Panasonic DMC-TZ5

Pros: Excellent photo quality, 10x optical zoom, 28m wide angle, easy to use.

Cons: None, unless one is expecting professional quality movie video out of a digital photo camera.

The Bottom Line: Highly recommend this camera because of its fail-proof IA mode and the excellent photo quality.

Review: To view some photos I took with the Lumix TZ5 click on this link, and make sure you view in full screen:: http://www.photoworks.com/phot o-sharing/shareSignin.jsp?shar eCode=ACF7F02C5F5&cp=ems_shr_a lb_pml&cb=PW To view a video of "Frisky" the dog ta...

Pros:

10x optical zoom and large screen

Cons:

Awkward button placement, unintuitive menus, Quicktime movies, auto-rotate??

The Bottom Line: The DMC-TZ5 camera "seems" ok at first glance, but the design and software issues associated with with the camera make the experience overwhelmingly negative in the long run.

Review: We received this camera as a gift, and it seemed a wonderful replacement to our poor, broken Photosmart camera. Unfortunately, the problems with this camera aren't immeadiately apparent. The problems are deep seated form-factor and software issues that ...