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Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ5 Digital camera
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ5 Digital camera was designed specifically to address the universal problem of ""hand-shake""--the culprit of the majority of blurred digital images. At the heart of the Lumix DMC-LZ5 is Panasonic's Mega Optical Image Stabilizing System, or Mega O.I.S.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ5 Digital camera Overview
Your son takes his first step, or your daughter takes her encore bow at her first recital. Luckily, you were ready with your digital camera and caught this historic moment. But wait! The photo you took is blurry. In your excitement, you accidentally shook the camera just as you snapped the shutter. If this has ever happened to you--and you are by no means alone!--then you'll want to take a close look at the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ5 6-megapixel digital camera with 6x image-stabilized optical zoom.
The Lumix DMC-LZ5 was designed specifically to address the universal problem of ""hand-shake""--the culprit of the majority of blurred digital images. At the heart of the Lumix DMC-LZ5 is Panasonic's Mega Optical Image Stabilizing System, or Mega O.I.S. A built-in gyrosensor detects any hand movement and relays a signal to a tiny microcomputer inside the camera, which instantly calculates the compensation needed. A linear motor then shifts the O.I.S. lens as necessary to guide incoming light from the image straight to the CCD. All this happens seamlessly and behind the scenes. All you'll notice will be the camera's outstanding results.
Mega O.I.S. is effective in most shooting situations, such as dimly lit indoor shots, nighttime shots, or macro shots. However, when taking indoor shots of moving subjects, such as children or pets, the movement of the subject tends also to contribute to the blurring. For this, the Lumix DMC-LZ5 features a high sensitivity mode to prevent hazy motion effects, further expanding your range of crisp, clear photo expression.
Another outstanding feature is the Lumix DMC-LZ5's 6x optical zoom. This powerful zoom--the equivalent to a 37mm to 222mm zoom on a 35mm film camera--lets you easily capture and magnify subjects in distant locations, and also produces impressive photos with soft-focused backgrounds. The zoom lens crystallizes Panasonic's optics technology, using two aspherical lenses to achieve compactness and boost optical performance. Together with the camera's 4x digital zoom, you can enjoy up to 24x zoom power--an amazing 888mm zoom equivalent on a 35mm camera.
With the consecutive shooting feature of Lumix DMC-LZ5, nothing will sneak past your photographic gaze. In one second, you can take up to five consecutive images in standard mode, and three images in fine mode with full resolution. In addition, the Unlimited Consecutive Shooting function lets you continue shooting until the memory card or built-in memory is full. All this is made possible by Panasonic's Venus Engine Plus, which reduces power consumption by about 50 percent compared with earlier Venus Engine-equipped models.
A bright 2.5-inch LCD monitor is easy to see when taking photos. The pixel-mixed readout method is used to automatically increase the brightness level of live images according to the level of ambient darkness. This allows bright, easy framing of scenes that would normally be too dark to see. The large LCD also allows the display of images even in tiny thumbnail size. Playback of 9, 16, and 25 images is possible on a multi-split screen in addition to the normal single frame playback. This helps you to search for the image you want out of a number of images stored on your SD memory card.
With the DMC-LZ5 you can also record beautiful full-sized movie at 30 frames per second. The camera's CCD enhances the picture quality not only in the resolution but also in the brightness level of the image as it gains much luminous signals. On the sound front, a built-in microphone lets you enjoy playing back movies with audio on TV or with PC.
