Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5 Digital Camera

Pros: > Incredible 10X zoom range
> Nice wide angle 28mm lens
> Very effective iAuto function
Cons: > No viewfinder
> No manual modes
> Poor placement for microphone

I recently picked up a Pansonic DMC-TZ5 to use as my "walk around" camera when I didn't want to carry my Olympus E510 DSLR, and I am very pleased with the results I am getting.The "TZ" stands for "Travel Zoom" which is an interesting product ...

Pros: Zooming during video shooting, better auto-focus with face recognition, and better colours.
Cons: Sound recording seems much worse than TZ3, hopefully this is defect.

We have had the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 for about a year and a half now. Recently we wanted to be able to take some video, but I'm not keen having a large camcorder, and I had already been impressed by the quality of the video that the TZ3 took. The TZ3 ...

Pros:

10x optical zoom and large screen

Cons:

Awkward button placement, unintuitive menus, Quicktime movies, auto-rotate??

We received this camera as a gift, and it seemed a wonderful replacement to our poor, broken Photosmart camera. Unfortunately, the problems with this camera aren't immeadiately apparent. The problems are deep seated form-factor and software issues that ...

Pros: Excellent photo quality, 10x optical zoom, 28m wide angle, easy to use.
Cons: None, unless one is expecting professional quality movie video out of a digital photo camera.

To view some photos I took with the Lumix TZ5 click on this link, and make sure you view in full screen:: http://www.photoworks.com/phot o-sharing/shareSignin.jsp?shar eCode=ACF7F02C5F5&cp=ems_shr_a lb_pml&cb=PW To view a video of "Frisky" the dog ta...

Pros: Very long 10x zoom
Cons: Poor Operation in Low Light, Weak Construction, Short Battery Life

Bought in December, stopped working June! I take great care of my equipment and LCD screen internally cracked, sent to Panasonic and they would not honor warranty. Even when the camera worked the battery life was awful and the low light weaker than any camera I have ever used. I am semi pro and have Nikon, Canon and Sony cameras that all work better. Sony, Canon & Nikon service
exceptional. Panasonic the worst ever! DO NOT BUY THIS CAMERA or anything from Panasonic because if it breaks for any reason they will not honor warranty!