Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3

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Reasons to buy the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3

Longest exposure
Long exposures
60 seconds
Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZR1

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Reasons to buy the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZR1

Size
Really small
Compact 98x55x26 mm
Thickness
Thin
1"
Weight
Light-weight
158 g
Longest exposure
Long exposures
60 seconds

differences

Advantages of the Panasonic DMC-ZR1

Size Significantly smaller 98x55x26 mm vs 103x60x33 mm
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More than 30% smaller
Weight Much lighter 158 g vs 229 g
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More than 30% lighter
Thickness Significantly thinner 1" vs 1.3"
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More than 20% thinner
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Advantages of the Panasonic DMC-ZS3

Zoom More zoom 12x vs 8x
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Around 2.5x more zoom
Screen size Significantly larger screen 3.0" vs 2.7"
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More than 10% larger screen
Screen resolution Higher resolution screen 460k dots vs 230k dots
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2x higher resolution screen
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recommendations

Relative to the best recent travel zooms, and ignoring price

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Uses Travel score Travel
On holiday or vacation
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Fast action, sometimes indoors
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Features Low light image quality Low light image quality
Lack of noise, sharp details
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Autofocus peformance Still image focusing
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Autofocus performance Video focusing
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Manual controls Manual settings
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Performance Image stabilization
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similarities

Compared to recent compacts

Common Strengths Common Weaknesses
Wide angle Good wide angle Help
25 mm
Image stabilization Good image stabilization Help
Lens
Macro focus Good macro capabilities Help
3 cm
Longest exposure Very long exposure times Help
60 seconds
Sensor type Lower-end sensor types Help
CCD
Light sensitivity Poor maximum light sensitivity Help
1,600 ISO
Touch screen No touchscreens Help
More buttons
Movie format Both shoot high resolution HD movies Help
720p @ 30fps

Compared to recent travel zooms

Common Strengths Common Weaknesses

Snapsort is not aware of any interesting strengths shared by these two products.

Continuous shooting Slow continuous shooting Help
2.3 fps
High-speed framerate No high speed movie support Help
Not supported
Zoom Poor zoom Help
DMC-ZR1:8x
DMC-ZS3:12x

competitors

Shared Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS10

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS10

Travel zoom

$195 - $328

Zoom Has significantly more zoom
GPS Has a built-in GPS
Thickness Is thicker
Weight Is significantly heavier
Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7

Travel zoom

$285 - $361

GPS Has a built-in GPS
Thickness Is thicker
Weight Is significantly heavier
Canon Powershot S100

Canon Powershot S100

Pro digicam

$414 - $430

Aperture Has a much wider aperture
GPS Has a built-in GPS
Longest exposure Much shorter exposures
Weight Is slightly heavier
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5

Pro digicam

$320 - $468

Aperture Has a much wider aperture
Light sensitivity Slightly higher maximum light sensitivity
Thickness Is thicker
Weight Is much heavier
Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZR3

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZR3

Travel zoom

$185 - $298

Fastest shutter speed Has a slower max shutter speed
Canon ELPH 300 HS

Canon ELPH 300 HS

Compact

$130 - $233

Aperture Has a slightly wider aperture
Movie format Records higher quality movies
Longest exposure Much shorter exposures
Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS1

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS1

Travel zoom

$129

Thickness Is thicker
Weight Is significantly heavier

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZR1 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Fujifilm Finepix X10

Fujifilm Finepix X10

Pro digicam

$584 - $600

Sensor size Much larger sensor
Aperture Much wider aperture
Size Much larger
Wide angle Worse wide angle
Samsung TL500

Samsung TL500

Pro digicam

Screen flips out Has a flip-out screen
Aperture Much wider aperture
Weight Much heavier
Size Significantly larger
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3

Mirrorless interchangeable-lens

$550 body only

$439 with 14-42mm lens

Sensor size Much larger sensor
True resolution Much higher true resolution
Size Much larger
Image stabilization No image stabilization

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 Competitors

Advantages

Disadvantages

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS8

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS8

Travel zoom

$170 - $271

Zoom Significantly more zoom
Wide angle Better wide angle
Screen resolution Lower resolution screen
Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS5

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS5

Travel zoom

$235 - $298

Size Slightly smaller
Weight Lighter
Screen size Significantly smaller screen
Screen resolution Lower resolution screen
Canon PowerShot SD4000 IS

Canon PowerShot SD4000 IS

Pro digicam

$294

Aperture Much wider aperture
Size Significantly smaller
Zoom Significantly less zoom
Wide angle Worse wide angle
Sony Cybershot DSC-HX9v

Sony Cybershot DSC-HX9v

Travel zoom

$289 - $328

GPS Has a GPS
Zoom Significantly more zoom
Light sensitivity (boost) No boost ISO
Macro focus Worse macro capability

appearance

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