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Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ5 digital camera

The DMC-LZ6 with 2816 megapixels (2112 × 6), 4 × optical and 5 × digital zoom is the successor to the previous Panasonic camera, the LZ2.

The mid-range dual pencil battery has 14 MB of internal memory, which can of course be further expanded with an SD card. Its display is a polycrystalline TFT with a resolution of 2,5 thousand pixels and a 85-inch optical image stabilizer. The ultra-fast focusing device has no manual adjustment options, so it is primarily recommended for those who prefer to leave the decision to the camera.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ5 digital camera

You can choose from four modes on the main dial: Auto, Economy, Simple, Scene. In Auto mode, the machine gives you the most freedom, allowing you to freely adjust white balance, image quality, ISO sensitivity, aspect ratio, and a host of other options. These adjustments can also be made in Economy mode, the difference between the two being that the camera consumes less power due to the darker LCD. Simple mode strives for simplicity, where only the battery type (alkaline or oxyride) and the desired image size can be specified. Scene mode offers appropriate exposure values ​​and other settings (for example, portrait, landscape, sports, night shooting) for fourteen common situations.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ5 digital camera

The LZ5 plastic-covered vase, which also has a menu system in Hungarian, is not very nice, its handle has been given metal reinforcement, which makes it look like a solid, durable, yet light (100 × 62 × 45 mm, 183 grams) structure, which is also suitable for video recording. , max. At 640 × 480 resolution with a characteristic of 30 frames per second. The duration of video recording without optical zoom (37-222 mm) but using image stabilization is limited only by the size of the memory.

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