Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS10 14.1 MP Digital Camera with 16x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and Built-In GPS Function (Black)

After playing with ZS-7 for a year, I started considering upgrading to ZS-10. There are conflicting comments about the image quality of ZS-10, but I took a gamble. I sold my ZS-7 and bought ZS-10.First of all, I like the touch pad feature. Have not tried the 3D feature because I don't have a 3D TV. Panorama assist is better than no panorama. I used free software to stitch photos together, sometimes with special effects provided by the software and I would say the result is better than straight panorama photo. Extra zoom is always welcome.Regarding image quality, I compared two photos of an oil painting taken with ZS-7 and ZS-10 with same lighting and at the same distance using iA mode. Color of ZS-10 is a little softer but barely noticable. ZS-10 photo is smoother than ZS-7. The edge is ZS-10 photo may not be as sharp as ZS-7. I noticed on ZS-7 photo when I zoomed in there were patterns that I would describe as similar to random small dents on cardboard. I examined the painting and found no such patterns. However, there are regular tiny cloth like patterns you expect from canvas but neither camera captured that.I compared another photos of seaport taken from my building in broad daylight, both wide angle and maximum optical zoom. ZS-10 zooms out a bit more and zooms in a lot more than ZS-7 as expected. Color on both photos are equally good.So I would say these two cameras are both good depending on what you want from them. It is just my two cents.In my last comment, I said image quality of ZS-10 was not as good as ZS-7 based on the zoom in comparison. Now I realized you also have to look at the object itself before making a truly objective conclusion.

The camera has great features, such as the AI photograph. It dramatically improves the quality of the photographs of common point-and-shot photographers (such as me and my family). Zoom quality is ok (with some granularity, depending on lighting conditions of course). GPS is ok, but it takes a bit longer than usual to find itself. Aditionally, with panasonic software it lost most of GPS references. I don't have other GPS camera to compare, but it seems a little worthless if it takes too long to update the GPS position. I took some photos in a place and then, I got indoor in other place it stills keep the old GPS position. I expected at least that in photos it showed position unknown.I had one previous model of Panasonic (I don't remember the specific model) but this one is thinner and lighter. The HD video quality, in my opinion, is very good comparing to other models (even camcorders) I tested. A great feature is the video button, which allows you to gather videos in any photo scenarios. It also allows Zooming during capture, what is obvious but the feature was not present in the previous model.At first sight the battery seemed insufficient. I bought another battery pack, just in case. Thus, if you use too many video and the GPS it will naturally drain more battery.Anyway, it is a great camera and if you like Lumix you might like this one.

I was in charge of doing the shopping for the group present from the whole family for my brother's birthday. I ended up picking this camera as he was looking for a small camera with a good zoom that is easy to carry around in his pocket and be able to take good quality pictures. He has a brand new Canon DSLR, but that is not always functional to use for day to day pictures. I gave it to him a week or so ago and we played around with it taking lots of pictures. Overall we were both very pleased at the quality of the pictures. The zoom is great for a small camera, and the camera is small enough it easily stores in a pocket for taking pictures on the go. When we opened it up we found out that it takes 3d pictures (I didn't know about the feature when I bought it). It basically takes a lot of pictures in a row while you move the camera, then stitches them together to make a virtual 3d image. We did not have a 3d tv around to test the images, as I am the only one in the family with a 3d tv and we were not at my house, so I cannot comment on the quality of the 3d and how much of an effect it really gives the pictures. As this is not something I even knew the camera had, it is more of a bonus and may or may not be used. The reason I decided on this model over lower models was for the better quality touch screen on the back. Overall, I am very pleased, but even more important than that, my brother is very pleased and he is looking forward to getting a lot of use on it on his upcoming vacation.