Likes

- Clean, simple design - Excellent image stabilization - Solid construction - Nice powerful and flash illuminates scene evenly - Reasonable price

Dislikes

- Initial quality observations show lots of noise and marginal color accuracy - LCD display not good enough to inspect images - Exposure not accurate in challenging settings

Conclusion
While we were evaluating preproduction models, initial impressions on image quality drag down the LZ5 and LZ3. We know there are users who aren't very sensitive to image quality, who won't mind the noise and boosted colors, and we expect they'll like the LZ5 and LZ3's interface, size, price, and image stabilization. For snapshooters primarily in search of additional insurance against blurred images, most of Panasonic’s optically stabilized cameras will suffice; however, those users printing their images at 8 x 10 or even 5 x 7, we recommend looking for cameras with cleaner images.