Introduction

Panasonic's latest premier travel zoom is here. The Panasonic Lumix ZS20 packs a meaty 20x zoom range, a redesigned 14.1-megapixel MOS sensor, and a range of fancy features like onboard GPS, a touchscreen, speedy burst shooting, and 1080/60p video.

We got to spend a few minutes with a pre-production version of the ZS20 in a back-room meeting at CES 2012. It felt like an evolutionary update to the ZS10, and Panasonic's reps seemed to indicate that they focused mainly on improving the image quality this time around. Read on for our first impressions of this new premium travel zoom.

The ZS20 will be available in black, red, white, and silver from March 2012 at an MSRP of $349.99—a full $50 cheaper than its predecessor.