Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 Review
The 28mm wide-angle lens allows photographers to easily capture a large group of people, or expansive architectural structures and landscapes with dynamic width and rich perspective. The wide-angle lens is particularly helpful in situations where you cannot step back or move away from a subject - ideal for shooting group portraits in a small room for example.
Capturing those special moments – whether it’s your child’s first birthday, a family Christmas, spectacular sceneries on holiday or simply a picture of your loved one – are priceless. Panasonic understands this and is committed to ensuring that whatever your shooting situation, your image will be beautifully captured. Having successfully incorporated Mega Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) into its entire line-up, Panasonic has gone further with the 2007 models with the introduction of Intelligent ISO. A common cause of blurry images is the motion blur that can occur when a subject moves as the shot is being taken – particularly common when taking pictures of sports or young children for example. Intelligent ISO Control detects whether the subject is moving and, as necessary raises the ISO setting and shutter speed according to how fast the subject is moving and the light conditions. This happens automatically.
Features
– Image Sensor
The TZ3 has 7.2 megapixels. Maximum size of images is 3216×2144 pixels. There are two quality settings at each resolution setting on the camera. At full resolution and highest quality, you can get approximately 280 shots on a 1GB memory card.
– LCD
The TZ3 sports a huge 3 inch LCD with 230K pixels of resolution. It’s not great outdoors, but there are a couple LCD modes that let you boost the brightness (power LCD) and optimize the display for high angle shooting.
– Lens/Zoom
One of the biggest selling points of the TZ3 is its 10x optical zoom. Not only is the lens capable of 10x zoom, it’s also capable of 28mm wide angle (35mm equivalent). The lens also has a maximum aperture of f3.3.
– Focus Modes and Focus Ranges
In normal focus mode, you can focus as close as 1.64 feet at wide angle and 6.56 feet at telephoto. If you need to get close, the macro mode lets you focus as close as 0.16 feet at wide angle and 3.28 feet at telephoto.
– Flash
The built-in flash has an on-paper range of 1.97 feet to 13.8 feet at wide angle and Auto ISO. You can choose from the following modes: auto, auto with red eye reduction, flash always on, flash always on, slow synch/red eye reduction, and forced off.
– Memory Media
The TZ3 accepts SD, SDHC, and MMC media cards. There is approximately 12.7MB of internal memory.
– Image/Movie File Format(s)
All images are stored as JPEG files and movies are recorded as Quicktime Motion JPEGs.
– Connectivity
USB 2.0 Full Speed, A/V out, and DC in
– Power
The TZ3 is powered by a 1000 mAh lithium-ion battery pack. The included charger can charge the battery in about 120 minutes.
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