The DMC-LZ5 is PictBridge compatible, which lets you print directly on a compatible digital printer. Print size, layout, date, and other settings can be made with the camera. The camera is powered by either two AA alkaline or two rechargeable nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH) batteries. Alkaline batteries let you take about 175 photos and nickel-metal hydride batteries allow up to 390 photos. When you don't have an SD memory card on hand, the camera's built-in memory holds up to 14 megabytes of image data, which you can later upload to an SD card or PC. You can also download images from a memory card or PC to the built-in memory, and view them on the LCD anytime you like.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ5 Digital camera Features
# MEGA Optical Image Stabilizer Helps Eliminate Blurry Pictures
# High Sensitivity Mode1 (up to ISO 1600)
# Widescreen 16:9 Mode for Panoramic Images
# Snap Off Consecutive Shots at 3 Frames per Second
# 6x Optical Zoom in a Compact Body
# Two Convenient Power Sources - Alkaline or Rechargeable Batteries
# Built-In Memory - Shoot Even When You Don't Have an SD Memory Card
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ5 Digital camera Specs
* Camera Effective Pixels: 6.0 Megapixels
* CCD (Image Sensor): 1/2.5" 6.37 Total Megapixel CCD Primary Color Filter
* Optical Zoom: 6x
* Extended Optical Zoom:
o 4:3 Aspect Ratio: 8.3x for 3 Mega, 2 Mega, 1Mega, 0.3 Mega
o 3:2 Aspect Ratio: 8.3x for 2.5 Mega
o 16:9 Aspect Ratio: 8.3x for 2 Mega
* Digital Zoom: 4x
o (Max. 24x combined with Optical Zoom without Extended Optical Zoom)
o (Max. 33x combined with Extended Optical Zoom)
* Focal Length: f=6.1-36.6mm (35mm equivalent: 37-222mm)
* Lumix DC Vario Lens: 8 elements in 7 groups (2 Aspherical Lenses/ 3 Aspherical surfaces)
* Aperture:
o Wide: F2.8/F5.6 (2 steps)
o Tele: F4.5 - F9 (2 steps)
* Optical Image Stabilizer: MEGA O.I.S. (Mode 1 / Mode 2 )
* Focusing Area:
o Normal: Wide 50cm / Tele 120cm - infinity
Macro/Simple/Motion Picture: Wide 5cm / Tele 50cm - infinity
* AF Metering: 1 point/1 point high speed/3 points high speed/5 points/Spot
* Focus:
o Auto Focus System
o Normal/Macro (Dial)
* AF Assist Lamp
* ISO Sensitivity: Auto / 80 / 100 / 200 / 400 (High Sensitivity Mode: Auto/800/1600)
* White Balance:
o Auto/Daylight/Cloudy/ Halogen/White Set
o White Balance Adjustment (except for Auto Set)
* Exposure: Program AE
* Exposure Compensation: 1/3 EV Step, ± 2 EV
* Backlight Compensation: (at simple mode)
* Auto Bracketing (AE): +1/3EV-1EV Step, 3 Frames
* Light Metering: Intelligent Multiple
* Scene Modes:
o Dial: Simple, Normal Picture, Economy, Macro
o SCN1, SCN2: (Portrait, Sports, Food, Scenery, Night Scenery, Night Portrait, Fireworks, Party, Snow, Baby, Soft Skin, Starry Sky, Candle, Soft Skin, Baby1, Baby2, High Sensitivity), Moving Image, Playback
* Shutter Speed:
o 8 - 1/2,000 sec.
o Starry Sky Mode: 15, 30, 60 sec.
* Self Timer: 10 seconds/2 seconds
* Auto Review: 1 sec/3 sec/zoom
* Review: 1x/4x/8x
* Picture Adjustment: Natural, Standard, Vivid
* Color Effect Mode: Cool, Warm, Black & White, Sepia
* Recording Format:
o Still Image: JPEG (design rule for camera file system), DPOF corresponding
o Still Image with Audio: JPEG (design rule for camera file system) + QuickTime
o Motion Images: QuickTime Motion JPEG
* Image Quality: Fine/Standard
* Motion Image (Quick Time? Motion JPEG):
o 4:3 Aspect Ratio:
o 30 or 10 fps (320 x 240 pixels), 640 x 480 pixels (only with SD Memory Card)
* 4:3 Aspect Ratio (Still Image):
o 2816 x 2112
o 2304 x 1728
o 2048 x 1536
o 1600 x 1200
o 1280 x 960
o 640 x 480
* 3:2 Aspect Ratio (Still Image):
o 2816 x 1880
o 2048 x 1360
* 16:9 Aspect Ratio (Still Image):
o 2816 x 1584
o 1920 x 1080
* Motion Image (4:3 Aspect Ratio): 640 x 480, 320 x 240
* Burst Shooting Mode:
o Full-resolution image:
+ Standard Mode: Up to 8 images at 3 or 2 frames/sec.
