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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.

Just as was I trying to find out when the DMC-FZ5 was going to be updated as it is now one year-old, Panasonic announces the DMC-FZ7.

It seems to have nice improvements over the highly recommended FZ5. I can’t wait to read full reviews, though this may take a while. I may have to wait a little before changing cameras, as it will start shipping in March.