“The Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 is a surprisingly compact digital camera considering it has an impressive 10x optical zoom on board. The digital camera is very easy to handle, and offers a user-friendly menu through which you can swiftly and effortlessly navigate. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 offers a 5 Megapixel resolution, which is enough to give you a clean and sharp looking photo. Of course the Mega O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabilizer) is a very welcome feature and gives you the perfect tool to handle the 10x optical zoom. In practice the Mega O.I.S. is just the thing! By this I mean that once you’ve used it you will simply never want to go back to a camera without an image stabilizer. It enables you to snap a faraway subject in a snap with sharp end results; there will be no more blurry pictures! I am pretty sure that Panasonic is one of those brands we should definitely keep an eye on this year…”

Promising words from Dennis Hissink at LetsGoDigital in his Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 Preview.

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 is a long zoom digital camera with 5MP resolution, a 2.5-in. high resolution (207K pixels) LCD monitor (no viewfinder) and easy-to-use Scene Modes.

It features 10x optical zoom on a Leica lens with the image stabilization that has made Panasonic digital camera famous. The lens focuses as close as 5 cm (2 in.) in macro mode. Shutter speed ranges from 8 - 1/2000 sec. and, using Starry Sky mode, you can go down to 15, 30, or 60 sec.