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| Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5K 9MP Digital Camera with 10x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black) | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 159 reviews)
Sales Rank: 40
Category: Photography
Publisher: Panasonic
Studio: Panasonic
Brand: Panasonic
Label: Panasonic
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: 0
Memorabilia: 0
Batteries Included: 0
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Included Software: Yes
Optical Zoom: 10
Digital Zoom: 4
Connectivity: AV
Display Size: 3
Maximum Focal Length: 47
Minimum Focal Length: 4.7
Maximum Resolution: 9.1
Has Red Eye Reduction: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 2.3 x 1.4 x 4.1
MPN: DMC-TZ5K
Model: DMC-TZ5K
UPC: 037988987672
EAN: 0037988987672
ASIN: B0011Z8CCG
Release Date: March 7, 2008
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 You (and your kids) deserve a better camera than this one August 14, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
After reviewing my first set of prints, I decided to return this camera. I really wanted to love this camera. Compact body (fits in pocket nicely), 10X zoom, and intelligent auto focus. What's not to love? However, the picture quality and color were only so-so, and were especially worse in low light and indoor shots. Intelligent auto focus did not seem to work particularly well for me and was inconsistent (I could shoot the same shot multiple times and get different results). The deal breaker for me: Long first shot delay...which means you will miss a shot of your kids if it needs to be taken quicky (ex. kid on swing or kid petting animal). Also, many of the zoom shots were difficult to focus. A big dissapointment for me.
 It's The Lens... August 13, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Back before digital cameras, I had a 35mm and a bunch of lenses. I have the 55mm that came with the camera, a 35mm wide angle and a 150mm telephoto. Later on, I got a 28mm to 60mm wide angle zoom and a few years after that, I got a 135mm to 230mm telephoto zoom. I had a whole bag full os lenses. It took a while to get anything on film because it took minutes to ponder the shot, get all the hardware assembled and take it. Then, that was pretty much state of the art in amature photography...
During the digital age, I had a few Sony Mavika cameras that were horrible cameras, but had a long zoom lense on them. They were big and heavy and shot 1.3mp to 2.0mp shots. I then got a little Cannon that was a great little pocket camera but only had a 3X zoom and didn't do it. I then got a Kodak that had a 10X zoom, but it didn't have anything close to a wide angle. I still have most of that hardware and all of it put together cannot hold a candle to this new Panasonic TZ5K.
This one little Panasonic pocket camera does everything that all that bag of expensive 35mm hardware, and all those digital cameras, do and much more. I have never seen another camera, especially one that you can put in your pocket, that has such a high quality 28mm wide angle with a 10X zoom to 280mm.
It has amazing features that I have never seen on a camera before, but this is the first camera I have purhased one in a couple of years. I especially like the ability to add a 5 sec. voice clip along with the picture so you can remember what the shot was all about. Some of the reviews I have read say it has issues with some of the quality standards, but all I see is wonderful pictures...
For a full range, take every picture you will probably want, and still fit in your pocket, this is the only camera I have found that works.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5A August 12, 2008
As a Home Inspector, I really like this Lumix camera. I only hope it lasts longer then the TZ1 (1.5 yrs old)before it just froze up, and then when I pulled the battery and reinserted it the TZ1 would not turn on ever again.
Wonderful camera August 12, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I did extensive research before purchasing a digital camera. I wanted a well-known brand with all the features that I could possibly get at a reasonable price. This camera satisfied that exactly. While it is pricier than some of the other new cameras coming into play recently, you certainly get what you pay for. I was much impressed at the tremendous zoom power that this camera offers. I took a few sample photos in my backyard just to test out the camera and play around a bit. I was truly amazed that I could zoom in and see every fiber/hair on some of the plants in my yard. The clear, distinct picture taken certainly looked professional grade, and the clarity of the picture was unbelievable. The pictures taken were so crystal clear that they almost didn't look real! I am very impressed with the performance of this camera and look forward to preserving all of my memories in beautifully captured pictures.
On a side note, one thing that kind of stinks about the camera is while it provides a large digital screen to view the pictures, it is so large that there really isn't very much space around it to put your fingers to hold the camera, so it always seems that I am touching the screen and leaving fingerprints all over it (and I have TINY sized hands, too). Easy fix, I can simply wipe off the fingerprints, but it can get annoying at times having to do it so often.
Great little camera! August 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
So far it has been a great little camera. Not too bulky to carry around and enough zoom capacity (10x) to get up close and personal with the subject. Controls are easy to use. I already have another smaller Lumix camera so that may have helped. I would definitely recommend this camera for it's size and ease of operation.
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