Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 Digital Camera Review

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1

Digital Camera Review

Mar 14, 2006 - By Emily Raymond
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 houses 5 megapixels on its 1/2.5-inch CCD and couples it with a lengthy Leica DC Vario Elmarit 10x optical zoom lens. On the back of the inch and a half camera body is a 2.5-inch LCD screen that has the world’s first High Angle mode. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 will retail for $349 when it becomes available in March.
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Picture Quality / Size Options
This digital camera has more image size options than most models – by far. Pictures can be taken in three formats, the standard 4:3, the 4 x 6-inch print-optimized 3:2, and the widescreen-friendly 16:9. There are choices for each of these options.  

4:3
2560 x 1920, 2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 640 x 480
3:2
2560 x 1712, 2048 x 1360
16:9
2560 x 1440, 1920 x 1080

All of these are offered in JPEG Fine and Standard compression. The aspect ratio, image size, and compression can all be easily found near the top of the recording menu.

Picture Effects Mode
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 has some color effects in the recording menu: Cool, Warm, Black & White and Sepia. The black & white mode appears to involve gray tones and the sepia mode looks more orange than brown. There are live views to see all of these interesting color effects, but there are no live views for the more subtle picture adjustments. Natural, standard and vivid options are available, but it is harder to see their effects when entering and exiting the menu so much to change them.

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