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Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ61

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5 stars
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4 stars
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3 stars
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2 stars
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Consumer ratings:
4.5 / 5
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The Lumix DMC-TZ60 is Panasonic's new flagship travel-zoom compact camera for 2014. The TZ60 (also known as the ZS40) adds a 30x wide-angle zoom lens, lens control ring, RAW file format, focus peaking and an electronic viewfinder to last year's TZ40/ZS30 model. Read our Panasonic DMC-TZ60 review to find out if it's still the best travel-zoom camera...Read more
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Pros

  • solid and well-built
  • make it easy to shoot compelling lifestyle images
  • good features and a decent price

Cons

  • are old out of date models replaced
  • The camera takes the same amount of time again to apply noise reduction
  • camera battery is rather inconveniently charged via the USB port

Key specs

  • High Sensitivity MOS
  • 18.9 Mpx
  • 4896, 3672 px
  • 3.3
  • Continuous Auto Focus, Face detection, Flexible Spot Auto Focus, Single Auto Focus, Tracking Auto Focus
  • 3.0 in

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ61 - Pros & Cons

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ61

Pros

  • solid and well-built
  • make it easy to shoot compelling lifestyle images
  • good features and a decent price
  • Macro performance is very good
  • TZ60 has a respectable battery life of 300 shots
  • Intelligent Auto Mode system works very well
  • The night photograph was excellent

Cons

  • are old out of date models replaced
  • The camera takes the same amount of time again to apply noise reduction
  • camera battery is rather inconveniently charged via the USB port
  • a little simplistic compared to the internet options
  • It takes about 1 second to store an image
  • this 23 second movie is 80Mb in size

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ61 - Technical Overview

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IconScreen size
3 in
Best:
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W710
Screen size: 6.7 in
IconISO maximum
6400
Best:
Pentax KP
ISO maximum: 819200
IconEffective pixels
18.9 Mpx
Best:
Hasselblad H6D-100c
Effective pixels: 100 Mpx
IconMax resolution
4896 x 3672 px
Best:
Leica M11
Max resolution: 9528 x 6328 px

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ61 - Full Specifications

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Sensor
Sensor typeHigh Sensitivity MOS
Effective pixels18.9 Mpx
Max resolution4896 x 3672 px
ProcessorVenus Engine
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Optics and focus
Optical zoom30.0 x
Digital zoom4.0 x
Magnification (Crop factor)2.56 x
Minimum aperture3.3
Maximum aperture3.3
Focal length equiv24 - 720
Focus adjustmentMotorised drive
Autofocus
  • Continuous Auto Focus
  • Face detection
  • Flexible Spot Auto Focus
  • Single Auto Focus
  • Tracking Auto Focus
Auto Focus (AF) assist beamyes
Macro focus range1.18 in
Number of focus points23
Image stabiliser
Optical
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Photography features
Minimum shutter speed30.0 s
Maximum shutter speed (electronic)1/2000 sec
Self-timer delay
  • 10
  • 2sec
Built-in flashyes
Flash modes
  • Fill-in mode
  • Slow synchro
  • Auto mode
  • Flash off
  • Redeye reduction
Scene modes
  • Children
  • Night
  • Night portrait
  • Pet
  • Portrait
  • Sports
  • Sunset
  • Landscape
3D supportyes
Manual settingsyes
Face detectionyes
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Audio features
Built-in microphoneyes
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Dimensions
Weight7.55 oz
Width4.35 in
Height2.53 in
Depth1.35 in
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Power
Power source typeBattery
Battery life (CIPA)300
Battery technology
Lithium-Ion
Battery capacity1250.0 mAh
Battery voltage3.6 V
AC adapter includedyes
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Other features
GPSyes
Energy Star certifiedno
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Image
ISO
  • 100
  • 200
  • 400
  • 800
  • 1600
  • 3200
  • 6400
  • Auto
ISO minimum100
ISO maximum6400
Maximum image resolution4000 x 3000 px
White balance modes
  • Incandescent
  • Cloudy
  • Daylight
  • Shade
Supported image file formats
  • EXIF
  • JPG
  • RAW
Image stabilizeryes
Supported aspect ratios
  • 1:1
  • 3:2
  • 4:3
  • 16:9
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Screen and viewfinder
Screen size3.0 in
Screen technologyLCD
ViewfinderElectronic
Viewfinder screen size0.2 in
Viewfinder resolution200000.0 px
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Videography features
Maximum resolution1920 x 1080 px
Video recordingyes
Recording resolutions
  • 640 x 480
  • 1280 x 720
  • 1920 x 1080
HD typeFull HD
Supported video file formats
  • AVCHD
  • MP4
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1920 x 1080
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Design
Body typeCompact
Colour of product
  • Black
  • Black,Silver
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Storage
Internal storage12.0 mB
Compatible memory cards
  • SD Memory Card
  • SDXC Memory Card
  • SDHC Memory Card
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Connectivity
HDMIyes
HDMI connector typeMicro
USB version2.0
Supported WiFi types
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
PictBridgeyes
NFCyes
Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yes
AV outputyes

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