Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5 dpreview.com User Reviews

Whilst I am very impressed with the build quality and features of this camera, I am less than impressed with the picture quality compared to previous digital cameras I have owned. Pictures appear very "soft" and slightly out of focus despite experimenting...

None, other than blurry images.

Very flexible camera. Great for travel and fun to use. Verry happy of my purchase and of the result. I am not sure. The capabilities, the form and fun factor will make me leave my SLR in the closet most of the time. I just miss to be able to control th...

The menu needs are somewhat complex. I would recommend reading the manual and playing with it before counting completely on this camera ; I had a few focus issue when the camera did not focus at all ; Once I lost a video. I think i turned it off a bit too...

I spent a lot of time on research before finally choosing the TZ5. I already own a Nikon D200 and D80, but wanted something more portable, yet similar in quality and ease of use for those times when I don't want to take my camera bag and laptop with me...

I looked at the Panasonic cameras about two years ago and it seemed to me that ; they all came with a simple lens cover, but no more. How much could that have ; possibly cost, I wonder? One definite little drawback that I will have to keep in mind ; when...

I've had this camera for about a month now. So far it's been quite good. I haven't printed a lot of photos but the ones I did looked pretty good. I just returned from a trip to Ireland and Scotland. I took around 600 pictures trying to make sure I would...

Excellent travelling camera that will take 95% of my pics (next cam will be a DSLR with an extra-long zoom) small enough to forget that you're carrying one, with a good lens, lots of features, and one of the most user-friendly menus around.

the door to the USB compartment opens easily when you put the camera back in its proprietary pouch, which is a bit too tight for it in my opinion

I am very pleased with this camera. I have two TZ3's and this has added cool features. I love the button you press that makes it go full zoom. The screen is very bright.

I had the Canon G9 for over one month. I returned it. The drawbacks are listed elsewhere on this site. I bought it from a big box store. For one, it was so damn heavy. It rivalled a DSLR in functionality but lacked considerably in the lens set up. Then I...

The HD video mode seems to work best with automatic focus turned off. A new firmware version has resolved that issue ; Video only record mono audio. This can be corrected with most simple editing software. Simply select simulated "stereo" and you're done....

I have bought (early April 2008) and used this camera for one and half month already. Absolute love it. Here in Malaysia, we refer it as DMC-TZ15. A bit different in features compared to TZ5 in video maximum length only. Tried out few hundreds shots on ho...

Low light (indoor or shaded area) photo performance is not the best in the market but very usable (PP). Low light video is not impressive as focus keeps on hunting every few seconds when continuous auto focus is switched on and hand held. Spot focus will...

Only just picked up this little beauty. First impressions: . extremely well built - solid construction . jam packed full of features - most very useful . iA mode seems to produce great pictures . lens is great - pictures nice and sharp . Colour is g...

No problems encountered ; Some minor cons ; focus can hunt a little when using video, though video ; quality it self is good ; stereo sound would have been good - the current sound ; recording is not so good ; need to be a bit carefull where you place you...

Positive feature it sole structure of this camera Nothing more

Unsharp photos inside ; Weak qualities of photos ; Slow mode in IA ; Strange weak quality x10 zoom ; Weak battery