Panasonic DMC-ZS3 Digital Camera Review

Panasonic DMC-ZS3

Digital Camera Review

4.6 The Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 packs a lot of features into its small case: 10-megapixel resolution, a 12x zoom and high definition video. And we found that it has the performance to match, with sharp, colorful images and video.
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Playback Mode (9.20)


The ZS3 allows you to do a lot with the photos you have taken. You can look at groups of them at once (up to 36 at once on screen), look at those in a specific categoet (such as thos with faces, landscapes, etc) or pick those taken on a certain date. You can also take a very close look at them with a 16x zoom on playback that lets you get right in to see the details. There are a couple of things missing, though; there is no calendar view, and there is no way to sort images into albums.

Playback Displays
Standard View
No information is shown
Detail view 1
The date and time of capture is shown
Detail view 2
The date, time and shooting information is shown
 
Thumbnail view
Up to 36 thumbnails on  screen
Category view
Shows images that fit into a certain category, such as portraits, landscapes, etc

 

In-Camera Editing (3.00)


Only a handful of basic image editing features are on offer with this camera: you can crop, resize and rotate images, but you cannot do any color correction, contrast adjustments or other tweaking. This many not be a huge loss, though; most of these features are better handled in a dedicated image editing program on a computer, anyway.

 

Direct Print Options (6.00)


Support is included for the common DPOF and PictBridge printing features. DPOF allows you to mark photos for printing on the memory card, and a compatiable printer will notice this and select the marked photos for printing. PictBridge allows you to connect directly to a compatiable printer through the USB cable, and select and print images from the camera.

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