Panasonic Tz7 Any Good ?

[unreel2002]

Hi has anyone here had any experience with the Panasonic Tz7 camera,
I've been reading lots of reviews on it and it sounds like a decent camera, maybe not to for inside shot, but the zoom lense 25mm to 300mm is amazing range on a compact digi cam..

It records in 1280x720 res and the Optical zoom works on video, making it a useful mini camcorder as well.

Has anyone got anything to add ?

Here's some blurb in case anyone hasnt seen this camera..

http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/Products/LUMIX+Digital+Cameras/Overview/Lumix+TZ7+-+Somethings+are+unexpected/2379650/index.html

Reviews

http://www.trustedreviews.com/digital-cameras/review/2009/03/21/Panasonic-Lumix-DMC-TZ7/p1

http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Panasonic_Lumix_DMC_TZ7_ZS3/index.shtml

[davidF]

Great camera in good light but sensor noise is very obvious in shadow areas with ASA settings over 400. With such a compact wide zoom system it will have a small effective lens aperture and a small sensor.

[unreel2002]

Well I bought one..

The first few pictures I took, on Full Auto.

The one below it is the same shot but on full optical zoom

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg318/unreel2002/P1000002.jpg


http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg318/unreel2002/P1000003.jpg

The zoom is really impressive, shame photobucket limits size to 1024*768 resolution

[marsey99]

what about imageshack?

we have had some great sunsets around here past few days as there have been no clouds in the sky.

[unreel2002]

I haven't tried image shack dont actually have an account as yet, not entirely sure anybody actually wants to see high res pictures of snowy Manchester anyway >?

[marsey99]

sucker for sunsets/rise me m8, terraced houses look the same no matter where you live :D

[unreel2002]

sucker for sunsets/rise me m8, terraced houses look the same no matter where you live :D


Here ya go..

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/3460/p1000007ql.jpg
http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/6760/p1000002w.jpg
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/3729/p1000004u.jpg

[Aaron]

I am REALLY pleased with with my Panasonic Lumix - I have the FZ18, and its one of the best purchases I've made :)

[Vimes]

I have had my Lumix TZ5 for a while now and I have always been so impressed with it. When we were in Turkey last year we went on the river Dalyan (where the Amazon Queen was shot) and saw from a boat the Lycean tombs. The boat was rocking quite a bit but I got a couple of photos that I was pleased with...

Normal no zoom...

http://i50.tinypic.com/2cghrbc.jpg

full zoom...

http://i46.tinypic.com/2d9emvm.jpg

the video taken with it is also very good. The only issue, similar to many cameras, is the low light / noise on some images.

[shine]

I got one recently and its excellent. Easy to use with great features. There is a really good (but long) thread on AV Forums for this camera - go read that.

[Vimes]

Off I go to read the thread :)