Portrait photographers should note that ZS100’s lens is a bit dimmer, f/2.8-5.9 at widest aperture as you zoom (versus f/1.8-2.8 for RX100 III).Ĭompare lens and size of Sony DSC-RX100 III with Panasonic ZS100 digital camera. ZS100’s good telephoto remarkably expands your capture of wildlife and distant small subjects, more sharply than pocketable rivals or smartphones ( see heron photo further below). Anywhere from 3x to 10x zoom (70-250mm equivalent), the ZS100 easily beats digital cropping of Sony RX100’s furthest reach of 70mm in versions III & IV. Personally, I’m upgrading to the sharper Sony RX100M6, where I’ll simply crop to extend telephoto beyond 200mm equivalent.Īlthough rival Sony RX100 (of 2015, read my review) is admittedly sharper throughout 3x zoom, Panasonic ZS100 focuses closer at more zoom settings and enormously extends optical telephoto reach. ZS200’s 50% longer zoom reach for wildlife costs a half-stop loss in lens brightness and compromises sharpness. CIPA battery life lengthens to 370 minutes (formerly 300). The ZS200 viewfinder increases magnification by 15% and resolution by 35% (2.3M dots vs 1.7M for ZS100).
In April 2018, Panasonic extended its ZS100 with the new 15x zoom Panasonic Lumix DC-ZS200 (buy at Amazon) (12 oz, 24-360mm equivalent lens f/3.3-6.4). If price is no object, RX100 version VI is now the world’s best pocketable travel camera, and Panasonic ZS100 is second best. UPDATE: As of August 2018, Sony introduced the superior RX100 version VI (RX100M6, Amazon) (24-200mm equivalent 8x zoom with relatively fast f/2.8-4.5 lens), which is pricey but clearly beats the lens sharpness and brightness of Panasonic ZS100.
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In this impressive 2016 feat of miniaturization, daylight image quality from the 20-megapixel ZS100 can rival all of my cameras used over 34 years until 2012 (beating my cameras up to 4 times heavier, up to 11x zoom range, up to 12 megapixels, at base ISO 100). ZS100 is now my favorite camera which can fit a large shirt pocket. One of the faster superzoom cameras we’ve tested, the Panasonic FZ1000 II can fire off 12 frames per second, so you’ll be able to track and capture most sports.In 2016, the most portable 10x zoom on a 1-inch-Type sensor is Panasonic LUMIX ZS100 camera (Amazon) (11 oz, 25-250mm equivalent). The FZ1000 II also has a helpful tilting and side-swiveling, 3-inch rear touchscreen and a large and clear electronic viewfinder. It also can shoot 4K video and has a mic input if you want to add better sound. Add in the fact that it uses a large 1-inch sensor, which helps in low light conditions, and the FZ1000 II will blow most compact cameras – not to mention your smartphone – out of the water. With an excellent Leica-branded 16x optical zoom lens that’s equivalent to a 25-400mm range and effective 5-axis optical image stabilization for keeping your long shots sharp, the Panasonic FZ1000 II might not offer the same astronomical zoom power as some competing models, but quality is significantly better.
The 20MP Panasonic Lumix FZ1000 II ( $797) is one of those “under-the-radar” superzoom cameras that not a lot of people talk about but is quite popular with the picture-taking public.
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