Panasonic DMC-TZ5

Pros: > Incredible 10X zoom range
> Nice wide angle 28mm lens
> Very effective iAuto function

Cons: > No viewfinder
> No manual modes
> Poor placement for microphone

The Bottom Line: You won't find any other camera that can do this much for this price. A very convenient and versatile camera that anyone can use.

Review: 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: 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.

The Bottom Line: Highly recommend this camera because of its fail-proof IA mode and the excellent photo quality.

Review: 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: 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.

The Bottom Line: I would happily recommend this camera, despite the sound problem, which will hopefully be resolved. I have met DSLR owners who want one!

Review: 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??

The Bottom Line: The DMC-TZ5 camera "seems" ok at first glance, but the design and software issues associated with with the camera make the experience overwhelmingly negative in the long run.

Review: 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 ...