Panasonic LUMIX DMC-TZ80EB-K Super Zoom Camera - Black

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Above left: Panasonic Lumix TZ90 / ZS70 4k video quality 100% crop. Above right: Panasonic Lumix TZ90 / ZS70 1080 video quality 100% crop. I was interested in the comments about shooting RAW as opposed to JPEG. I don't have any software with which to process RAW files but presumably Photoshop Elements would do this. It would be another learning curve... Announced at this year's CES, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ80 (also known as the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS60) features a 30x optical zoom (24-720mm equivalent) and is a replacement for last year's TZ70. It sits below the new TZ100 - last year's TZ57 has been discontinued and will not be replaced. Fitted with a UHS Class 3 card and set to AFS, I fired-off 35 Large Fine JPEGs in High mode in 3.46 seconds before it began to stutter – a tad faster than 10fps. Set to RAW, I captured 12 frames in 1.18 seconds – again, just a bit faster than 10fps before the camera stopped shooting. Both essentially confirm the top speed, but if you want to shoot a burst of longer than around a second you’ll need to make do with JPEGs. It’s also worth noting that with the higher resolution 20 Megapixel sensor, the TZ90 /ZS70’s JPEG burst is 10 frames shorter than the 45 frames managed by the 18 Megapixel TZ80 / ZS60. As dog owners we’re always trying to capture images of our puppy (you’ll either completely relate to this or see us as those annoying people always taking pictures of their dog). Usually, we are only able to get pictures of Lola while she is either sleeping or on the verge of dropping off, this isn’t the dog that we’re used to though and we’re always trying to capture the chaos and excitement we deal with for most of the day.

The Lumix TZ80 / ZS60 has 1080p HD movie modes at 25 and 50 frames per second in PAL regions and 30 and 60 fps in NTSC regions. It also supports 4k UHD video at 25 or 30fps along with Panasonic’s 4k Photo mode – a fun way of exploiting the fact 4k video captures an 8 Megapixel image up to 30 times a second. The clever part is Panasonic equips its 4k Photo cameras with menus that let you easily capture bursts of video before scrolling through the footage and extracting the perfect frame as a JPEG image, all in-camera. You could of course frame grab from video externally, but Panasonic has made it easy to perform the whole process in-camera. Gordon’s gone into more detail about 4K Photo in his Lumix GX8 review and I’ve demonstrated it later in the review, along with the Post Focus feature. Anayv's ZS60 images are much better than the sample ZS60 JPG images posted by DPR. Even the 80 ISO images ( HERE ) fine details were being smeared by the default JPG settings; definitely not encouraging endorsement for the ZS60's IQ. On the Lumix TZ80 / ZS60 you can record in PASM exposure modes, selected either from the video menu or by tapping the exposure mode icon in the top left of the screen when the mode dial is in the movie position. During recording you can change the exposure setting including, depending on the mode, aperture, shutter speed, ISO sensitivity and exposure compensation. While you can use the camera’s physical controls to alter the settings the touch screen provides a slide out panel allowing you to do so silently. You can also tap the screen to pull focus during recording, or of course use the lens control ring. There’s also focus peaking and zebra patterns to help with focus and exposure.Around the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ80's lens is a control ring. By default it will control a certain function (i.e. aperture in aperture priority mode), but you can customise it to one of several other functions, if you prefer.

Auto / Daylight / Cloudy / Shade / Incandescent / Flash / White Set1 / White Set2 / Color Temperature/(2-axis Adjustable) Auto*, Auto/Red-eye Reduction*, Forced On, Forced On/Red-eye Reduction, Slow Sync., Slow Sync./Red-eye Reduction, Forced Off * For iA, iA+ mode only. In terms of image quality, the TZ80 hasn't really made an improvement on its predecessor, and in some cases, when comparing like for like images, it appears to be slightly worse. This is probably down to an increase in pixels, and it's a little disappointing to see. The TZ80 has significantly better continuous shooting (burst) performance than the TZ70. So if you ever want to try your hand at snapping at few birds here and there on your travels the TZ80 is the clear choice. the ZS50 has less megapixels, which usually means - with small sensor cameras - less noise in lower light.

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SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card/(Compatible with UHS-I UHS Speed Class 3 standard SDHC / SDXC Memory Cards) A lens ring controls manual focus, aperture or shutter speed control, depending on the selected mode. There’s also a rear wheel for exposure adjustments and swift menu navigation. Unlike its predecessors, this model includes a touchscreen, which greatly speeds up autofocus point selection and is welcome for menu navigation, too. It’s clear from the views above that filming in the 1080 modes captures a wider field of view, but how does the quality compare? Below are 100% crops made from the 4k footage on the left and the 1080p footage on the right. Note that the 1080p crop on the right shows a larger area with smaller detail not just because of the lower resolution of the 1080p clip, but the wider field of view. What’s interesting about this comparison is that though the detail is larger in the 4k crop on the left, there isn’t more of it, what you can see though is more noise. So though you’re getting more pixels shooting with the TZ80 / ZS60 in 4k video mode, thanks to the noise you’re not really getting more detail or better image quality. ZS60. DPR Samples Gallery is Up. Comments?" HERE. I used PSE 14 to process the DRP sample ZS60 RAW images that I posted.

Although noise isn't particularly visible until fairly high up the sensitivity range - it only starts to become problematic when you reach ISO 3200, this seems to be as a result of extensive image smoothing which render those shots taken at the highest settings of ISO 1600 only really useable at small printing or sharing sizes. AFS] SH: 40 frames/sec*, H: 10 frames/sec, M: 5 frames/sec (with Live View), L: 2 frames/sec (with Live View) [AFC] H: 5 frames/sec, M: 5 frames/sec (with Live View), L: 2 frames/sec (with Live View) * Electronic shutter only. Starting recording 30 seconds after the camera is turned on. (When the optical image stabilizer function is set to [ON].) A video record button can be found just next to the shutter release. It's away from the rest of the buttons and is slightly recessed into the body of the camera, making it practically impossible to accidentally record a video when you don't want to.Expressive, Retro, Old Days, High Key, Low Key, Sepia, Monochrome, Dynamic Monochrome, Rough Monochrome, Silky Monochrome, Impressive Art, High Dynamic, Cross Process, Toy Effect, Toy Pop, Bleach Bypass, Miniature Effect, Soft Focus, Fantasy, Star Filter, One Point Color, Sunshine (22 filters)

The time available for recording varies depending on the environment, the interval between recordings, and the manner of use. As you can see from the 100 percent crops below, with stabilisation enabled I was able to get shake-free shots with the TZ80 / ZS60 at shutter speeds down to 1/25 – nearly five stops slower than conventional wisdom dictates is safe. With spring arriving in Bucharest and a road-trip through the mountains planned, the camera couldn’t have arrived at a better time. So after six weeks of constant use, what do we think of the Lumix TZ80?TFT Screen LCD Display (1040k dots), Static Touch Control, AF Coating/Field of View: Approx. 100%, Wide Viewing-angle All of the sample images in this review were taken using the 18 megapixel Fine JPEG setting, which gives an average image size of around 6Mb. As you can tell from above, this camera puts in a lot of work to capture these moments and process them into high quality images. For that reason, it’s important to pair this camera with an SD card that can keep up.