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India Press Store - Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5A 9MP Digital Camera with 10x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Blue)
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List Price: $349.95
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Manufacturer: Panasonic
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Panasonic
Color: Blue
Display Size: 3
EAN: 0037988987672
Feature: 9-megapixel resolution captures enough detail for poster-sized prints
Floppy Disk Drive Description: None
Has Red Eye Reduction: 1
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Panasonic
Manufacturer: Panasonic
Maximum Focal Length: 47
Maximum Resolution: 9.1
Minimum Focal Length: 4.7
Model: DMC-TZ5A
Optical Zoom: 10
Publisher: Panasonic
Release Date: 2008-03-07
Studio: Panasonic
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Features
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9-megapixel resolution captures enough detail for poster-sized prints
10x optical zoom Leica DC lens; Face Detection
New Panasonic Venus Engine IV improves noise reduction, elevates the detection accuracy and corrective effects
3.0-inch LCD; Mega O.I.S. and Intelligent ISO
Captures images to SD memory cards (not included)
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Need Help with documents/menus that came with this camera
Comment: Hi,
Can someone please help me with this? I am a first time pana digiCam user. I got my pana DMC TZ5 thru online store. The box itself is not sealed by pana but by their store sticker. it this normal???
also, my instruction menu and CD are not put in the order that
was shown on the diagram. can someone please tell me what other documents/menus you got besides instruciton menu? (I saw 1 on line pic that someone got a bag of documents(instruction menus+some other menus???)
Thank so much.
Customer Rating:
Summary: TZ5A is a qualified "10"
Comment: Lumix is perfect for me, former pro photog in the 60s. Recently restarted with an FZ20, liked it semi-pro. Went FZ30, better. Went FZ50 and it does excellent portraits/landscapes, so replaced my Olympus point-and-shoot (P&S) (good camera, but xD) with TZ3K (black), and cut my "shaky" pix in half, improved my low light (harbors at night, etc.) pix, and got very good family pix even with the wimpy flash. So when the TZ5A (blue) came out, it was just a bit pricey. With Amazon discount, bought it early this year, and I remain very impressed with its quality despite being a P&S. The face recognition does a better job than the excellent TZ3, the 10X zoom gets shots I used to have to skip, color is very good, and it works well with CS3 and Elements 6.0 at 9 Megapixels. This camera lacks manual controls, but from what I've seen so far, I haven't needed them: the automatic/ intelligent exposure rarely misses. Battery life is very good (200 to 250 pix average before replace/recharge). I've become a Lumix fan because much as I loved 35 mm and 2-1/4 Mamiya and Nikon years ago, Lumix gives routinely nearly the same quality without the extra cost and complex menus that can buffalo us oldsters. Lightweight, commonly available battery same as the TZ3, and it ran the 8 Gb and 16 Gb flash cards with no significant problem (counter has a display-only limit with 16 Gb). With SDHC cards, the Lumix TZ5 (A, K, or S) is my choice for a non-pro but near pro-quality P&S camera. Wow! Cheyguy
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Summary: Great stills but awful video
Comment: I found the still images to be excellent, as good as any other small camera. I shot about 90 images over two days and all but 3 were mis-exposed or out of focus. Color, sharness and exposure were consistently good under a wide range of lighting conditions. One setting identifies the kind of scene being shot and adjusts appropriately. It worked well, focusing on faces in portrait shots and identifying backlit conditions.
But, I'm sorry to report, the video performance was very disappointing. I found the videos to go in and out of focus when shooting a subject under bright cloudy skies, even while the subject was at a fixed distance, and I did no zooming.
I reread the user manual and it said to turn off the continuous focus setting when taking movies. Could that be correct? Apparently it is, based on other reports of owners that talked with Panasonic tech support. But what happens when someone moves closer or further away? Isn't that what movies are all about? Moving subjects with action and some activity?
So I did some checking reading dozens of on-line comments and reviews, and while most reviewers mentioned the issue, none classified it as a deal breaker. The most interesting discussion was on the Panasonic Forum on DPReview where many reported they contacted Panasonic, only to be told "What problem?, This is the first I've heard."
Clearly if the camera has to revert to a fixed focus mode to take movies, this is a huge defect. While much about the camera is very good, this is a deal breaker for me. I did try making a number of videos in the fixed-focus fixed and they were slightly better, but, unfortunately a lot worse than my Canon Elph 900 that's several years old. As a result I have returned the Panasonic camera to Amazon and will wait for this either to be corrected or the next model that hopefully will not have this defect.
I would only recommend this camera to those that don't want to take movies. For stills it's hard to beat, but for movies it's unacceptable by any reasonable standard.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent Zoom Range
Comment: This new model of the Panasonic Lumix, DMC-TZ5A, with a 10X Optical Zoom, gives clear pictures with the Optical Image Stabilization. Took some excellent pictures of horses and riders jumping obstacles at the Rolex Kentucky equestrian event. The camera is easy to use, but also has lots of optional settings. Love the intelligent Automatic setting.
Customer Rating:
Summary: great camera
Comment: i shoot film normally (artsy stuff) but i can't carry around a large 35mm with lenses every day for those 'emergency' shots. this camera is exactly what i wanted. a high quality point and shoot that is ready to go if i happen to see something interesting to catch a photo of. the 10x optical zoom plus wide angle gives it a lot of versatility. it's not as tiny as some other models but it's worth the slight extra size if you value more versatility and quality photos.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Now you can fit sweeping landscapes into a single frame with the 28mm wide-angle setting. Pull in subjects from far away to capture even subtle facial expressions with the dynamic 280mm telephoto setting. Ideal for traveling, the DMC-TZ5 Lumix 9.1-megapixel digital camera combines a wide-ranging LEICA DC Vario-Elmar lens with a handy, compact body. The Extra Optical Zoom function also extends the zoom to as much as 16.9x, giving you even greater telephoto power. Set the TZ5 to iA mode and let the five Intelligent Auto functions team up to help prevent shooting errors. Intelligent Exposure corrects lighting differences, so images come out just the way you see them; Intelligent Scene Selector chooses the mode that best fits the situation; MEGA Optical Image Stabilization helps prevent blurring from hand-shake; Intelligent ISO Control helps prevent motion blur; and Face Detection helps produce clear portraits by optimizing the focus and exposure settings. The TZ5 can record motion images with sensational 1280 x 720 HD resolution at 30 frames per second (fps). f=4.6-46mm (35mm equiv - 28-280mm) Focal Length 3.0 Diagonal Polycrystalline TFT LCD Display (460K dots) Focusing Area Normal - Wide 50cm/Tele 200cm - infinity, Macro/Intelligent AUTO / Clipboard - Wide 5cm / Max 200cm / Tele 100cm - infinity 8 - 1/2,000 sec. Starry Sky Mode - 15, 30, 60sec. Shutter Speed Auto /100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 (High Sensitivity Mode - Auto(1600 - 6400) ) ISO 27MB Internal Memory (additional memory recommended to store more photos and video) Built-in Microphone and Speaker SD/SDHC, MultiMedia Card Slot Built-in Flash with Auto, Auto/Red-eye Reduction, Forced On, Forced Off modes DC Input, AV Output (NTSC/PAL), HD AV Output (Component), USB Connections PictBridge Compatible Approximate Battery Life - 300 Shots (CIPA Standard) Approximate Unit Weight - 0.507 lbs
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