The 4-megapixel Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ1 is not the sexiest or sleekest model in town, but no one will laugh at you if you pull it out at a party...On our performance tests, the LZ1 had unexciting boot and recycle times of 4.6 and 3.6 seconds, respectively...There was no significant fringing, though the images were a little on the dark side and a little soft in some areas...
Good quality, sharp photos (but
see issues below)
6X optical zoom lens in a midsize
...Images a little too sharp, leading
to "jaggies"; some vignetting
...The LZ1 ($250) is silver only, while the LZ2 ($300) is available in silver or black bodies (there are minor trim differences between...
Editor Rating 80.0/100 Published on December 1, 2005
Ease of use
Outdoor picture quality
Longer optical zoom
Layout and design
Value for money...No viewfinder
Below average shutter lag time...The PanasonicDMCLZ1 is a four megapixel digital camera...It is a very easy to use model and the DMCLZ1 is very reasonably priced when you take into account its lens size...Apart from one shot I was delighted with the...
I've known what I wanted in a digital camera for several years: 1...Panasonic's latest digital camera comes with a Leica Vario-Elmarit lens, which is as good as the Leica and Zeiss lenses I have seen on other digital cameras...It does take good pictures and the optical stabilizer is great...
Found the FZ-1 to fullfill this - and for a very good price as well...Excelent optics and digital zoom! Even on 24x (6x optical + 4x digital)! Outstanding battery life, one pair last for 100-150 shoots...Requires good lightening to make good pics, in low light condition pics are too noisy and loses sharpness...
Shorting after purchasing the LZ1 I got to put it through it's paces on a weeklong workcamp with a large group of teenagers...Action shots at telephoto will always be a little blurry since the target is moving, but I can't complain about stills...Since having children I have really noticed the long lag time and the long shot to shot time...
Panasonic's new DMC-LZ1 and DMC-LZ2 Lumix™ cameras feature 14 megabytes of built ... The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ1 and DMC-LZ2 run on two AA size batteries, and come ...
With the DMC-LZ1, you can snap off consecutive shots at 4 frames per second with ... convenience, the DMC-LZ1 can be powered ... DMC-LZ1 Operating Instructions ...
