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Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS1S Silver Digital Camera

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS1S Silver Digital Camera

(10.1MP, 12x Opt, MMC/MMCPlus/SD/SDHC Card Slot - MPN: DMCZS1S)
As low as $229.95 from BuyersEdge
Description: The Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS1 boasts a high-powered, 12x Leica optical zoom lens in a compact, easy to carry body. From stunning cityscapes to action sports photography, advanced optics capture your subjects with rich color and brilliant cont.... Read More

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3.5 Star Review(3 Reviews)

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Date Reviewed:  09/14/2009
  • gdeiss
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Strengths: Compact, wide angle lens, 12x zoom.
Weaknesses: I wish it had a viewfinder and used AA batteries, though it's compact size probably prohibits both. It's worth the tradeoffs.
Summary: I had Panasonic's earliest entry into this segment of the market, the TZ-1. I liked virtually everything about that camera except the smearing of images because of noise reduction. In scenes with shadows it was murder, giving an unusable picture even in small print sizes.

This camera is light-years past the TZ-1 in that regard, plus it has the phenomenal 25mm equivalent wide lens. For the money it's the best deal out there if a compact super-zoom is what you're looking for.

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Date Reviewed:  05/03/2009
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Strengths: great zoom, flash burst, good video
Weaknesses: have not found any yet!
Summary: I have only had this camera for a day, but so far I am extremely impressed. I loved the burst mode in my TZ5 and to find out that this camera has a flash burst mode that I can use indoors was a great

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Date Reviewed:  10/03/2009
  • dheerajs384
  • from NC
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Strengths: I bought it for Leica lens and zoom capability of 25mm to 300mm. However the test pictures on imaging-resource seems to sharper than canon
Weaknesses: Before I could even click a single picture, the camera gave ne System O.I.S error It seems they are trying to push too much in one camera.
Summary: Before I could even click a single picture, the camera gave ne System O.I.S error.

Over all zoom is quick enough and this a cheap alt to pure leica camera.

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