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Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ10S 10MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Silver)
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ10S 10MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Silver)
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Brand: Panasonic
Category: Photography

List Price: $199.95
Buy New: $158.95
You Save: $41.00 (21%)
Buy New/Used from $139.99

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars(3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 11380

Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Optical Zoom: 5
Display Size: 2.5
Maximum Focal Length: 26
Minimum Focal Length: 5.2
Maximum Resolution: 10.1
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 2.4 x 1.3 x 3.9

MPN: DMC-LZ10S
Model: DMC-LZ10S
UPC: 037988987344
EAN: 0037988987344
ASIN: B0011Z8C6M

Release Date: March 20, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:
  • 10-megapixel resolution captures enough detail for poster-sized prints
  • 5x wide-angle optical zoom; Mega Optical Image Stabilized
  • 2.5-inch Intelligent LCD screen; Face Detection
  • Intelligent ISO; Intelligent Scene Selector
  • Captures images to SD memory cards (not included)

Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
With both a 30mm wide-angle Leica DC Vario-Elmar lens and a 5x zoom, this is one camera that does it all. You can fit more in the photo than you can with a 35mm lens, so you can get more of a sweeping landscape in a single shot. The 5x zoom is great for capturing dramatic shots of small or distant subjects. There's also an Extra Optical Zoom function that boosts zoom power to 8.9x in 3-megapixel resolution mode. Simply set the LZ10 to iA mode and let the camera do the rest. Intelligent Scene Selector chooses the mode that best fits the situation; MEGA Optical Image Stabilization (O.I.S.) helps prevent blurring from hand-shake; Intelligent ISO Control helps prevent motion blur; and Face Detection helps produce clear portraits by optimizing the focus and exposure settings. The brightness and contrast of the large 2.5" diagonal LCD adjust automatically in 10 steps as ambient light conditions change, so images are clear, bright and easy to see day or night, indoors or outdoors. f=5.2-26mm (35mm Equiv. - 30-150mm) Focal Length 2.5 Diagonal Polycrystalline TFT LCD Display (230K dots) Focusing Area Normal - Wide 50cm/ Tele 100cm - infinity, Macro / Intelligent AUTO - Wide 5cm / Tele 100cm - infinity 8 - 1/2,000 sec. Starry Sky Mode - 15, 30, 60sec. Shutter Speed Auto / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 (High Sensitivity Mode - Auto(1600 - 6400) ) ISO 27MB Internal Memory (additional memory recommended to store more photos and video) Built-in Microphone and Speaker SD/SDHC, MultiMedia Card Slot Built-in Flash with Auto, Auto/Red-eye Reduction, Forced On, Forced Off modes DC Input, AV Output (NTSC/PAL), USB Connections PictBridge Compatible Approximate Battery Life - 260 Shots (Oxide Batteries) Approximate Unit Weight - 0.33 lbs


Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A reasonably good camera for the money   December 4, 2008
  1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This camera takes pretty good pictures, but nothing you'd be able to sell to National Geographic. It's hampered by a relatively slow lens (f/3.3) and a weak flash. Picture color is good. Camera fits nicely in a shirt pocket. You will need to buy a SD memory card, and, probably at least 4 rechargeable AA batteries as well.

The instruction manual is a mixed bag. It gives great detail on how set up each feature, but no guidance on when you would want to use the feature. A few examples:
- When to use image stabilizer mode 1 and when 2?
- When to use P (programmed) or when to use iA (intelligent Automatic)?
- Which auto focusing modes to use? (There is no manual focus.)

The DMC-LZ10B is the same camera in black.




4 out of 5 stars Excelent cost/performance rate   November 22, 2008
  2 out of 2 found this review helpful

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ10S is an excellent product. Excellent price for a ton of features. Nevertheless, one feature that it does not have and I wish I had paid attention to before purchasing it is that it only has a digital viewfinder (not the traditional little window through which you aim at your target). In my outdoors trips on sunny days this was a major drawback. The surface of the digital viewfinder is very reflective and thus, rather than clearly seeing the target I see my own face. Additionaly, because you cannot turn the digital viewfinder off, it consumes more battery power than other digital cameras I had in the past. Otherwise, I would have given it five stars.


3 out of 5 stars Less than impressed   October 20, 2008
  2 out of 3 found this review helpful

The camera is great for snapshots. Its megapixel size of 10mb was dissapointing, as pictures appear to be out of focused when you "zoom" in on a picture taken with it. Its 5x optical zoom is a nice feature. The user interface is fairly good, but not completely intuitive (as sometimes you have to refer back to the manual to figure out how to do some functions that you seldom use). The face detection is neat, in the sense that it does seem to pick out the faces in the picture, however does it seem to make a differance in doing so? I'm not so sure. This is a case of value for your money...don't buy this for the megapixels, or the lens, or the stabilized zoom individually...buy this because it's a good compromise on all three areas for a reasonable price. The build quality of the camera is good. The bumpout on the left side (as you face the camera) provides a good hand hold - yet the camera easily fits in your shirt pocket. Some of the other cameras, are so small, that its becomes an issue in easily holding the camera to take a picture. I like the camera, its just that for the price it wasn't exceptional.


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