Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 Review

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Panasonic has long been making small bag with long zoom lenses, and the newest model, the Lumix ZS3, perhaps the most impressive. They have been so successful TZ1 with the format, the Lumix that Canon has to fight, coupled with the SX100 and SX200 series, two new lines, the on-line Panasonic seem to take head-on. We will look in the SX200 IS soon, but the real winners are digital camera shoppers who have some very interesting cameras to choose from.

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Panasonic ZS3 Features

The Panasonic DMC-ZS3 (also known as DMC-TZ7) in some markets has a 10.1-megapixel sensor, a 3-inch LCD and a 12x zoom, which consists of flat to a 1.29-inch thick pocket camera. The Panasonic ZS3 has a surprisingly simple interface, yet provides some depth for those who investigate the scene modes and movie.

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The 10.1-megapixel sensor is a bit of curiosity about how it’s actually a 12.7-megapixel sensor, the Panasonic to get ZS3 plants from their 4:3, 3:2 and 16:9 aspect ratio . This sounds complicated but the result is that the corners of each aspect are not subject to the usual blur and chromatic aberration in the same way that they would normally.

Of 25-300mm equivalent, the Panasonic ZS3’s 12-times zoom is a Leica-branded optical zoom lens with optical image stabilization.

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The Panasonic ZS3 has no optical viewfinder, but a large 3-inch with 460,000 pixels of resolution, a little more than usual, which have for a sharper picture with LCD.

A 11-point multi-area autofocus system is the standard method focuses, but the user can choose from six different modes, including Face Detection and Face Recognition, where the camera can actually identify individuals who sees it, too. The Panasonic also ZS3 autofocus tracking as part of the Face Detection system.

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The Lumix ZS3 has no manual or semi-automatic mode, but only with the program, Smart car, and 28 scene modes.

Movie mode on the Panasonic ZS3 delivering HD video with 1,280 x 720 pixels (720p) recording at 60 frames per second when using the AVCHD-Lite Capture mode. Motion JPEG is also available, but is limited to HD at 30 frames per second. The Panasonic ZS3 stores images on SD SDHC cards and has 45MB of internal memory. Connectivity options including USB 2.0, standard-definition video output (via the same proprietary connector, a separate cable included), and mini-HDMI output (cable not included).

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Electricity comes from a lithium-ion battery, good for 300 shots by CIPA standard.

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