Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5 Expert Reviews

Optical zoom at its optimum

Although it's not the most compact of compacts – it'll only fit into your jeans back pocket if you're not planning to bend down – not everyone wants a tiny camera. The upside of the TZ5's size is a 3in screen on the back, plus room to spare for easy ...

Announced on the 2nd of February 2008, the Panasonic Lumix TZ5 is one of Panasonic's new ultra zoom digital cameras, and features an impressive 28mm wide angle lens with a 10x optical zoom. The camera features a 9 megapixel sensor, a wide angle 10x ...

Very easy to use ; Compact and stylish metal body ; Very good build quality and switches ; Very good image quality - excellent colour ; Wide angle 10x optical zoom lens with optical image stabilisation ; Intelligent ISO / Exposure / Intelligent AUTO ...

Noise visible at ISO100 ; Slightly weak flash, some red-eye ; Plastic tripod mount positioned to the far left ; Some purple fringing

The Panasonic Lumix TZ5 has been a best seller for many months - and after reviewing this camera - it's easy to see why. The camera offers an excellent wide angle 10x optical zoom lens with image stabilisation, all in a relatively compact body that ...

If you're looking for the perfect travel camera, you may have just found it.

An unusual design with some imperfections, but you get a lot of versatility for your money

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5 has an extensive zoom range extending from very wide to telephoto angles of view. The 10x Leica DC 28-280mm (equivalent) lens provides focal lengths to suit almost every style and subject, in a single very useful unit. The ...

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5 review : One year after the introduction of the Panasonic TZ3, and right before the PMA 2008 kicked off, Panasonic revealed the successor to the TZ3: the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5. Being the fourth generation Traveler Zoom (TZ), ...

With the TZ5, Panasonic offers a product which nicely embodies serious construction, appreciable compactness, a versatile and useful (stabilized) zoom, nice image quality and a high definition video mode. An excellent finished product for which there ...

- Good definition of the 3 inch screen, - 10x zoom, - Quality of video (HD) and zooming is possible during recording, - Wide angle, - Optical stabilization

- Relatively slow, - Autofocus sometimes slow at full zoom and in poor lighting, - Face detection slower than certain rivals, - No manual modes, - LCD can be difficult to use in full sun

The Panasonic DMC TZ5 is an impressive camera. It is small for a camera with a 10x zoom lens. This makes it easy to carry around. It has 9 megapixels and is easy to use as well. It has a very high quality LCD screen.

Ease of use - design and build quality - overall picture quality - wide screen, (high-definition) movies - size and length of lens - wide angle lens - LCD screen quality

There is nothing that stands out

Panasonic market the DMC TZ5 as a travel camera. With its long zoom lens and relatively compact body I think they have that right. Picture quality is impressive and the camera is easy to use. It is well worth a close look.

Image quality is very good at ISO 100, with low noise and good image detail. Image quality is good at ISO 200 but, as is common with all consumer digicams, tend to suffer from noise and loss of detail at higher ISOs.

Panasonic sample photos : At the PMA 2008 Panasonic introduced their next Traveler Zoom camera; the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5. Today the Panasonic Lumix TZ5 is available at your local dealer and we also received one of the test samples Panasonic provide ...