Get Your Hands On The Panasonic TZ10
Panasonic’s TZ Series has long been regarded as the ultimate in travel cameras. This trend is continued with the Panasonic TZ10 which boasts many new and improved features.
Lumix TZ10 Design
The Panasonic TZ10 is available in a choice of four colours, black, red, blue and silver. The casing feels well built, solid,durable and houses a 12x optical zoom and a 14.5-megapixel multi-aspect CCD sensor with a maximum image size of 12 megapixels. For ease of viewing the Lumix TZ10 has an impressive 3in LCD screen and to make this camera simple to use, a 5 button design for quick menu and function access has been employed. Also on the rear of the TZ10 is a Q-button for common feature adjustment and separate buttons for access to film making and exposure. The mode dial and shoot button are located on the top of the camera, alongside the GPS antenna.
Lumix TZ10 Performance
With it’s simple and thoughful layout of menus and modes, the Panasonic TZ10 is a pleasure to use. The impressive zoom coupled with the 25mm wide angle setting also makes it extremely versatile. If you want larger prints it is recommended to keep the ISO settings a slow as possible, to maintain the best image sharpness. Overall though the image quality is outstanding at the lowest ISO setting and is really quite good up to around ISO 800. To assist in reducing the need to adjust the ISO settings, the Panasonic TZ10 is equipped with a good quality flash and the Power O.I.S image stabilisation system.
With the aid of a built-in stereo mic, the Panasonic TZ10 also shoots 720p HD video, which look and sound fantastic.
Lumix TZ10 GPS
The GPS system may seem a little pointless, but when you get used to using it, it really does add value to your stills. The Panasonic TZ10 will pinpoint your position and tag each image with longditude and latitude reference points. This helps you to remember where every shot was taken. Also the Lumix TZ10 has a built-in database of towns, areas and landmarks from over 70 countries.
In conclusion the Panasonic TZ10 is a top quality compact camera and does exactly what it is supposed to do and more. It provides great versatility for the more experienced photographer and is capable of producing superb image while remaining easy to use.
The Panasonic TZ10 is one the best super zoom compact cameras on the market and if you haven’t got one then your missing out. Some may think it’s a little pricey, but with all it’s superior features and build quality this camera is actually really good value for money!
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