Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS10 14.1 MP Digital Camera with 16x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and Built-In GPS Function (Black) Review

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(More customer reviews)Please note that I ordered this camera through a different distributor, and returned it a day later due to poor image quality. I am posting here because of the excellent reviews that I gave the ZS3 and then the ZS7 that I purchased through Amazon. I do not change those reviews, and either is a 5-star camera. The ZS10 IS NOT.
I just wanted to alert buyers that the ZS10's image quality drops significantly from the ZS7 (which dropped from the ZS3 before it). I can no longer recommend this camera as the best compact on the market.
My number one priority in a camera is image quality, secondary to versatility. I love the zoom on these cameras. but not at the expense of IQ.
The ZS10 Image Quality is average at best. There is noticable noise at anything above 300. Night shots (which look great with the ZS3 for example) here are washed out and very noisy. The new "night shot" auto setting is equally poor. There is noticable corner fringing, and vignetting from 24 - 28mm.
More importantly, the ZS10 has poor contrast -- with both older model ZS3 and ZS7, you can at least get enough contrast between sky/buildings (for example) that you can still get cloud detail in the final shot. Here that is not so -- the camera is unable to do anything but wash out your sky and give you large swaths of white which are not savable in post-processing. I've tried all the in-camera tweeks for this, and it's just a no-go.
I do not recommend this as a solo travel camera if you are looking for high quality images, especially for landscapes or street photography. It's great for people photos, etc -- but ironically, you can do that with ANY snapshot camera. The ZS10 image quality spoils this as an upgrade. Stick with either the ZS7, or the older ZS3. See my reviews for those cameras for more in-depth information.

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