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Review summary: The 7.2 Megapixel Lumix DMC-TZ3 is the latest entry to Panasonic's popular TZ family, and features a 7.2-megapixel CCD imager, 28mm wide view LEICA DC VARIO-ELMAR lens, Intelligent Image Stabilization, with the industry's most advanced countermeasures ...

Verdict: The DMC-TZ3 also includes the Panasonic Venus Engine III, their most advanced image-processing engine to date. The engine helps to improve noise reduction and can record at a sensitivity setting as high as ISO 1250 with full resolution. With its multi ...

Review summary: At this price it's a good choice for people who want to take a versatile digicam along on their travels..

Pros: Compact 7MP ; 10x zoom ; 3-inch LCD ; optical image stabilization

Cons: No manual aperture or shutter adjustments ; slow when using flash

Review summary: The lowdown on Panny's 28-280mm "travel zoom" TZ3...

Pros: Big, bright LCD ; Excellent lens, with genuinely wide mode ; Rich feature set... in places ; Mega OIS works well ; Remarkably low noise

Cons: No manual mode ; Heavy noise-reduction ; Power on switch easy to use by accident ; Price Comparison ; Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3

Verdict: That's really the only downside, aside from one minor niggle. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 has mostly good controls, with most of the functionality removed to the top-mounted thumbwheel and menu system actioned from the rear Nintendo-pad buttons. The ...

Review summary: Weighing in at half a pound with a Leica 28mm wide angle 10x zoom lens, the TZ3 packs a serious punch. But do the images stand up to the beefy stats?

Pros: Great photos in most conditions, SD memory, fantastic lens and zoom

Cons: Battery charger is inconvenient, extremely heavy

Review summary: Panasonic launched the TZ3 in January 2007 as the follow-up camera to the tiny ultra-zoom TZ1. The Lumix TZ3 has since become Panasonic's top-selling camera, according to company representatives. Equipped with a 10x optically stabilized lens, this ...