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Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3

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Color

Color is pretty accurate in the Standard color mode, though there are some issues with yellows and blues.

In our tests for color accuracy, we found that the ZS3 performed extremely well, capturing most colors with spot-in accuracy. We found that the only colors that the camera struggled with were the purples and reds, which were slightly deeper than the originals in the color chart that we use for our testing. But even these colors were pretty close; as you can see from the samples below, the differences between the ideal (the original color) and the captured color were very minor. More on how we test color.

The ZS3 offers 4 color modes: Standard, Natural, Vivid and Black & White. We found that the Standard had the best color accuracy (the results below were taken in this mode), but only just; the Natural mode was also very accurate, but the colors were significantly less saturated. The Vivid mode turned the saturation dial up to 11: we found that it had saturation of 126 per cent, and colors looked very cartoonish.

Camera Color Comparisons
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Dark Skin
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Light Skin
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Blue Sky
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Foliage
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Blue Flower
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Bluish Green
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Orange
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Purplish Blue
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Moderate Red
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Purple
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Yellow Green
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Orange Yellow
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Blue
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Green
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Red
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Yellow
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Magenta
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Cyan
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Color Score Comparison
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Color Score

The ZS3 offers just a limited selection of color modes: Standard, Natural, Vivid and Black and White. But that’s enough for everyday use; we generally recommend that people stick to the most accurate and process colors afterwards, anyway.

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