Camera Panasonic Compact Digital Camera with20x Intelligent Zoom (Black) (OLD MODEL)

Camera Panasonic Compact Digital Camera with20x Intelligent Zoom (Black) (OLD MODEL)

Camera Panasonic Compact Digital Camera with20x Intelligent Zoom (Black) (OLD MODEL)

Panasonic Lumix DMC-SZ3 16.1 MP Compact Digital Camera with20x Intelligent Zoom (Black) (OLD MODEL)

I just bought this for my wife. It is a very nice compact camera. I read the reviews carefully for a number of compact models on Amazon, Cnet and elsewhere. Panasonic seemed the best in this category so I went with the recent model. We are very happy we did. We are happy with Canon for larger, more serious cameras but for compacts Panasonic seems best. This is certainly better than the Canon it replaced.

The response time to click and shoot is very short compared to other compact cameras we have had. The picture quality seems excellent in "Intelligent Auto". It is flexible if you want to customize your shots with several built-in photo types and also freedom to adjust yourself. The 10X optical zoom is very good, too. [Note: goes to 20X with "digital zoom". Pictures look fine but I think it is more meaningful to compare the optical zoom. 10X is very good for a camera this small.]

The only thing that we have any trouble with is the "panoramic" feature that stitches several pictures into one wide one. It is not a feature very important to us the but the couple of times I have tried it I had trouble getting it to work. It said they camera was not moved horizontally enough to work.

Other than that, it is very easy to use. The buttons are well-located and the menus are clear and easy to navigate. Overall, we are very happy with this camera. 

Camera Panasonic Compact Digital Camera with20x Intelligent Zoom (Black) (OLD MODEL)