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Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS5 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom with 2.7-Inch LCD (Black) |  | Brand: Panasonic
Category: Photography
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as of 9/10/2010 09:55 PDT details
New (32) Used (2) Refurbished (1) from $207.99
Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  45 reviews
Sales Rank: 58
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Optical Zoom: 12
Display Size: 2.7
Maximum Focal Length: 49.2
Minimum Focal Length: 4.1
Maximum Resolution: 12
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6 x 7 x 2
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MPN: DMC-ZS5K
Model: DMC-ZS5K
UPC: 885170004184
EAN: 0885170004184
ASIN: B00395YA90
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| Features:
| • | The DMC-ZS5 features a powerful 12x optical zoom lens (35mm camera equivalent: 25-300mm) | | • | The 25mm ultra wide-angle lens has about twice the shooting area as a standard 35mm lens | | • | The Intelligent Zoom with the DMC-ZS5 extends the zoom ratio by approx. 1.3x maintaining the picture quality even combining a digital zoom | | • | The Sonic Speed AF system in the DMC-ZS5 has a maximum speed of approx. 0.35 second (wide-end) / 0.41 second (tele-end) for auto focusing | | • | The POWER O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabilizer) nearly doubles the hand-shake correction power of conventional MEGA O.I.S |
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Product Description
Panasonic DMC-ZS5 Digital Camera Features25mm Ultra Wide-angle 12x Optical Zoom LEICA DC Lens
The DMC-ZS5 features a 25mm ultra wide-angle* 12x optical zoom f/3.3-4.9 LEICA DC VARIO-ELMAR lens (35mm camera equivalent: 25-300mm). Incorporating Panasonic's advanced optical technologies, this lens system is comprised of 10 elements in 8 groups, with 2 ED (Extra Low Dispersion) lenses and 2 aspherical lenses / 3 aspherical surfaces while preserving compactness. This lens system enables a remarkable 25 to 300mm range of focal length in this compact body. The powerful zoom of the DMC-ZS5can be freely controlled even when shooting motion images. Inheriting the fine rendering and outstanding quality of the LEICA ELMAR lens, this easy-to-carry camera delivers beautiful images any time, any place. * Converted to standard 35mm camera equivalent, at the maximum wide position. Powerful 12x Optical Zoom
The DMC-ZS5 features a powerful 12x optical zoom lens (35mm camera equivalent: 25-300mm). This gives you highly natural expressions from people and animals that you can't get close to. It is also available in movie recording with the mechanism designed to minimize the noise of auto focusing or zooming. And its slim, compact, pocket-sized body can easily go wherever you do for both everyday snapshots and traveling. 25mm Ultra Wide-angle Lens
The 25mm ultra wide-angle lens* has about twice the shooting area as a standard 35mm lens. This enhances all kinds of shooting situations, like when you're photographing a group of people at an indoor party or shooting a large structure or sweeping landscape while traveling. 16x Intelligent Zoom / 23.4x Extra Optical Zoom
Thanks to the newly incorporated Intelligent Resolution technology, the Intelligent Zoom is available with the DMC-ZS5 which extends the zoom ratio by approx. 1.3x maintaining the picture quality even combining a digital zoom. This means the 12x optical can virtuall
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So, what did I think September 9, 2010
jbe
I'm not a professional photog, nor an acclaimed amateur, just someone who likes to take pictures and loves gadgets - especially cameras. I'm not new to digital to cameras, this is my 7th digital camera, that includes two DSLRs. I can spot quality products, and this one is definitely up there with other cameras in this price range, and then some. The body is metal except for the battery and SD card door, which is plastic. The door, just like most other digital cameras, is flimsy, but the problem here is that the latch used to secure the door seems cheap. It works just fine, and probably will last, but if you hold the camera and admire the fit and finish of the entire camera, the battery door is kind of a joke. The menu system takes a while to get used to, but it has every manual control (except flash output) that you can think of. The optical image stabization is awesome, and I can't get over how well the zoom works. It's a little bigger than most pocket cameras, but because of the 12x zoom, it has to be. the picture quality is simply outstanding, this is comparing it to my Nikon D50 with the 18-70 ED lens. The Nikon is nice, but it's 6MP is limiting. I also compared it to my Nikon L15 8MP P&S, and still, the ZS5 images are better. the build difference between the L15 and ZS5 are close. the Nikon L15, while it's an older model, is smaller, built very well (while being plastic), still doesn't have the heft of the Panasonic. The Panasonic is a little bigger, but it does so much more, and it does it better. Again, probably not apples to apples, but that's all I have to work with.
