http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/ Engadget Comments for Panasonic churns out DMC-FX66, DMC-TS2, DMC-ZS5, DMC-ZS7 and DMC-ZR3 Lumix compacts http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/
That's what turned me off it's older sibling when I was looking for a rugged camera.]]>Jan 26th 2010 5:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/Jan 26th 2010 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/Jan 26th 2010 5:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/Jan 26th 2010 6:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/
Yes, seriously. Especially in the photo galleries, it's very often hard to tell specifically what I'm supposed to be looking at.]]>Jan 26th 2010 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/Jan 26th 2010 6:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/Jan 26th 2010 6:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/
Buy a camera based on your needs, not who may or may not have the best line-up, as honestly, there is no such thing. Many camera manufacturers make great cameras.

Just don't buy GE's brand, or kodak. Mostly everyone else is pretty solid in some way or another, and most have at least one camera that suits one's needs.]]>Jan 26th 2010 7:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/TZ 10 & 8: F3.3 - 4.9
FT2 & ZX3: F3.3 - 5.9
FX66: F2.8 - 5.9

None of these are groundbreaking, and are all in fact, very ordinary.]]>Jan 26th 2010 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/Jan 26th 2010 8:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/Although (very very) rare, you can get fixed apertures on compacts. And man, those cameras that have fixed lenses are amazing!
I wish manufactures would focus more R&D on this type of thing instead of, as the article says "making photos look more real"

Sigh.]]>Jan 26th 2010 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/Jan 26th 2010 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/
If it doesn't do AVCHD Lite, how does it record 720p video? Motion JPEG?

Having said that, the ZS7 (TZ10) sounds pretty good. I like the idea of built in GPS (keep forgetting to switch on my GPS logger!). I'm too metric to know what 7 point something ounces are; but with that big lens on it, it may be a bit bulky for my needs.]]>Jan 26th 2010 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/
My sister owns the previous, 720p model to one of these, and it is indeed Motion JPEG.]]>Jan 26th 2010 7:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/Jan 26th 2010 8:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/Jan 26th 2010 7:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/Jan 26th 2010 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonicdmclx3/]]>Jan 26th 2010 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/Jan 26th 2010 10:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/Jan 26th 2010 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/Jan 26th 2010 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/Jan 26th 2010 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/Low light is awesome on the Sony Exmor R sensors which they have the TX1 and WX1 already out and more coming. I have a camcorder with this sensor and it rocks, I will only buy cameras with this technology (brand agnostic), until something better comes along.]]>Jan 26th 2010 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/
Overall, it looks like Sony came out on top in 2010 model cycle.]]>Jan 26th 2010 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/Jan 26th 2010 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/287749/module/general/compare/products/displayResult.html?p=DMC-TZ8&p=DMC-TZ10

The TZ8 appears to have more internal memory than the TZ10, but also a fractionally longer shutter interval. Also the mic on the TZ8 only records mono, whilst the 10 does Dolby Stereo. There are other differences, read and see.]]>Jan 26th 2010 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/Jan 26th 2010 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/Jan 26th 2010 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/Jan 27th 2010 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/panasonic-churns-out-dmc-fx66-dmc-ts2-dmc-zs5-dmc-zs7-and-dmc/Feb 1st 2010 11:06PM