The Lumix ZS100 (TZ100) Compact Camera. Better Than I Expected.

I found a refurbished Lumix ZS100 at a good price on eBay. I sold my Canon G16 when I bought my iPhone 12 Pro Max, but then found that I missed having a small camera for when I don't want to take my full kit. I was a bit skeptical of the long zoom, but it turns out it's better than I expected.

Part of the video was filmed with the ZS100, but I also recorded the audio with the voice memo app on my phone and dubbed it in post just to see if that was an improvement. I think it is, but I need to keep the phone still, so sorry for any audio issues.

Also, the camera is slippery as others have noted, but I found Dragon Grips online and they solve the issue. I don't mention it in the video, but I switch a Peak Designs wrist strap for the thin one supplied with the camera.

A big thank you to our friend Peggy for modeling for the skin tone section.

0:00 Introduction
1:52 Image quality concerns
2:38 It’s a slow lens
3:00 Intelligent ISO
3:41 Skin tones
4:10 No internal microphone
5:25 Recording the audio using my phone’s voice memo feature
6:24 The lens has coma at the edges and corners at 25mm f2.8
7:44 Stopping down the lens at 25mm mitigate coma
8:01 Menu is similar to other Lumix cameras
8:44 Compared to a top end phone
9:26 A great travel camera
10:59 It’s a slippery camera
11:08 Dragon Grips fix the slippery issue
11:38 Wrap up
12:59 Image example slideshow

Is there a small camera you really like? Let me know in the comments.

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