Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 Digital Camera : I purchased Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 Digital Camera under the advice of a personal friend who is a camera geek and had purchased the same camera herself earlier this year. She uses Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 Digital Camera when not toting her SLR Digital Olympus around with her huge zoom lens. She always does an in depth research prior to any purchase and I just benefitted from all her hard work. THANK YOU Karen!../and Panasonic for making such a wonderful camera that even a novice like me can get great pictures and videos too. Though there is a newer model brought out by Panasonic this year, I’m glad I purchased Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 Digital Camera. It has a higher zoom but with less MP (10). I believe the “new and upgraded” camera has less zoom thus sacrificing for more MP. Unless you are going to print wall sized photos (most of us don’t)I do not personally see the new model as an “upgrade”. The video is also quite wonderful as I captured an 8 minute humming bird” dogfight complete with zooms and the sound of their wings. Love Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 Digital Camera. The only reason I did not give it a full star rating for ease of use is (as I said before, I am a novice); is I haven’t figured out how to uses all the options in the jammed packed full of features little Point and Shoot Camera! : )
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Advertisement was somewhat misleading.It states that you can record to twin memory which means to me that you have dual slots for SD cards or one sd card and one hard drive etc.
What it really has is one sd slot which can read either standard sd or sd/hc card.
The quality is good but it is still very hard to see the image in bright outdoor conditions since there is no viewfinder, just the lcd screen. It would be worth extra money to have a viewfinder.
Overall it is as good or better thab any of the camcorders that it looked at.

I’ve bought back-up batteries for my digital cameras before only to be disappointed that the battery life quickly faded. I’ve only had these for a couple of months but so for they are lasting as long as the original battery that came with Panasonic DMW-BCG10 Battery. Glad I didn’t go for the cheap knock-offs again.

ts the same batter as the original so whats not to like – other than its very expensive compared to the look a likes which unfortunately cannot work on the new model panasonic lumix

It is a very good camera overall. Good picture quility, reasonably small body, when considering the zoom power of Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 Digital Camera. With a few buttons and clicks, I had Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 Digital Camera set up and ready to go.

Fully charged the battery, visited a friend and took about 20 pictures. On the next day, I took Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 Digital Camera and continuously took picutres. The battery starts flashing red when after taking 210 additional picutres. 35 more picutres later, the battery went to completely dead. In total, I took about 280 picutres with around 40% using flash and rarely used the zoom. This is well short of the advertised. I suppose it is good enough for a day trip; but I better have a way to charge the battery every night.

I mainly use the EVF, but the articulating LCD screen has come in handy for composing shoots at alternative angles. According to the specs using the LCD doesn’t cause much of a battery drain (something like 110 minutes versus 120 minutes full on picture taking or video recording).

Of course Panasonic DMC-GH1 Camera is bigger than a ps in both size and weight (over 2 pounds with the lens). But I’ve carried it all day and didn’t notice the weight. Also Panasonic DMC-GH1 Camera may seem expensive, but if you get a GF1 you’ll need to spend money on an EVF and an additional lens (45-200mm) to have a setup that is comparable in ability … as well as size, weight, and price.

I do recommend Panasonic DMC-GH1 Camera, but you need to decide if it’s right for you.