Expert Digital Pictures

The 9.1-megapixel Panasonic DMC-TZ5 packs a 28mm wide-angle, 10x
optical zoom Leica DC lens in a compact design, ideal for the active
photographer who needs a versatile camera. By combining a 28mm
wide-angle lens, which lets you capture a wider-framed shot when
compared to a traditional 35mm camera, with the TZ-Series 10x
optical zoom, you’re empowered to take expanded shots, both wide and
far. Panasonic’s Intelligent Auto technologies are also expanded,
with new Intelligent Exposure and Digital Red-eye Correction.
With the addition of Intelligent Exposure and Digital Red-eye
Correction, Panasonic’s Advanced Intelligent Auto mode consists of
seven intuitive technologies, all which are specifically designed to
help make photo-taking an enjoyable and seamless process unnoticed
by the consumer — helping them to take clear photos. When in
Advanced Intelligent Auto mode, the following technologies all
operate automatically; no settings need to be manually changed.

Also new to the TZ5 is the Venus Engine IV, Panasonic’s new
high-performance image processing LSI. The Venus Engine IV produces
higher-quality pictures than its predecessor, the Venus Engine III,
by using a more advanced signal processing system. The new Venus
Engine IV also improves noise reduction, elevates the detection
accuracy and corrective effects in both Mega O.I.S. and Intelligent
ISO and reduces the shutter release time lag. Both models also
incorporate Intelligent LCD, which detects the lighting condition
and controls the brightness level of the LCD in 11 fine steps, to
offer optimal clarity in any situation, whether dark or light;
indoors or outdoors. With a newly developed 460,000-dot high
resolution in the TZ5’s 3.0-inch LCD, photos can be easily viewed on
the display, regardless of the shooting environment.

The TZ5 is also capable of recording 720p high-definition motion
pictures, and because of its support of SD memory cards, is easily
compatible with Panasonic Viera plasma HDTVs that have an integrated
SD memory card slot, so viewing photos is simple. Also, with the
newly added HD component output capability, users can also connect
the TZ5 to an HDTV and watch a slideshow complete with
mood-appropriate music, choosing from natural, slow, urban and
swing.

Lumix DMC-TZ5A Highlights

Intelligent Exposure With this new feature, photos will no
longer be under- or over-exposed. Instead, the TZ5 instantly
analyzes the framed image and adjusts the brightness in areas that
are too dark because of dim lighting, backlighting or the use of the
flash. The camera will automatically adjust the brightness
accordingly.

Digital Red-eye Correction This feature helps to eliminate
the red-eye problem that sometimes results when taking flash shots
at the night. Incorporated into the built-in flash, the camera emits
a small preliminary flash before the main flash, detects red-eye and
will digitally correct it.

Mega O.I.S. Gyrosensors detect hand-shake and the lens
system shifts to compensate, helping to prevent hand-shake from
creating a blurry image.

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Intelligent ISO With Intelligent ISO, the TZ5 can
determine if the photo subject is moving and change the ISO setting
and shutter speed accordingly, thus giving a blur-free photo.

Intelligent Scene Selector Intelligent Scene Selector
senses the ambient conditions, recognizes the shooting environment
and will automatically select the appropriate scene mode from:
Scenery, Portrait, Macro, Night Portrait or Night Scenery mode. This
intuitive technology, helps you use the most common scene modes that
are built into the camera, but often go unused, without making any
manual adjustments.

Face Detection Panasonic’s Face Detection detects faces
anywhere in the frame and automatically chooses the optimal focus
and exposure settings so portraits come out clear and crisp.
Detecting up to 15 faces, Panasonic’s Face Detection can even track
a face if the subject is moving.

Continuous AF The Continuous AF (auto focus) system
maintains focus on the subject even without pressing a shutter
button halfway, thus minimizing the AF time.

Summary

Now you can fit sweeping landscapes into a single frame with the
28mm wide-angle setting. Pull in subjects from far away to capture
even subtle facial expressions with the dynamic 280mm telephoto
setting. Ideal for traveling, the DMC-TZ5 Lumix 9.1-megapixel
digital camera combines a wide-ranging LEICA DC Vario-Elmar lens
with a handy, compact body. The Extra Optical Zoom function also
extends the zoom to as much as 16.9x, giving you even greater
telephoto power. Set the TZ5 to iA mode and let the five Intelligent
Auto functions team up to help prevent shooting errors. Intelligent
Exposure corrects lighting differences, so images come out just the
way you see them; Intelligent Scene Selector chooses the mode that
best fits the situation; MEGA Optical Image Stabilization helps
prevent blurring from hand-shake; Intelligent ISO Control helps
prevent motion blur; and Face Detection helps produce clear
portraits by optimizing the focus and exposure settings.

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