+ Fine Mode: Up to 6 images
* Unlimited Consecutive Shooting
* Still Image Recording with Audio: 5 seconds
* Audio Dubbing: Maximum of 10 Seconds
* Real-time Histograms
* Composition Guide Lines
* Built-in Memory: 14MB
* Scene Mode Help Screen
* Auto Angle Detection
* Economy Mode: (Dial)
* Built-in Flash Mode:
o Auto, Auto/Red-eye Reduction,
o Slow Sync./Red-eye Reduction
o Forced On/Off
o Wide: 0.5 - 4.2m (ISO Auto)
o Tele: 0.5 - 2.6m (ISO Auto)
o High Sensitivity Mode: 0.8 - 5.7 (Wide), 0.8 - 3.5 (Tele)
* LCD Monitor:
o 2.5" Diagonal Polycrystalline TFT LCD Display (85k pixels)
o Field of view: approx. 100%
* Playback Mode:
o 25, 16 or 9-Thumbnail Display
o Zoomed Playback (16x max)
o Image Rotation
o Slide Show
o Favorite Pictures
o Resizing
o Trimming, Copy, Protection
o DPOF Setting
* OSD Language: English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese (Traditional), German, Italian, French
* Recording Media:
o Built-in Memory
o SD Memory Card
o Multimedia Card
* Microphone
* Interface: DC Input, A/V Output (NTSC/PAL), USB
* Direct Print: PictBridge
* Color: Black
* Power Supply:
o Included: Two Oxyride AA Batteries
o Optional: AA Ni-MH Rechargeable Batteries AA Alkaline Batteries
o AC Adaptor (Input: 110-240V AC)
* Battery Life:
o Up to 235 pictures (CIPA Standard) with included AA Oxyride Batteries
* Software: ArcSoft PhotoImpression, ArcSoft PhotoBase, USB Driver, Lumix Simple Viewer
* Accessories: Two AA Oxyride Batteries, Cables AV & USB, Strap
* Dimensions (H x W x D): 2.84'' x 4.43'' x 3.11''
Your son takes his first step, or your daughter takes her encore bow at her first recital. Luckily, you were ready with your digital camera and caught this historic moment. But wait! The photo you took is blurry. In your excitement, you accidentally shook the camera just as you snapped the shutter. If this has ever happened to you--and you are by no means alone!--then you'll want to take a close look at the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ5 6-megapixel digital camera with 6x image-stabilized optical zoom.
The Lumix DMC-LZ5 was designed specifically to address the universal problem of ""hand-shake""--the culprit of the majority of blurred digital images. At the heart of the Lumix DMC-LZ5 is Panasonic's Mega Optical Image Stabilizing System, or Mega O.I.S. A built-in gyrosensor detects any hand movement and relays a signal to a tiny microcomputer inside the camera, which instantly calculates the compensation needed. A linear motor then shifts the O.I.S. lens as necessary to guide incoming light from the image straight to the CCD. All this happens seamlessly and behind the scenes. All you'll notice will be the camera's outstanding results.
Mega O.I.S. is effective in most shooting situations, such as dimly lit indoor shots, nighttime shots, or macro shots. However, when taking indoor shots of moving subjects, such as children or pets, the movement of the subject tends also to contribute to the blurring. For this, the Lumix DMC-LZ5 features a high sensitivity mode to prevent hazy motion effects, further expanding your range of crisp, clear photo expression.
Another outstanding feature is the Lumix DMC-LZ5's 6x optical zoom. This powerful zoom--the equivalent to a 37mm to 222mm zoom on a 35mm film camera--lets you easily capture and magnify subjects in distant locations, and also produces impressive photos with soft-focused backgrounds. The zoom lens crystallizes Panasonic's optics technology, using two aspherical lenses to achieve compactness and boost optical performance. Together with the camera's 4x digital zoom, you can enjoy up to 24x zoom power--an amazing 888mm zoom equivalent on a 35mm camera.
With the consecutive shooting feature of Lumix DMC-LZ5, nothing will sneak past your photographic gaze. In one second, you can take up to five consecutive images in standard mode, and three images in fine mode with full resolution. In addition, the Unlimited Consecutive Shooting function lets you continue shooting until the memory card or built-in memory is full. All this is made possible by Panasonic's Venus Engine Plus, which reduces power consumption by about 50 percent compared with earlier Venus Engine-equipped models.
