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| Brand: Panasonic
Category: Photography
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Avg. Customer Rating:  290 reviews
Sales Rank: 68
Color: Blue
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Includes Software: Yes
Optical Zoom: 10
Digital Zoom: 4
Connectivity: AV
Display Size: 3
Maximum Focal Length: 47
Minimum Focal Length: 4.7
Maximum Resolution: 9100000
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 2.3 x 1.4 x 4.1
MPN: DMC-TZ5A
Model: DMC-TZ5A
UPC: 037988987672
EAN: 0037988987672
ASIN: B0011Z6D9U
Release Date: March 7, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
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 From a camera virgin: Photo quality is very poor November 9, 2008
1 out of 10 found this review helpful
PLEASE take the negative reviews for this camera seriously, especially the ones about picture quality. I really don't know much about cameras but even I can notice major noise and lack of quality in photos... especially when compared with my old Olympus camera. This one is just not worth the money, wish I could return it...
 wow! November 8, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This camera makes me look like a pro! I set it to "automatic", frame it the way I like it...and all I get is "ooz and ows! This amazing camera makes my walks and visits an eye-opener 'cause I'm becoming more and more aware of interesting, exciting picture-possibilities to share with others. It allows me to look at what I took for granted, the ordinary things and happenings...and see it with a new, personal and original view. This makes my life more interesting and it can for you! So Panasonic Lumix--I can't thank you enough...And Amazon.com---your price and service are unbeatable...Got it prepaid within a few days! It's probably the best purchase I've made in a very long time!
Carl Baum, Palo Alto, CA
Five Stars November 7, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I agree with everyone here that gave this great camera five stars
Brilliant
Ability to set minimum shutter speed is essential November 7, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This a second TZ5 I have. I bought a first one (blue) in April of this year and used it for two weeks before my wife dropped it on a plush carpet and it immediately showed 'lens error.' I was very disappointed and I previously was very disappointed in TZ3 low light photos, so I decided not to bother with Panasonic TZ5. However, I decided to try my luck again, after I collected a bunch of gift cards and needed to buy something. This time I got a silver model. I just took them to Madonna concert and I was very very pleased with results.
1) I did buy two additional extended life batteries on ebay 1400mA each. The original one is 1000mah. I got used to my Fuji F30 doing 500-600 shots per charge with no problems, so I am spoiled and wanted fresh batteries. However, I did not need them at the concert. I took about 370 photographs and 5 videos about 5 minute length, and my TZ still shows two bars! I did not use flash but I did do a lot of zooming and reviewing. Looks like I will be able to squeeze 400+ photos on the original battery which is superb!
2) Ability to set a minimum shutter speed is priceless for application such as a concert where you need to zoom all the way. I just selected 1/60 minimum shutter speed, Auto ISO, H focus and I got some great shots with these. If I did not have the minimum shutter speed, I would have not been able to take pictures that I did at the concert.
3) Display is very nice
4) True wide angle (not just crops the frame)
5) extended optical zoom
6) auto red eye removal
7) ISO 400 is now useful!!!
What can I wish for? I guess 12-14X zoom instead of 10X zoom and little optical viewfinder. Shutter and Aperture Priority.
 Great Pic's and Vid's - but there was a deal breaker! November 6, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
This camera was about as close to what I was looking for as there is on the market (good picture quality and decent HD wide screen video in a small point and shoot), but ultimately the VERY poor sound quality during video play back was the deal breaker. Sorry Panasonic - I really liked this product, but you need to know that this one issue blew it! I agree with all of the other reviews regarding positive attributes. I liked the video quality, but when I played back on my HDTV, through good speakers - how terrible.
To be honest - the sound quality is so bad, I could not even enjoy any video at all and my family actually made fun of my technology for the first time! How demoralizing!
I do have a suggestion however, try out the new Sony T500. It's great - pretty good pictures (TZ5 is a bit better in this regard), but the Sony Video, WOW!!! Really good, with great stereo sound quality!!!! So the TZ5 went back and the T500 is my new camera/camcorder!
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