Panasonic DMC-ZS3

	Sample Photos
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Sample Photos

In the following sample images, clicking on the larger image will download the full resolution original. Each photo is accompanied by three actual-size crops.

Portrait sample
			Focal length: 4.1mm ISO: 80 Aperture: f/4.5 Shutter speed: 1/400 of a second Shot in program mode, this photo of a member of a marching band at the HONK! 2009 festival shows some of the strengths of the ZS3: the camera chose a low ISO level, but was still able to use a fast shutter speed to freeze the action. You can also see a good level of detail: the fine details of his placard are well represented.

Fungus Sample
			Focal length: 34.4mm ISO: 200 Aperture: f/5.6 Shutter speed: 1/640 of a second This shot of some fungus growing in the wilds of Long Island shows some of the good and bad things about this camera. The details on the topmost part of the fungus are sharp and clear, but the ones underneath are not, because the camera set the aperture to f/5.6, which does not give much of a depth of field.

Landscape Sample
			Focal length: 4.1mm ISO: 100 Aperture: f/5.0 Shutter speed: 1/400 of a second This shot of the bucolic side of Long island was taken with the camera in the landscape mode, which focuses into the distance. The image has a good amount of detail, but the colors are a  little flat and the image is slightly underexposed.

Low Light Sample
			Focal length: 21mm ISO: 3200 Aperture: f/4.4 Shutter speed: 1/15 of a second This low light photo was taken in the high sensitivity mode of the ZS3, which increases the cameras ISO range to 1600 to 6400 and reduces the resolution to a maximum of 3 megapixels. With just a single light on in our test lab, the camera picked a value in the middle of the range. As you can see from the crops below, the images are rather noisy, and the colors of the flowers look rather muted.

Still Life Examples

Below are examples of our still life taken with the Panasonic DMC-ZS3 at all of the ISO levels that this camera supports, from 80 up to 1600. Click on any image to see the original file, but remember that these files are several megabytes in size and may take a considerable time to download.

	Still Life Comparisons
	Panasonic ZS3	Kodak Z950	Nikon L100	Canon SX120
ISO 80
ISO 100
ISO 200
ISO 400
ISO 800 (720 for the Nikon)
ISO 1600

NOTE: The images above are not used in our testing or scoring, but are included here to show real-world examples of the differences between cameras at the various ISO settings.

See how the competition stacked up against the Panasonic ZS3
Kodak Z950	Nikon L100	Canon SX120