A bright 2.5-inch LCD monitor is easy to see when taking photos. The pixel-mixed readout method is used to automatically increase the brightness level of live images according to the level of ambient darkness. This allows bright, easy framing of scenes that would normally be too dark to see. The large LCD also allows the display of images even in tiny thumbnail size. Playback of 9, 16, and 25 images is possible on a multi-split screen in addition to the normal single frame playback. This helps you to search for the image you want out of a number of images stored on your SD memory card.
With the DMC-LZ5 you can also record beautiful full-sized movie at 30 frames per second. The camera's CCD enhances the picture quality not only in the resolution but also in the brightness level of the image as it gains much luminous signals. On the sound front, a built-in microphone lets you enjoy playing back movies with audio on TV or with PC.
The DMC-LZ5 is PictBridge compatible, which lets you print directly on a compatible digital printer. Print size, layout, date, and other settings can be made with the camera. The camera is powered by either two AA alkaline or two rechargeable nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH) batteries. Alkaline batteries let you take about 175 photos and nickel-metal hydride batteries allow up to 390 photos. When you don't have an SD memory card on hand, the camera's built-in memory holds up to 14 megabytes of image data, which you can later upload to an SD card or PC. You can also download images from a memory card or PC to the built-in memory, and view them on the LCD anytime you like.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ5 Digital camera Features
# MEGA Optical Image Stabilizer Helps Eliminate Blurry Pictures
# High Sensitivity Mode1 (up to ISO 1600)
# Widescreen 16:9 Mode for Panoramic Images
# Snap Off Consecutive Shots at 3 Frames per Second
# 6x Optical Zoom in a Compact Body
# Two Convenient Power Sources - Alkaline or Rechargeable Batteries
# Built-In Memory - Shoot Even When You Don't Have an SD Memory Card
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ5 Digital camera Specs
* Camera Effective Pixels: 6.0 Megapixels
* CCD (Image Sensor): 1/2.5" 6.37 Total Megapixel CCD Primary Color Filter
* Optical Zoom: 6x
* Extended Optical Zoom:
o 4:3 Aspect Ratio: 8.3x for 3 Mega, 2 Mega, 1Mega, 0.3 Mega
o 3:2 Aspect Ratio: 8.3x for 2.5 Mega
o 16:9 Aspect Ratio: 8.3x for 2 Mega
* Digital Zoom: 4x
o (Max. 24x combined with Optical Zoom without Extended Optical Zoom)
o (Max. 33x combined with Extended Optical Zoom)
* Focal Length: f=6.1-36.6mm (35mm equivalent: 37-222mm)
* Lumix DC Vario Lens: 8 elements in 7 groups (2 Aspherical Lenses/ 3 Aspherical surfaces)
* Aperture:
o Wide: F2.8/F5.6 (2 steps)
o Tele: F4.5 - F9 (2 steps)
* Optical Image Stabilizer: MEGA O.I.S. (Mode 1 / Mode 2 )
* Focusing Area:
o Normal: Wide 50cm / Tele 120cm - infinity
Macro/Simple/Motion Picture: Wide 5cm / Tele 50cm - infinity
* AF Metering: 1 point/1 point high speed/3 points high speed/5 points/Spot
* Focus:
o Auto Focus System
o Normal/Macro (Dial)
* AF Assist Lamp
* ISO Sensitivity: Auto / 80 / 100 / 200 / 400 (High Sensitivity Mode: Auto/800/1600)
* White Balance:
o Auto/Daylight/Cloudy/ Halogen/White Set
o White Balance Adjustment (except for Auto Set)
* Exposure: Program AE
* Exposure Compensation: 1/3 EV Step, ± 2 EV
* Backlight Compensation: (at simple mode)
* Auto Bracketing (AE): +1/3EV-1EV Step, 3 Frames
* Light Metering: Intelligent Multiple
* Scene Modes:
o Dial: Simple, Normal Picture, Economy, Macro
o SCN1, SCN2: (Portrait, Sports, Food, Scenery, Night Scenery, Night Portrait, Fireworks, Party, Snow, Baby, Soft Skin, Starry Sky, Candle, Soft Skin, Baby1, Baby2, High Sensitivity), Moving Image, Playback
* Shutter Speed:
o 8 - 1/2,000 sec.
o Starry Sky Mode: 15, 30, 60 sec.
