One of the trickiest decisions to make these days with the ever growing changes in technology, can be what digital camera to buy.

Do you want the functionality of a SLR but find them too bulky for portable day to day uses?

How about buying a cheap digital camera and discovering that the quality isn’t as good as you expected.

Does the video recording quality of a camera also affect your decision?

Finding a digital camera with good video quality is almost as important as picture quality itself as it saves carrying both your camera and a video camera to capture those special moments. Having a 2-in-1 not only saves money, but also space.

A perfect camera to use, would be on that is compact in size with the qualities of a SLR and the ablity to record HD videos, as well as several scene options for our photographs.

Could it be that there is such thing out in the market? We believe there is!

One of our favourite digital cameras is the Panasonic Lumix TZ7.

The main thing that drew my attention to the Panasonic TZ series were their zoom capabilities. Being an avid concert go-er, it’s important that the zoom maintains quality and gives me a view that looks as though I have been at the front. With a 12x optical zoom, the Lumix TZ7 series seemed perfect! Not to mention if you are somewhere that has a distance restriction. With a 12x optical zoom, you’re able to take a photograph from a distance whilst maintaining the quality as though you were really next to it.

The Lumix TZ7 specification is 10.1 mega pixels, 12x optical zoom, intelligent auto with face recognition, HD movie recording and comes in a choice of four colours and a 3″ LCD screen.

The Lumix TZ7 also has several scene options as well as Auto Intelligence, which is great for just pointing and shooting.

For the amature photographer this is a great starting camera before you invest in the most expensive models available.

We popped ourselves along to a recent Kelly Clarkson gig when she was in town, using our panasonic Lumix Lumix TZ7. Below are a couple of examples of the photograph and video quality this camera is capable of. I think you’ll agree that it is possibly one of the best compact digital cameras on the market today.

Another amazing thing about this camera is its battery life. A full charge of the official battery (Model No. DMW-BGC10E) will last you a day (depending on what you’re doing) but from experience, I have found it to last over 24hours when taking both photographs and HD video.

“Super Zoom Camera Lumix TZ7 – 12x Optical Zoom 25mm Wide-angle LEICA DC Lens with HD Movie Recording in AVCHD Lite and iA (Intelligent Auto) Mode”

- Panasonic.co.uk

More in depth details about the Panasonic Lumix TZ7 from the official Panasonic site

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This blog is only FixUrPics.co.uk opinion. It has no reflection on Panasonic products and is not affliated with Panasonic in either way.