Panasonic DMC TZ7 Features

Panasonic DMC TZ7 The Panasonic Lumix DMC TZ7 is a 10 megapixel camera with an ultra wide angle 12x optical zoom lens. The lens has a focal length equivalent to 25 - 300m in 35mm format. If you reduce the amount of megapixels you are using more zoom becomes available. There is a maximum 21.4x zoom available when shooting at under 3 megapixels. 4x digital zoom is available too.

Basics

Image stabilisation
Self timer 2 or 10 seconds
Sensor size: 1/2.33 inches
Macro focusing: 3cm
Digital Red Eye Correction
Special resolution for widescreen television playback
Special resolution for 6 x 4 inch prints
Face Detection focusing
Colour Effect Mode: Natural, Vivid, Black & White, Sepia, Cool, Warm
Voice Memos: 10 seconds
Still Image with Audio Recording: 5 seconds
Scene Mode Help Screen

LCD

The LCD monitor is 3 inches in size. The screen is made up of around 460,000 dots.

Flash

The flash modes are: Auto, Auto/Red-eye Reduction, Slow Sync./Red-eye Reduction, On and Off.

The maximum flash range is 5.3m. This falls to 3.6m when the zoom lens is fully extended.

Scene Modes

The Lumix DMC TZ7 offers an intelligent scene selector (Portrait, Scenery, Night Portrait, Night Scenery, Macro). There are also a number of preset scene modes. These are: Portrait, Soft Skin, Transform, Self-Portrait, Scenery, Panorama Assist, Sports, Night Portrait,, Night Scenery, Food, Party, Candle Light, Baby1, Baby2, Pet, Sunset, High sensitivity,, Hi-Speed Burst (Image Priority, Speed Priority), Flash Burst, Starry Sky, Fireworks, Beach, Snow,, Aerial photo, Pinhole, Film Grain and Underwater.

Movies

You can shoot High Definition movies with a widescreen resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. The top recording speed is 30 frames per second. The Lumix DMC TZ7 records movies in stereo sound and zoom can be applied during shooting.

Just as for still photos the Lumix DMC TZ7 also has some intelligent scene selector settings for movies. These are Portrait, Scenery, Low Light and Macro.

There is also a number built in movie scene modes: Portrait, Soft Skin, Transform, Self-Portrait, Scenery, Low Light,, Food, Party, Candle Light, Sunset, Beach, Snow, Aerial, Pinhole, Film Grain, Underwater and High Sensitivity.

Advanced Features

Among the more advanced features are:

Exposure Compensation: 1/3 EV step, +/-2 EV
Backlight Compensation
Auto Bracketing: +/- 1/3 EV ~1EV step, 3 frames
White Balance Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Shade, Halogen, White Set, White Balance Adjustment (±10steps, except for auto set)
Light Metering: Multi Point, Center Weighted, Spot
ISO Sensitivity Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 High Sensitivity (ISO 1600-6400)
Aperture Size: F3.3 - 6.3 (Wide) - F4.9 - 6.3 (Tele)
Shutter Speed 8 seconds to 1/2000 seconds Starry Sky Mode : 15, 30, 60sec.
Unlimited Consecutive Shooting: 1.8 frames/sec
Continuous Shooting: Full-Resolution Image, 2.3 frames/sec Max. 5 images (Standard mode), Max 3 images (Fine Mode), High-speed Burst Mode: approx. 6.0 frames/sec (image priority) approx. 10 frames/sec (speed priority) (recorded in 3M for 4:3, 2.5M for 3:2, 2M for 16:9)