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Ok, so I just got this camera. It's a panasonic lumic dmc tz1 with a 10x optical zoom and a 4x digital zoom. What do you guys think? Good camera?
>> elf_man
Stay away from the optical zoom.
>> elf_man
Sorry, I meant the digital zoom.
>> Anonymous
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OP here. Well I'm sitting in my room trying out the different features. Its dark and Im looking around through the viewfinder. I notice that I can see the infrared coming from the sensor bar on my Wii. Looks like this:

Camera-Specific Properties:Equipment MakePanasonicCamera ModelDMC-TZ1Camera SoftwareVer.1.0Focal Length (35mm Equiv)204 mmMaximum Lens Aperturef/2.8Sensing MethodOne-Chip Color AreaImage-Specific Properties:Image OrientationTop, Left-HandHorizontal Resolution72 dpiVertical Resolution72 dpiImage Created2007:05:11 09:24:39RenderingNormalExposure ModeAutoScene Capture TypePortraitGain ControlLow Gain UpSaturationNormalSharpnessNormalExposure Time1/8 secF-Numberf/4.1Exposure ProgramNormal ProgramISO Speed Rating200Exposure Bias0 EVMetering ModeCenter Weighted AverageLight SourceFlashFlashFlash, Auto, Red-Eye ReduceFocal Length30.30 mmColor Space InformationsRGBImage Width2560Image Height1920Image QualityFineWhite BalanceAutoFocus ModeAutoSpot ModeUnknownImage StabilizerMode 2Macro ModeNormalShooting ModeNight PortraitAudioNoFlash Bias0.00 EVColor EffectOffContrastLowNoise ReductionStandard
>> Anonymous
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OP here. Well I'm sitting in my room trying out the different features. Its dark and Im looking around through the viewfinder. I notice that I can see the infrared coming from the sensor bar on my Wii. Looks like this:

Camera-Specific Properties:Equipment MakePanasonicCamera ModelDMC-TZ1Camera SoftwareVer.1.0Focal Length (35mm Equiv)204 mmMaximum Lens Aperturef/2.8Sensing MethodOne-Chip Color AreaImage-Specific Properties:Image OrientationTop, Left-HandHorizontal Resolution72 dpiVertical Resolution72 dpiImage Created2007:05:11 09:24:39RenderingNormalExposure ModeAutoScene Capture TypePortraitGain ControlLow Gain UpSaturationNormalSharpnessNormalExposure Time1/8 secF-Numberf/4.1Exposure ProgramNormal ProgramISO Speed Rating200Exposure Bias0 EVMetering ModeCenter Weighted AverageLight SourceFlashFlashFlash, Auto, Red-Eye ReduceFocal Length30.30 mmColor Space InformationsRGBImage Width2560Image Height1920Image QualityFineWhite BalanceAutoFocus ModeAutoSpot ModeUnknownImage StabilizerMode 2Macro ModeNormalShooting ModeNight PortraitAudioNoFlash Bias0.00 EVColor EffectOffContrastLowNoise ReductionStandard
>> Anonymous
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>>46871
Sorry about the double post. Anyway, then I changed the shutter speed using the starry night setting and spun the camera around. I thought that it produced a cool effect so I thought I would show it off. Plus I thought it was weird that the camera saw the purple in the sensor bar. Guess I dont know anything about photography.

Camera-Specific Properties:Equipment MakePanasonicCamera ModelDMC-TZ1Camera SoftwareVer.1.0Focal Length (35mm Equiv)137 mmMaximum Lens Aperturef/2.8Sensing MethodOne-Chip Color AreaImage-Specific Properties:Image OrientationLeft-Hand, BottomHorizontal Resolution72 dpiVertical Resolution72 dpiImage Created2007:05:11 10:03:59RenderingNormalExposure ModeAutoScene Capture TypeNight SceneGain ControlNoneSaturationNormalSharpnessNormalExposure Time30 secF-Numberf/4.0Exposure ProgramNormal ProgramISO Speed Rating80Exposure Bias0 EVMetering ModePatternLight SourceUnknownFlashNo Flash, CompulsoryFocal Length20.40 mmColor Space InformationsRGBImage Width2560Image Height1920Image QualityFineWhite BalanceAutoFocus ModeAutoSpot ModeUnknownImage StabilizerOffMacro ModeNormalShooting ModeUnknownAudioNoFlash Bias0.00 EVColor EffectOffContrastHighNoise ReductionStandard