I am sorry, but I think this camera is quite disappointing, besides
the lack of a viewfinder. One nice part of the noise test is the
postage stamp so you can see how aggressive the detail smearing is
with the manufacturers post exposure processing. The gray patches
don't show that and effectively give a false impression of low noise.
This camera lacks detail even at base ISO and looks like other
manufacturers high ISO examples that have been smoothed.
You can look here and compare the ISO 100 example...
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/PanasonicTZ3/samples/ISO/
TZ3iso100_crop.jpg
...to the ISO 400 example here which shows a little noise but has
more detail
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikons10/samples/ISO/iso100_crop.jpg
There is no comparison in image detail at all for the same ISO. I
think Leica will eventually rue the day that it allowed its name to
be associated with Panasonic without some control over the rest of
the camera because customer dissatisfaction is a likely to settle on
the lens as the camera.
Of course I could be wrong or there could be an error in the test
image, but it seems to be in line with past Panasonic efforts.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
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