Pros
- Practically silent zoom-lens motors
- Excellent camera for shooting video
- Very fast autofocus
Cons
- Sometimes has trouble with extreme macro shots
- Images often look underexposed
Bottom Line
The Lumix DMC-ZS5 brushes aside most fancy extras and gets down to brass tacks. Its manual controls and fast-focusing 12X-optical-zoom lens make it a big step up from 2009's Lumix DMC-ZS3.
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