Product Description

Panasonic DMC LZ5BS Digital Camera

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17739 in Consumer Electronics
• Colour: fire
• Brand: Panasonic
• Model: DMC-LZ5BS
• Released on: 2006-02-16
• Format: CD
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 2.20 pounds
• Memory: 256000000MB DIMM
• Hard Disk: 30000GB
• Native resolution: 640x480
• Display size: 66.92913385826772

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Editorial Reviews

Manufacturer's Description
Panasonic is introducing the incoming LUMIX models 6.0-megapixel DMCLZ5 and 5.0-megapixel DMCLZ3, incorporating MEGA O.I.S.(Optical Image Stabilizer) and 6x optical zoom (equivalent to 37mm to 222mm on a 35mm film camera) lens, that run on two AA batteries.

MEGA O.I.S. is the image stabilization system against handshake that bears no picture deterioration. Panasonic is the first company in the industry to have succeeded in incorporating MEGA O.I.S. into a compact digital camera and now its benefit is strongly approved by the users of the world, considered to be the standard of photography.

Compared to the previous models, the DMCLZ2/LZ1, the LZ5 adopts large and bright 2.5 inch LCD (2.0 inch LCD for LZ3) and both LZ5/LZ3 speed up its AF time by adopting 1-point high speed AF option while AF assist lamp is newly incorporated. Another feature is in the enhanced scene mode options including the high sensitivity mode that allows shooting at max. ISO 1600. This is realized by the new pixel-mixed readout method of CCD even realizing the recording of bright motion image in VGA size. In addition, the newly incorporated Extra Optical Zoom function allows more powerful zooming Max.8.3x (7.5x for LZ3) in 3-Megapixel image recording. For the brain of the camera, the LZ5/LZ3 incorporate continued Venus Engine Plus, which saves energy consumption to achieve long battery life while maintaining quick response and high picture quality.

Box Contents

• Panasonic DMC-LZ5BS Digital Camera
  
• AA OXYRIDE Battery x 2
  
• AV Cable
  
• USB Connection Cable
  
• Strap
  
• CD-ROM
  
• Software Included: SD Viewer for DSC, ArcSoft PhotoBase, ArcSoft PhotoImpression, USB Driver

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Customer Reviews

So far, so good
This camera was bought from pixmania as a replacement for a kodak DX6340, which suddenly and mysteriously died recently. However I was able to use the cards from my Kodak in this camera-it gives about 168 photos on a 512MB card when on top quality settings. I took the camera on a 4 day expedition, where the weather was less than ideal, but it still produced good photos. The battery life from the supplied Oxyride battery was excellent-it lasted the whole trip-and when using rechargeables later, they gave good performance too. The 2.5 inch LCD is clear and bright, but as with any screen its hard to see in bright sunshine, and there is no viewfinder. The camera starts up and is ready to use in little more than a second, and about 4 shots can be taken almost instantaneously with little lag. However, once these 4 are taken, it takes the camera a few moments to store them. The optical zoom is excellent for a camera of this size, and it is useful that if you set the quality to 3MP, you can get up to about 8X optical zoom-a great idea! As an added bonus the video quality can be set very high (VGA, 30fps), but there is no built in speaker, so you can only hear the sound when you download it to your computer. Overall, very happy with this camera in the short time I have had it.

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