- 14.1-megapixel effective recording
- 8X optical zoom (10X Intelligent Zoom)
- 10X Intelligent Zoom — Intelligent Resolution technology extends the zoom range without degrading picture quality
- 2-11/16″ LCD screen
- Optical image stabilization
Product Description
Panasonic DMC-ZR3 Digital Camera Features
Thanks to the newly incorporated Intelligent Resolution technology, the Intelligent Zoom is available with the DMC-ZR3 which extends the zoom ratio by approx. 1.3x maintaining the picture quality even combining a digital zoom. This means the 8x optical can virtually extend to 10x equivalent. Furthermore, the Extra Optical Zoom function that extends zoom power to 16.9x by using the center part of the large CCD to bring subjects even closer.
25mm Ultra Wide-angle Lens
The 25mm ultra wide-angle lens* has about twice the shooting area as a standard 35mm lens. This enhances all kinds of shooting situations, like when you’re photographing a group of people at an indoor party or shooting a large structure or sweeping landscape while traveling. * Converted to standard 35mm camera equivalent, at the maximum wide position.
HD Movie in AVCHD Lite
In addition to Motion JPEG images, the DMC-ZR3 can record high-definition motion images in AVCHD Lite. It features almost double the recording time in HD quality compared with the conventional Motion JPEG format.
Powerful 8x Optical Zoom
The DMC-ZR3 also lets you use zooming when taking motion pictures. Its powerful 8x optical zoom is ideal for capturing dynamic video clips of sports action or animals in nature.
High Quality Sound
The DMC-ZR3 features Dolby Digital Creator to record high quality audio, so you can match the beautiful movies with outstanding sound. *Dolby and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
POWER O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabilizer) Shake Detection
Just about everyone has had the experience of taking a photo at night and hoping to capture all the memories and beauty, only to be disappointed at the poor result. The POWER O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabilizer)* nearly doubles the hand-shake correction power of conventional MEGA O.I.S. You get bright photos without blurring even from handheld sho
kevin Bruce @ 7:14 pm
I bought this versatile camera for a trip to Cuba. Great stills. VIDEO is amazing, because full optical zoom can be used while shooting. Video is true high definition and plays on HD Television and windows seven computer. Video taken of dancers in a cabaret and of reflections on water at night were great. The LCD is amazingly sharp. LCD is bright too. Battery life is good. Camera is light and fits in my pocket. Did I mention that I love the ability to optically zoom while taking great high definition video, which is still very rare? All my older video cameras are history. I love it. Oh, it turns on fast, and power switch is a tiny excellent toggle. Clever power saving too. Still photos are great, with good low light ability. So rush and buy it
Jin Won Sung @ 7:16 pm
I got this camera a week ago, and I am pretty pleased with the picture, video testing so far. I also have ZS3, which takes great outdoor shots but poor indoor shots with flash. So I was curious how much indoor flash shot is improved with ZR3. I was happy to see that indoor portrait shots from ZR3 came out much better with more accurate skin colors and the annoying reddish cast from ZS3 seems to be gone with ZR3. Flash is a little improved. Still catching far subject indoor with zoom is challenging as the flash shoots ISO up too high and makes pictures too reddish, grainy. So, like ZS3 I had to adjust exposure settings in normal model (flash off, IS mode 2, auto ISO, min shutter speed 1/8, etc) and rely on my hand-holding skill. But considering that this is small camera, it is understandable.
In outdoors, the ZR3 takes just takes beautiful crisp pictures with iAuto mode and I am very happy with the results. Overall I highly recommend this camera to people looking for simple, automatic one with high zoom, HD video.
Thomas Kulig @ 8:41 pm
The Lumix DMC-ZR3 is a very good camera. I especially like the AI setting which is great for a quick point and shoot pictures of the grand kids. The pictures are easily downloaded to my computer using the supplied USB cable. Overall I’m very pleased with the Lumix ZR3, it takes a great picture and is easy to operate. This a must for my wife, there is no setup or lens adjustments for light or distance. This is my second Lumix camera.
Joseph T. Dietz @ 11:02 pm
So far we love this camera. We have owned it for about 2 weeks but we have taken over 200 pictures on it. It takes good action shots and good low light shots. The pictures are clear and sharp. The camera is easy to use and I like how all the buttons work. The zoom works very well and I love the 10x zoom. The stabilization works well with the zoom all the way out as well. Videos seem to work well too. I was a little apprehensive to buy a Panasonic because I have always had Kodak and assumed Canon and Nikon were better, but I am glad I chose the Panasonic.
keno @ 11:18 pm
I bought this camera to replace a Sony W230 that I was unhappy with. This camera is the same size as the Sony, but has so much more!
The 8x zoom is great, especially nice that you can use it in movie mode.
The video recording is quite good, in all different modes. I took some really good 4th of July fireworks movies in standard VGA and also in HD. The HDMI output works great with a $3 cable from Amazon.
I use this camera as a companion to a Canon DSLR, not as my full time camera. However, it works so well that lately I’ve been using it, just because I like it. The response times are very fast, including startup and focusing.
The image quality is great so far. The only noisy photos I had were in a very dark room with the flash turned off, or in a dark room where the flash was not strong enough to light the far away subjects.
The camera is easy to operate, easy to use, and it fits in your pocket! Overall I love this camera and highly recommend it.