Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 Digital Camera

Took this with me to Himalayas. Bought 2 extra batteries for £5 from USA via ebay.
Chose this as had an FX01 and pleased with that. This is somewhat larger but more features. The 10X zoom is very impressive. Occasional blurry pictures but generally sharp and pleasing. I especially like the fact that 2 scene modes. So set one (sc1) to "scenery" and still scn2 available for manual choice. Move dial to Scn 1 and instant mountain picture. Alternatively just set it to intelligent mode and leave it.
Film mode only used sparingly but very good - just remember to set zoom before starting recording - you cannot zoom when recording.
Dropped it several times and it got very wet at least once. No problems.
Three other people on the trip chose the same model. That is quite remarkable as most had not bought a new camera. We all looked at the choices and made the same choice completely independently as we did not know each other before hand.
On the minus side I can only say the results at night or low light conditions are variable. However taking a bit of care and less haste or choosing an appropriate Scene mode generally produces acceptable results.
Moving subjects and variable distance subjects ae dealt with very well by the intelligent mode.
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