Larger Lens Panasonic Lumix Tz7 Black Digital Camera


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See life through a larger lens with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ7.

This compact camera has a 10-megapixel CCD sensor and a 25mm wide-angle LEICA lens for taking high-quality still photos, as well as shooting HD video footage.

Panasonic's Lumix DMC-TZ7 (or ZS3 as it's known in North America) is a 10.1 Megapixel compact with a detailed 3in screen, HD video recording and a 12x optically-stabilised zoom. Launched in January 2009, exactly one year after the best-selling Lumix TZ5, the new model further enhances Panasonic's enormously popular travel-zoom line. The core premise of its predecessors remains the same though: packing a flexible super-zoom lens range into a pocketable compact camera.

You'll be able to capture all of life's best moments with the compact Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ7, as this perfetly portable camera has a 12x optical zoom to seize every last detail.

One of the best features of the Lumix DMC-TZ7 is its 25mm wide-angle focal length, which is perfect for framing faces or lining up group shots in the tightest spaces.

The DMC-TZ7's photo and video scene modes let you improve the quality of your work by automatically adapting the camera settings to suit the subject, lighting and exposure. In fact, with the Lumix TZ7, you'll be able to take masterpieces in all circumstances - whether you're working on a self-portrait, an aerial photo, or a sunset.

The DMC-TZ7 even includes an HDMi socket for viewing 1280x720-pixel footage on your TV.

Despite slimming down by a few mm, the new TZ7 / ZS3 boasts a longer lens over its predecessor: the previous 10x / 28-280mm equivalent range has been extended at both ends to a new 12x / 25-300mm range which equips the TZ7 / ZS3 with both powerful telephoto reach and unusually wide coverage when many compacts still struggle to offer 28mm.

Performance and image quality

Thanks to its size you don't really expect much speed and agility from this camera. Fortunately, it proves you wrong in most respects, being relatively quick at starting up in 1.5 seconds. Extending the zoom from one extreme to the other takes a good three seconds though.

Like we saw on Panasonic's underwater camera, the DMC-FT1, the TZ7 shares a similar mode dial, but this time on the top of the camera rather than at the back. It has a tendency to fall out of position, resulting in a rather annoying message status on the screen telling you it's not in its right place. You can even experience this problem when just carrying it around in your hand, and we hope Panasonic fixes this issue on the next iteration.

The 1280x720 HD video capabilities of the TZ5 remain, but the TZ7 / ZS3 now adds a dedicated record button on the rear, stereo microphones, an HDMI port and the choice of recording HD footage in either the older Motion JPEG or the newer AVCHD Lite formats; the latter allowing longer recording times, while the former is easier to edit on your computer.

Panasonic's already capable Intelligent Auto mode has also been further enhanced with Face Recognition which can identify and prioritise people who make regular appearances in your photos. And for those who are counting, there's also an extra Megapixel.

The new Lumix TZ7 shares a similar appearance to its predecessor, and roughly the same dimensions from the front, but has slimmed down by 4mm and is slightly lighter too at 229g with battery and card. Despite being thinner than the earlier TZ5 though, it remains a relatively chunky compact that's better suited to trouser and coat pockets rather than the one on the front of a shirt. Its important to put this in perspective though, as there's plenty of compacts which share similar dimensions yet have zoom ranges three to four times lower.

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