am very happy with this camera.
 great except for audio on movies/not great in low light September 24, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this camera because it works smoothly with my Mac and because it shoots HD movies. I know the purists say you should have a dedicated movie camera if you are into shooting home video, but I find a good quality compact digital camera is much easier to carry around and less intimidating to your subjects when you're aiming it at them. I have a Sony DSC t100 which is an awesome little camera, but it doesn't interface well with my Mac (no audio on movies), and I have to run the footage through Roxio program on my PC to convert to AVi, then copy the AVI files to my Mac. Tedious and time-consuming. I find Sony's proprietary memory stick to be annoying as well. I also wanted to upgrade to a compact digital that shot movies in HD. I like to use stills from my video footage in my finished IMovies and HD video allows for pretty good stills. I loved so much about the DMC TZ5, but the it struggled to focus in low light and the audio for my finished movies was very poor compared to the Sony. You can really only hear the person shooting the footage clearly (if he/she avoids covering the poorly-located microphone with his/her left index finger), and you miss a lot of the dialogue of the subjects. This is a huge flaw if you're doing home movies, since some of the best audio comes from side comments and reactions. I used the camera for a few weeks and did some short films on my Mac, but I just couldn't get past the low volume of the audio track. The microphone barely picks up audio more than a couple of feet away. I did extensive research before buying it and did not see this issue mentioned anywhere, so I am afraid I will never know if the audio capabilities are up to my standards without trying the camera out first. The superb audio quality of my Sony may have spoiled me, but I had to send the Lumix back.
 Great Hiking Camera September 24, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a good hiking field camera with excelent zoom capability. The Lica lense provides accurate color with little distortion. I especially like it's size and weight along with excellent anti-shake capabilities that allow you to take hand-held long exposures up to 1/4 sec. Only shortcomings are long shutter response for portrait shots and weak flash for strong backlight shots.
Great camera, superzoom! September 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great camera. Owned a Canon SD 1000, This camera is alot bigger and a little bit bulky but it has 10 optical zooms which makes it a cool tech item to own. Picture is clear, video is good quality ... Make sure you get a superfast memory SD card or else you can only record for up to a few minutes. Maybe around 16x or the fastest. I had 8 x and it was not fast enough to record constantly for a few minutes. Night images are great if you lower the iso and open up the aperture. It will not fit great in your pocket. Too big.
Panasonic' s pocket gem The Lumix TZ5 September 23, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Have you ever carried your SLR and additional len's a long way or if you sail like I do carrying that extra weight about in the cockpit is a real pain and sometimes by the time you have changed your lens ...the subject has gone. That is now a thing of the past with this little gem of a camera.
The Venus IV control for this camera is damn good and gets things right about 98% of the time.... the Intelligent control is rarely wrong in it's analysis I am happy to say. I compared my Canon SLR with the 70-200mm lens(non stabilized) on a tripod with the TZ5 on stabilized #1 position and was blown away at how well they compared at approx the same magnitudes....very impressive indeed.
The two scene set ups allow you to choose from a page and a half of settings for instant action..That has been a blessing. Also the video I tried at a airshow...truly excellent.
Negatives of course...#1) would love an actual view finder for those sunny days where it can be a case of "Did I take that !!) It would be nice if Panasonic came up with a simple cover you could slide in place for those days or even offer it as an extra. #2 naturally there has to be a shutter delay with this type of camera...sometimes imperceptable, othertimes a little lonnger..just have to remember which setting is best.
Recommendations: Buy that small hard case Panasonic designed for this camera then you can dangle it or attach it to your belt like another cell phone but VERY well protected. Does it fit in your shirt pocket NO! but your jacket or trouser pocket YES. One of my best buys in a camera for general use. My other camera's: Canon SLR Digital's and a Canon Powershot Pro 1 (a much larger point and shoot but with an "L" lens). I have never recommended a camera to anyone before but always have read peoples reviews on them....In this case I hope other people will read this and at least go and have a look and hopefully get the same enjoyment that I get.
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