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BluEBirD (BluEBirD) 0 pts

January 31, 2007 10:14 AM

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Panasonic LZ3 or Canon A530?

I heard that the Canon image quality is better than that of panasonic

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Rich Watson (Richio) 5683 pts

February 3, 2007 6:47 AM

Hi Bluebird, I used to have a farm named Bluebird Farm.
Anyway, the Panasonic has some nice features for the money, particularly the IS (image stabilization). And the 6x optical zoom is great too, and the 2 inch LCD beats out the 1.8 incher on the Canon.
Drawbacks are plenty, though on the LZ3: The 'noise' of the photos can be excessive, there is no optical viewfinder, it weighs 8 oz., and THE MOVIE MODE HAS NO SOUND. Also if you want creative control, the manual mode on the LZ3 is poor. The Canon gives you full manual control, (if that's what you like) over the shutter speed, the f-stop, the ISO, the manual focus, the flash intensity, etc. The A530 weighs only 5.9 oz.
I would go with the A530, or even the A540 (just a bit more moolah).

Rich

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Ahmed Abou-Zeid (azeid) 195 pts

February 8, 2007 1:33 PM

You are asking about two very simmiller camera's

But you are right the Canon is a little higher that the Panasonic LZ3 because it has a lot maore features, but also the Panasonic have a better Optical zoom and have an image stablizer and a bigger LCD.

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Raymond G. Bateman (rgb15709) 5 pts

March 26, 2007 3:18 PM

My wife has a Canon 530, and I just bought the DMC-LZ3 because of the
6X zoom. But I've already found that in bright outdoor light the view-
finder (as on the Canon) would be helpful. The LCD screen is useless.
If you are going to use the disposable batteries, read PC World's review
about the Panasonic Oxyride batteries that come with the LZ3. It will be
helpful. The Oxyride is not available in the US until this summer, except
by mail order. Google "Gigaweb" for the best price. I like both cameras.

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