Dr Gadget - Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ8K 8MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black)

	List Price: $149.95 Our Price: $99.99 Your Save: $ 49.96 ( 33% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Panasonic
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Batteries Included: 0 Binding: Electronics Brand: Panasonic Color: Black Display Size: 2.5 EAN: 0037988987436 Feature: 8.0-megapixel resolution captures enough detail for photo-quality 16x 22-inch prints Floppy Disk Drive Description: None Has Red Eye Reduction: 1 Is Autographed: 0 Is Memorabilia: 0 Label: Panasonic Manufacturer: Panasonic Maximum Focal Length: 26 Maximum Resolution: 8.1 Minimum Focal Length: 5.2 Model: DMC-LZ8K Optical Zoom: 5 Publisher: Panasonic Release Date: 2008-03-05 Studio: Panasonic
Features 8.0-megapixel resolution captures enough detail for photo-quality 16x 22-inch prints 5x wide-angle optical zoom; Mega Optical Image Stabilized 2.5-inch Intelligent LCD screen; Face Detection Intelligent ISO; Intelligent Scene Selector Captures images to SD memory cards (not included)
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Performance at a bargain Comment: What a great camera at any price and that it was only $99 makes it THE bargain out there, and I looked for a while. The 5x zoom is great and Panasonic has extended zoom which goes up to almost 8x on this camera. On the down side its a bit slow between pictures but that might be because I haven't read the manual yet as there are so many features. Customer Rating: Summary: Panasonic LZ8 Review Comment: This camera is very simple and easy to use. From the time you switch on you are ready to shoot your photos. Image quality is good, but a little hazy. Outdoor photos are really great. Night photos are great also; I did some while driving and got some good images. All in all this is a very good camera for a beginner. Customer Rating: Summary: Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ8K Comment: Excellent little camera. I have a Nikon D80 and D70 I use for the really professional shots, but this little pocket camera is always ready, not cumbersome and shoots some shots that rival the Nikons in quality. Would recommend to anyone wanting a light, always ready, good shooting camera that you can take with you all the time. Customer Rating: Summary: Very disappointed with LZ8 Comment: On paper, this camera sounds great. It looks good, the black body is slick and it feels good to hold. It takes AA batteries and has a 5x zoom. All very nice. But none of that matters because it's terrible. Image quality is poor- too noisy at any ISO. And it's just so slow... really slow to focus, and incredibly slow between shots using the flash. I don't expect miracles, but by the time this thing cycles, your subject has already gone home. Most pics are blurry, grainy, dark, off-color. Maybe one in 5 will be decent. Yes, it is a cheap point and shoot- but other brands at the same price point are worlds better. Oh- and that Leica lens may have meant something in years past, but now it's just a marketing tool. Just read the pro reviews. This camera is not worth your money. Stay away. Customer Rating: Summary: what a great camera! Comment: This is a terrific camera! It is so easy to use and the instructions are very easy to follow. I love it! The only negative comment I have is that the AA batteries wear down very quickly even with the camera turned off. It is best to get rechargable batteries or take them out of the camera when you aren't using it. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: With both a 32mm wide-angle Leica DC Vario-Elmar lens and a 5x zoom, this is one camera that does it all. You can fit more in the photo than you can with a 35mm lens, so you can get more of a sweeping landscape in a single shot. The 5x zoom is great for capturing dramatic shots of small or distant subjects. There's also an Extra Optical Zoom function that boosts zoom power to 8.9x in 3-megapixel resolution mode. Simply set the Lz8 to iA mode and let the camera do the rest. Intelligent Scene Selector chooses the mode that best fits the situation; MEGA Optical Image Stabilization (O.I.S.) helps prevent blurring from hand-shake; Intelligent ISO Control helps prevent motion blur; and Face Detection helps produce clear portraits by optimizing the focus and exposure settings. The brightness and contrast of the large 2.5" diagonal LCD adjust automatically in 10 steps as ambient light conditions change, so images are clear, bright and easy to see day or night, indoors or outdoors. f=5.2-26mm (35mm Equiv. - 32-160mm) Focal Length 2.5 Diagonal Polycrystalline TFT LCD Display (230K dots) Focusing Area Normal - Wide 50cm/ Tele 100cm - infinity, Macro / Intelligent AUTO - Wide 5cm / Tele 100cm - infinity 8 - 1/2,000 sec. Starry Sky Mode - 15, 30, 60sec. Shutter Speed Auto / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 (High Sensitivity Mode - Auto(1600 - 6400) ) ISO 27MB Internal Memory (additional memory recommended to store more photos and video) Built-in Flash, Microphone and Speaker SD/SDHC, MultiMedia Card Slot DC Input, AV Output (NTSC/PAL), USB Connections PictBridge Compatible Approximate Battery Life - 260 Shots (Oxide Batteries) Approximate Unit Weight - 0.33 lbs