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Battery life with GPS on is O.K. | Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3.0-Inch LCD (Blue)

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	• Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3.0-Inch LCD (Blue) Panasonic Panasonic average customer review:based on 97 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

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I've had the TZ3, TZ5, ZS3 and now the ZS7. The first two were only ok - video mode not good, but the ZS3 and ZS7 have fixed the video mode and just keep adding features. The GPS on the ZS7 works surprisingly well. Battery life is ok, and I bought a couple of Power2000 batteries that last quite a bit longer than the stock ones. I had bought some Hong Kong ones off eBay for the ZS3 which don't work on the ZS7 - that is a drag.

I wish they had not moved to 12mp but am thankful they didn't go even higher like some of the competition. Image quality is just about as good as the ZS3 though so I can live with the larger files.

I love the PASM modes - finally I have control of my photos! I still have to do a video experiment to see how long the new batteries last. The old ones lasted just enough to fill an 8GB card, about 70 minutes. Now I have a 16GB card and based on my experience so far with video I am guessing I can go longer than 70 minutes. I use the camera quite a bit for both stills and video.

Great piece of work even though it isn't perfect - no camera is.

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7

WOW! This camera's a computer! I bought it for a friend and he's in "toy heaven" with all the components. The picture quality at 12.1 MP is outstanding and well worth the fabulous price on Amazon. It's a little heavy for my purse use but fit conveniently in his pocket. What a deal on Amazon!

Battery life with GPS on is O.K.

I cannot add to any of the good reviews other than to say I left the GPS on to see the effect on battery power. Left it for about 3 weeks taking the odd photograph before the battery conked out, so I reckon the GPS doesn't affect battery life significantly.

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Excellent P&S

Pros:
Sharp lens
Wide close, long zoom
Very capable anti-shake system
It does have iris for aperture
Metal body, excellent build quality
Fast auto focus, good metering
It creates beautiful colorful jpegs on iAuto
Manual modes for whoever wants to use
High resolution display
GPS
The flash is good for P&S
720p video in AVCHD is pretty good, on par with camcorders, which are more expensive then this camera itself
...and many more

Cons:
proprietary battery
video has streaks /white lines/ upon bright light sources, because of the CCD sensor
microphone is not on par with camcorders, it picks up ambient noise, but it is fine for narrating a video
nothing else major...

This is a compact super zoom close to perfection. Considering that I paid at Amazon on sale less then for a moderate camera, the ZS7 is just perfect. It does have good iAuto, it creates beautiful pictures with excellent sharpness and colors. It has wide lens and anti-shake works just perfect even in video mode. Being a perfect camera, it happens to be excellent camcorder too, surpassing any standard definition camcorder, and on par with entry level HD camcorders. AVCHD is handy, you can burn AVCHD disks and play on SONY or Panasonic TVs and BD players straight. I can recommend a software called multiAVCHD for authoring, it is free. Or you can play just straight from a hard drive through a video streamer to HDTV, if you don't like burning optical media. I found a good camera bag to fit - CaseLogic DCB-26. It does fit perfectly and it has soft inner line.

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25mm Ultra Wide-angle Powerful 12x Optical Zoom LEICA DC Lens Featuring Intelligent Resolution Technology and Built-in GPS Ultra Compact 25mm Lens and 16X Intelligent Zoom - Easily bring your images closer without losing picture quality in an ultra compact camera AVCHD Lite HD Movie Recording - Record HD quality movies Travel Mode with GPS - Access your images easier by automatically recording location and time of each photo 25mm Ultra Wide-angle Lens
The DMC-ZS7 features a 25mm ultra wide-angle* 12x optical zoom f/3.3-4.9 LEICA DC VARIO-ELMAR lens (35mm camera equivalent: 25-300mm). Incorporating Panasonic's advanced optical technologies, this lens system is comprised of 10 elements in 8 groups, with 2 ED (Extra Low Dispersion) lenses and 2 aspherical lenses / 3 aspherical surfaces while preserving compactness. This lens system enables a remarkable 25 to 300mm range of focal length in this compact body. The powerful zoom of the DMC-ZS7 can be freely controlled even when shooting motion images. Inheriting the fine rendering and outstanding quality of the LEICA ELMAR lens, this easy-to-carry camera delivers beautiful images any time, any place.
* Converted to standard 35mm camera equivalent, at the maximum wide position. The 25mm ultra wide-angle lens* has about twice the shooting area as a standard 35mm lens. This enhances all kinds of shooting situations, like when you're photographing a group of people at an indoor party or shooting a large structure or sweeping landscape while traveling.
* Converted to standard 35mm camera equivalent, at the maximum wide position.

16x Intelligent Zoom / 23.4x Extra Optical Zoom
Thanks to the newly incorporated Intelligent Resolution technology, the Intelligent Zoom is available with the DMC-ZS7 which extends the zoom ratio by approx. 1.3x maintaining the picture quality even combining a digital zoom. Th

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