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Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ5 review: Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ5

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ5

Shams Tarek
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Shams Tarek

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ3

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ5 has the typical array of controls.

Shooting speed in seconds (Shorter bars indicate better performance)
Olympus FE-120
2.6
4.9
1.3
Nikon Coolpix S4
2.8
2.5
0.8
Sanyo Xacti VPC-E6
2.3
2.0
0.7

Typical continuous-shooting speed in frames per second (Longer bars indicate better performance)

vignetting,chromatic aberration,

Note the combination of image noise and compression artifacts, even at the lowest setting of ISO 80, resulting in the yellow splotches in the book.
6.6

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ5

Score Breakdown

Design 7Features 7Performance 6Image quality 6