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Camera Review
Secaucus, NJ—Employing a 24mm ultra-wide-angle 16x optical zoom Leica DC Vario-Elmar lens, the 14.1 megapixel Panasonic Lumix ZS10 offers: Full HD 1080i video recording in AVCHD; a 3.0-inch Smart Touch intelligent LCD with Touch Zoom, Touch Autofocus (AF), Touch Shutter and Touch Playback technologies; a built-in GPS function; 3D photo mode; iA mode with intelligent scene selector; and 10-frames-per-sec shooting in full resolution with mechanical shutter and 5 fps with continuous AF. Even higher speed burst shooting is available if the electronic shutter is used: 60 fps in 3.5MP.
The Lumix ZS10’s built-in GPS system tags the location data where the photo was taken with its latitude and longitude automatically in the Exif data. Plus, it shows the name of the country/region, state/prov./county, county/township, city/town/village and landmark by using internal data to give users details on where the photos or videos were taken. The area information covers 203 countries or regions for global users. Plus, more than 1 million landmarks over 78 countries or regions are in the database. Using the included software PHOTOfunSTUDIO 6.1 HD Lite, photos and videos can be searched by location and names. The ZS10 also provides an internal clock that automatically adjusts to the local time when GPS is enabled—a handy feature for travelers.
The camera incorporates Panasonic’s new 3D photo mode, which produces a realistic 3D photo by taking 20 consecutive photos and overlaying the two best images, resulting in a 3D image that can be viewed on a Panasonic Viera 3D HDTV. The format of the 3D image is compatible with MPO, and can also be played back on other MPO-compatible equipment, such as a televisions, digital photo frame and printers.
The ZS10’s “touch” functions are designed for easy operation. Using the touch screen, once locked on the subject, the ZS10 tracks it with an AF tracking function, even if it moves. And with the intelligent scene selector in the iA mode, the ZS10 automatically switches to the appropriate mode according to the subject touched; for example, a touch on a human face switches to the portrait mode and a touch on the background or a landscape changes to the scenery mode, while a touch on the subject close in the foreground changes to macro mode. All menu settings also are now available with touch control.
Panasonic added the Lumix Image Uploader for instant sharing via Facebook or YouTube. Users can checkmark the photo or video files they want to share, connect it to a PC with the included USB cable or by inserting its SD card directly into the PC’s SD slot, and then the uploading automatically launches.
Panasonic ships the Lumix DMC-ZS10 in March, in a choice if black, red, blue, silver and brown versions. 399.95.
DMC-ZS8. Also added to the ZS series is the ZS8, which features: a 24mm ultra-wide-angle 16x optical zoom Leica DC Vario-Elmar lens; iA mode with Power OIS (optical image stabilization), intelligent ISO control, intelligent scene selector, face recognition and intelligent exposure; intelligent resolution that works with intelligent zoom to extend the zoom capabilities while maintaining image quality; 720p HD video recording in Motion JPEG; a 3.0-inch LCD; manual exposure; and the Lumix Image Uploader. $299.95. panasonic.com
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