The HD video is great. I did some video while walking and then stopping, and the OIS was on auto, the video was a little jerky, but as soon as I stopped and started zooming and panning, it was great video. to view your videos don't try to use a PC if it's underpowered, it will look like crap. Use a Mac or your TV and you'll be amazed at the video this camera produces.
It's a fantastic all around camera take along any outing. It's not really a great "through in your pocket camera", because it's a little big, but it will fit. get a small quality case for it. Need to watch out for scratching the screen, it's shiny and smudges real easy. probably best to put a cell phone screen protector on it.
summary: I gave it four stars because I don't think it's perfect. I think that the new Panasonic LX5 or even the new Nikon P7000 might earn a five star rating, but I don't think I'll be shelling out [...] right now.
Panasonic Digial "Point and Shoot" Camera September 9, 2010
Paul B. (Arkansas)
Great camera, particularly the zoom capabilities. And I do like the rechargeable battery design (versus the AA format found with many cameras in this class). I do wish there were more printed instructions on using the camera -- since it seems to have far more capabilities than I am accustomed to. But unfortunately, it does not come with an instructions manual -- other than the "fast start" type.
Panasonic Lumix DS5 September 9, 2010
Graham Palmer (40 degrees South, Tasmania)
You get plenty of bang for your buck with this model and you save a few dollars if you don't need the GPS feature of the DS-7.
It has amazing HD video and burst capability and the 25mm wide angle and 300 zoom lens is an awesome combination.
This camera gets more use than my SLR now days as it takes photos using Aperture or Shutter priority and Manual modes.
Solid Travel Camera September 7, 2010
I am Sam (Richmond, VA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Just came back from my vacation with the new ZS5 bought from Amazon. So far I like it as a travel camera.
Pros:
1. Battery life. No additional battery was needed after whole day of shooting pictures and short videos at Seaworld.
2. Wide Angle and Powerful Zoom. It makes my life easier when I need to take pictures across the street or cover as much scenery as possible.
3. Picture quality. The quality of pictures comes back surprisingly good in most cases given the fact I shoot most of my pictures at daylight. The white balance in most cases is correct.
4. HD Video. O.I.S. makes the video quality very good.
Cons:
1. Low light performance. Don't expect anything good after sunset even with flash.
2. Moving object. Better use DSLR for running kids because of the shutter lag.
3. Learning curve. There are 178 pages of user manual to go through before you can master the function.
4. Face recognition. Sometimes it is not fast enough and sometimes the shadow on the face makes it fail to work.
5. HD video. It is stored in mov file and I wish it can store the video in avi file and encoded in h.264 format which is the standard media player format.
In short I like it as a travel camera because it gives you lots of flexibility in a compact body. As long as you know when and where to use it you will get good result. At the price of $200 I am happy.
 Not impressed September 7, 2010
Curley Joe
I bought this camera because it had very good reviews. The picture quality is pretty good when there is a lot of light, but in low-light conditions there is a lot of noise in the images. Just zoom in to any dark portion of an image and you'll see what I mean.
Also, I don't know why they use the proprietary QuickTime format for video instead of standard MPEG. QuickTime eats up too much space, and most programs can't deal with it properly.
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