Panasonic - DMC-TZ5 Digital Camera Review

This camera is one of the best.  The Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5 came out in January of 2008, not giving the DMC-TZ3 time to get worn in. The TZ3 is one of the best travel cameras because of its size and ease of use.  The TZ3 has a 10x optical zoom lens complete with a 3" screen.  It also has an image stabilizer.  It was one of the best of 2007.

The new DMC-TZ5 doesn't mess too much with this perfection - by keeping the 10x optical zoom and the stabilizer.  It has the additional feature of optically zooming the lens while filming videos, and it updated its resolution from 230k to 460k pixels.

Some of the keys have moved around on the camera for better use of space, but I actually thought the year old version was clever. The new TZ5 took a little getting use to.  It also has some more features to its "auto-mode" to make picture taking easier.

It comes in black, silver, and blue.