03rd Jun 2009
New camera - 12x optical zoom Panasonic ZS3
My dad bought me this Panasonic ZS3 digital camera from Hong Kong, that I’ve been wanting for quite a while. It’s going to be a replacement to my beloved Canon SD1000, and it’s going to mainly serve as my video recording device for use when I travel. It’s got a sweet 12X optical zoom, plus HD (720p) video recording capability. However the most impressive feature to me is the camera’s ability to let you zoom in/out optically while you’re recording video - there are very few, if at all, compact cameras in the world that are able to do that. My dad bought me a spare battery, a Sandisk 16GB SD card, and a pouch as well 
I played around with the camera for a bit, it seems to be quite easy to use, in fact “too easy”, as it lacks manual controls. I think it’s alright since it’s just going to a camera for casual use, when I get serious I still have my Olympus E-3 DSLR. I’m going to bring it with me now whereever I go
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