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Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 7.2 Megapixel with 10x Optical Zoom

I always love to get my hands on Panasonic Lumix Camera, especially for their Image Stabilization technology and long zoom lens. Just like this Panasonic Lumix DMC TZ3, 7.2 megapixel camera with 10x Optical Zoom. While having the same megapixels, compared to Panasonic Lumix DMC LZ6, this TZ3 digital camera has higher zoom, bigger LCD screen, lighter and support wide lens.

TZ3 Opticals
Panasonic Lumix DMC TZ3 features 7.2 megapixel CCD and 10x Optical Zoom from 28mm wide-angle Leica DC Vario-Elmar lens. This wide-angle lens feature was so useful especially when you wanted to make crowds photo Combined with a long zoom features, this 280mm telephoto camera make it easy for you to make close up photo from a distance. If 10x optical zoom was not enough for you, you could use Panasonic’s Extended Optical Zoom function in this compact camera to provides additional magnification to 15x by decreasing the resolution to 3 megapixel.
TZ3 also have the multi aspect capable CCD that allows you to have a larger recording area than other ordinary 7.2 megapixel camera. Multi aspect capable function lets this camera to capture images from 28mm to 280mm with any of the three aspect ration (4:3, 3:2 or 16:9)

TZ3 Intelligent Image Stabilization
Most blurry photos was caused by our shaky hands and/or the objects movement. To handle this problems, TZ3 Intelligent Image Stabilization used two methods to eliminate the blurs.
Mega O.I.S (Optical Image Stabilization) is a cutting edge lens technology invented by Panasonic. Mega O.I.S prevents blurring from shaky hands by using a sensor that acts at 4000Hz to accurately detect even the slightest movement of the camera due to unsteady hands, and compensate it with the corrective lens in the O.I.S lens system. With Mega O.I.S, you could capture clear and sharp image easier, even when you do telephoto shots, indoor portraits or capturing your vehicle window view.
Mega O.I.S greatly reduces the noise from shaky hands, but still it can compensate the blurs from the object movement. For that cause, Panasonic Intelligent Image Stabilization use another method to handle object movement’s blur, called Intelligent ISO Control. Lumix camera could be proud to be the first one that fights motion blur. Intelligent ISO control will detect and decides whether the object moves or not. The system will then change the settings of ISO and shutter speed in response to the data collected.
The combination of these two methods make this camera Intelligent Image Stabilization work perfectly on delivers great photo shots.

TZ3 Image Processor
TZ3 was powered with Venus Engine III, the advanced image processing from Panasonic that can capture in ISO 1250 at full resolution. This high quality and high performance image processor also provides improved noise reduction by separating luminance and chromatic noises and suppress them to a substantial degree.
Venus Engine III also enables this digital camera to do multi-task image processing. Making TZ3’s shutter release time lag as short as 0.006 second and the shutter interval is as short as 1.5 seconds. This fast response will help you to capture spontaneous moments.
In burst shooting mode, TZ3 can capture 3 images in one second, all in full resolution. You could also have unlimited consecutive shots until your memory run out.
Venus Engine III also make this digital camera more energy efficient. On a single battery charge, Lumix TZ3 can take around 270 shots (CIPA).

TZ3 LCD Screen
TZ3 features a large, user friendly 3″ LCD screen in 230k resolution. With this large LCD screen, Panasonic took advantage of it and provide dual image playback function that allows you to display 2 images at the same time. This function lets you compare your shots easier.
This camera LCD screen also have High Angle mode function that will help you when you need to take photo behind a crowd an held your camera high. The LCD screen would still deliver the preview to you even from such an angle.

TZ3 Movie Recording
This camera features Movie Recording mode besides the standard VGA (640×480) at 30 fps mode, it can also record movie in wide aspect VGA (848×480) at 30 fps. These 16:9 motion pictures will look impressive in your wide screen TV.

TZ3 Memory
TZ3 provides built-in 12.7 MB and an SD/SDHC/MMC expandable slots. With high capacity SDHC memory, you could store more photos from this camera.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 Camera Technical Details

Buy this DMC-TZ3 (Blue) for the price of $299

Buy this DMC-TZ3 (silver) for the price of $244

Buy this DMC-TZ3 (Black) for the price of $260

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