* Self Timer: 10 seconds/2 seconds
* Auto Review: 1 sec/3 sec/zoom
* Review: 1x/4x/8x
* Picture Adjustment: Natural, Standard, Vivid
* Color Effect Mode: Cool, Warm, Black & White, Sepia
* Recording Format:
o Still Image: JPEG (design rule for camera file system), DPOF corresponding
o Still Image with Audio: JPEG (design rule for camera file system) + QuickTime
o Motion Images: QuickTime Motion JPEG
* Image Quality: Fine/Standard
* Motion Image (Quick Time? Motion JPEG):
o 4:3 Aspect Ratio:
o 30 or 10 fps (320 x 240 pixels), 640 x 480 pixels (only with SD Memory Card)
* 4:3 Aspect Ratio (Still Image):
o 2816 x 2112
o 2304 x 1728
o 2048 x 1536
o 1600 x 1200
o 1280 x 960
o 640 x 480
* 3:2 Aspect Ratio (Still Image):
o 2816 x 1880
o 2048 x 1360
* 16:9 Aspect Ratio (Still Image):
o 2816 x 1584
o 1920 x 1080
* Motion Image (4:3 Aspect Ratio): 640 x 480, 320 x 240
* Burst Shooting Mode:
o Full-resolution image:
+ Standard Mode: Up to 8 images at 3 or 2 frames/sec.
+ Fine Mode: Up to 6 images
* Unlimited Consecutive Shooting
* Still Image Recording with Audio: 5 seconds
* Audio Dubbing: Maximum of 10 Seconds
* Real-time Histograms
* Composition Guide Lines
* Built-in Memory: 14MB
* Scene Mode Help Screen
* Auto Angle Detection
* Economy Mode: (Dial)
* Built-in Flash Mode:
o Auto, Auto/Red-eye Reduction,
o Slow Sync./Red-eye Reduction
o Forced On/Off
o Wide: 0.5 - 4.2m (ISO Auto)
o Tele: 0.5 - 2.6m (ISO Auto)
o High Sensitivity Mode: 0.8 - 5.7 (Wide), 0.8 - 3.5 (Tele)
* LCD Monitor:
o 2.5" Diagonal Polycrystalline TFT LCD Display (85k pixels)
o Field of view: approx. 100%
* Playback Mode:
o 25, 16 or 9-Thumbnail Display
o Zoomed Playback (16x max)
o Image Rotation
o Slide Show
o Favorite Pictures
o Resizing
o Trimming, Copy, Protection
o DPOF Setting
* OSD Language: English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese (Traditional), German, Italian, French
* Recording Media:
o Built-in Memory
o SD Memory Card
o Multimedia Card
* Microphone
* Interface: DC Input, A/V Output (NTSC/PAL), USB
* Direct Print: PictBridge
* Color: Black
* Power Supply:
o Included: Two Oxyride AA Batteries
o Optional: AA Ni-MH Rechargeable Batteries AA Alkaline Batteries
o AC Adaptor (Input: 110-240V AC)
* Battery Life:
o Up to 235 pictures (CIPA Standard) with included AA Oxyride Batteries
* Software: ArcSoft PhotoImpression, ArcSoft PhotoBase, USB Driver, Lumix Simple Viewer
* Accessories: Two AA Oxyride Batteries, Cables AV & USB, Strap
* Dimensions (H x W x D): 2.84'' x 4.43'' x 3.11''
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ5 Digital camera user reviews
"Excelent camera. take photos everywhere, don't worry with hands shake, the image stabilizer so goog and the fine photos. The only problem is the video format ( .MOV), it take a huge space in memory for a video about 10Mb per minute in the best quality."
--- oscaren rated: 4
""The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ5 Digital camera easy to navigate. It has a great high sensitivity mode that I've used quite a bit for trips to museums. We bought it initially for a trip to Disney World. We took over 1800 pics (a 2 gig chip and another 1 gig chip). The number of throwaway pictures was incredibly small. I was carrying my Canon EOS1n while my girlfriend used the panasonic. There were many times that I asked if I could use the Panasonic for a quick picture instead of my SLR!" "
--- Trackcyclist rated: 5
"Excellent all round. Great value for money and a delight to use."
--- David rated: 5
"The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ5 Digital camera is a 6-Megapixel update to the 5-Megapixel Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ3. It has a larger 2.5-inch LCD screen, movie mode with sound and the same powerful 6x optical stabilized zoom. What is Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ5 ..."
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