Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS5K 12.1 Megapixel Digital Camera with 12x Optical Zoom, 2.7 inch LCD, HD Movie, Manual Controls, Black

The Panasonic DMC-ZS5 features a 25mm ultra wide-angle 12x optical zoom f/3.3-4.9 LEICA DC VARIO-ELMAR lens (35mm camera equivalent: 25-300mm). Incorporating Panasonic's advanced optical technologies, this lens system is comprised of 10 elements in 8 groups, with 2 ED (Extra Low Dispersion) lenses and 2 aspherical lenses / 3 aspherical surfaces while preserving compactness. This lens system enables a remarkable 25 to 300mm range of focal length in this compact body.

The powerful zoom of the DMC-ZS5 can be freely controlled even when shooting motion images. Inheriting the fine rendering and outstanding quality of the LEICA ELMAR lens, this easy-to-carry camera delivers beautiful images any time, any place. The DMC-ZS5 features a powerful 12x optical zoom lens (35mm camera equivalent: 25-300mm). This gives you highly natural expressions from people and animals that you can't get close to. It is also available in movie recording with the mechanism designed to minimize the noise of auto focusing or zooming. And its slim, compact, pocket-sized body can easily go wherever you do - for both everyday snapshots and traveling.

The DMC-ZS5 features a large 1/2.33-inch CCD. The Easy Zoom function makes zoom shots fast and easy. Even when the zoom is set to a position lower than 12x, the first press of the Easy Zoom button immediately gives you the maximum 12x power of the optical zoom. The Sonic Speed AF system in the DMC-ZS5(TZ8) has a maximum speed of approx. 0.35 second (wide-end) / 0.41 second (tele-end) for auto focusing. P