Feb 14 2006
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1: best of both worlds?
A couple of weeks after having announced the DMC-FZ7, Panasonic announces today the DMC-TZ1.
Before, I had roughly classified my options into two categories: small camera which fits in my pocket versus big camera with lots of manual settings and a nice zoom.
This one combines both: small size, and 10x optical zoom. It is not clear if it has a lot of manual settings though; for example, it doesn’t seem to be featuring manual focus.
The DMC-FZ7 is the next generation for the DMC-FZ5 which had great reviews, so I’m reasonably confident it will have good reviews. It seems that the open question here is: how will the DMC-TZ1 rate?
They’ll both be shipping in March so it looks like I have a few more weeks to wait before taking a decision.
