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Color Accuracy (13.38)
In our tests for color accuracy, we found that the ZS3 performed extremely well, capuring 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 origionals 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. Click here for 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.
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| Ideal | Panasonic ZS3 | Kodak Z950 | Nikon L100 | Canon SX120 | |
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| Ideal | Panasonic ZS3 | Kodak Z950 | Nikon L100 | Canon SX120 | |
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| Ideal | Panasonic ZS3 | Kodak Z950 | Nikon L100 | Canon SX120 | |
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NOTE: Because of the way computer monitors reproduce colors, the images above do not exactly match the originals found on the chart or in the captured images. The chart should be used to judge the relative color shift, not the absolute captured colors.
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Color Modes (3.00)
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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