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Panasonic Lumix TZ4
Panasonic Lumix TZ4
B-
HQ Grade: B-
A is outstanding and exceptional, rated in the top 10% of digital cameras.
B means they are good, with some standout features.
C means they are mediocre, and probably more trouble than they are worth.
D & F mean they are absolutely awful or old. Avoid at all costs.
  • 4 out of 5
"Took back my Sony junk, got this, love it!"
  • 5 out of 5
"Best digital I've found"
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Sundeep Singh Gill (Sgill101) 0 pts
September 3, 2008 8:31 PM

Required memory cards for movie mode? Max movie length?

What are some good memory cards for use with movie mode with this camera (Panasonic DMC TZ4)? Also, Am I limited to just 2 Gb of movie recording with this camera? Thanks.
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by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58444 pts
September 8, 2008 8:38 PM
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yes, SD compatible only, so 2GB is the ceiling for you. But that isn't a bad thing. allow me to make an pitch for using several cards, rather than one large one. Reason being, insurance. Any memory card can fail or become corrupted. And when you're on vacation the last thing you want is to lose the opportunity to take pictures until you can recover that media card with a software utility. If your card goes bad, swapping another one for it at that moment is of advantage so you can keep taking pics. Then, later when you're in front of your PC, you can use a utility like "F-Recovery" to get back your pictures and recover your card.

No need to lose the moment because you relied on one card one when several can solve that problem. At the very least, you want to get more than one of whatever size you settle on.

One last thing. Cards have different speeds. The faster a card is, the quicker it'll save the photo and cycle to be ready for another shot. In the end, your camera is only going to be as fast as it's slowest link in the chain. So check for speed when you purchase a card.
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