Panasonic ZS100/TZ100 Hands-On Field Test
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- For well over a decade, Panasonic were renowned for their travel zoom series. These small cameras with big zooms were perfect for travel and family photography, but their small sensors were restrictive for more creative photographers. Now, the new ZS100/TZ100 brings a much larger one inch sensor to the mix, while maintaining a big 10X zoom. Is this the new standard for travel cameras?
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Shot and Edited by Jordan Drake
Shot on the Sony FS5
How is your incredibly adorable baby girl so quiet? What an angel.
+Danny B. Prop baby? Gotta get them views!
+SuperDashRendar prop baby? More like PRO BABY! She can act, she can dance, what can't she do?
Yeah
I love how his doing this review with his adorable baby girl. Great review!
A few years back I was looking for a travel camera and found TCSTV which produced enjoyable, informative, and (for me) understandable reviews. Using your videos to develop my shortlist I eventually bought the model you reviewed here (TZ100 here in the UK). I agree with your comments about gripping the camera, and I find that I use both hands to hold it - mainly because I'm short sighted and with my glasses I don't get on with the view finder at all so I compose my shots via the back screen.
Great review, but I wish you guys tested the low light compared to the ZS60
They did! With the shoe photos
I love that you had your daughter with you through the video.
Wow what a beautiful area. I'm going to have to head up there soon!
I look at a lot of reviews. A lot. Your reviews are by far the best and most informative. Thanks for taking the time to do this. 😀
Awe....baby! 1000 extra video points.
I like this camera 📷. It really has very crisp photos and I can see the details so clearly 👌.
Chris congratulations you being a dad awesome video thank you for sharing
Great video, your images are fantastic, sold me on this camera. Excited about it.
That was a fantastic review that has really helped me, thanks. (P.S Your daughter is adorable)
Your baby is such a trooper.
I very much enjoyed watching this movie. You are a great dad and you helped me a lot in making a decision buying a camera. Good job! Thanks from Belgium.
dude youve got the best youtube ive come across so far really nice to listen to
You can always put skateboard tape on metal body for better grip.
I was thinking of doing something like that if I end up buying. Has someone tried it and can give feedback?
Man I remember those days. Carriers, onesies and $10,000 on diapers! They get so heavy after walking for a while. Vlogging whilst Daddying, man you are a barbarian! Just bought me one of these cameras off eBay last night. Out of all the equipment I own it is truly going to be a "first". Love my bigger DSLRs but this little booger is truly a perfect go-everywhere camera!
Chris and Jordan's daughter is adorable! She looks so calm and quiet, I wonder if she kept that way for most of the time.
+theSUBVERSIVE All joking aside Jordan and I do have a baby together and it's called TCSTV and it is very adorable. As for MY baby Madelyn, she is actually a really sweet, and quiet kid, except right now as I type this and she should be napping.
Chris@TCSTV
+chris hahahahaha... I know she is your daughter! Hehe...
Have Jordan considered reviewing the JVC LS300? After the last FW update, I feel like it has been gaining some attention and it seems to have a nice DR and colours, it's also inusitated the fact that is uses a S35 sensor AND Micro4/3 mount, plus it sits below the FS5. A lot of 3rd party's lenses cover S35 and Micro4/3 mount seems capable of dealing with S35 image circle, this is a really interesring camera.
I can't imagine how hard it must have been to shoot this video while wearing a baby! Nicely done!
😁✌ I just bought TZ100 today. Can't wait to try it
Hi from bribie island Australia. Love your reviews as always. Loved the included baby ,what a patient little soul. Really added something. Keep em coming.
Thanks for the video! Yours was the best out of the handful of videos i browsed through. Also, your video was the only one that I actually watched the whole way through lol.
Lovely pics and footage.
zs100 sounds terrific, but in my line of work I can easily see dropping it in a lake while trying to take a photo of a fish while holding a fly rod in the other hand. Think I will wait and see what comes out of Panasonic this winter...
ADORABLE! and thanks for the helpful review!!
How chill is that baby? My daughter would have never allowed this!
She is so calm, so cool
I thought about getting the ZS100 to compliment my DSLR, but decided on the RX100 III. No 4K or long zoom but that faster lens makes all the difference. Another great review!
The main reason I didn't buy the ZS100 was the lack of front and rear grip. This camera is pretty smooth and slippery so it was a deal breaker for me. I really don't understand what Panasonic was thinking. The same applies to the front of the Sony RX100. I know they are going for clean sleek looks but I don't think a grip is going to ruin that. They are not sexy cameras to begin with so a grip can't ruin them. Anyways, just my 2 cents. Good review guys.
+Yippie I agree with you. I never thought the grip would be an important factor until I hold one at camera store.
Yippie .... I use a small piece of velcro, hook side. Front of both my rx 100's. Cut curved around lens.
so easy to DIY fix...
4:13 "I wish we had the rubber" and you are holding a baby :|. I am going to hell for this.
+Umesh Mane Hell is not a real place so you are good!
+SuperDashRendar
That's too bad, we would have had great company there ;)
@@SuperDashRendar, hopefully you're right.
98% of the comments are about the baby....LOL. Great camera, baby and review. I purchased one for my UK/Paris Holiday and it did not let me down. It beat taking my Canon 1DX with 3 lenses, far too much to handle and keep safe. The TZ100, lived in my jacket pocket and daily got charged via a portable powerbank when on the move. No need for extra kit, just one camera with everything I needed.
What a beautiful kid/lens cushion.
Easy fix for the grips, just take some grip tape for a skateboard and slap it on there. Crude but effective!
Okay, that was too cute, with the big guy strapped in on the opening sequence.
Sorry, the big girl.
You are a great photographer. Amazing videos.
An excellent review.. very well done..and your little girl seemed to enjoy it too..!../.. I have the TZ-100 (UK) and am getting very good results .. I agree with the rubber grips issue but I always use a 'pistol grip'- tripod' - I also have Sony apsc and full frame .. but the 'pocketable' TZ does everything so well .. that this is the camera that is getting most use...Cheers from Dj... UK
new ZS100/TZ100 will be deeply root into this baby,s brain and mind.
Great location for this shoot!
excellent video and information - many thanks ...
I'm Japan the model name is TX1. I saw this in yodobashi. good thing they don't have stock and I went for X70 instead.
X70 was the Better choice
Thanks for review :up:
Totally confused by naming: here in Germany it's the TZ101 -- the Panasonic (German) site gives no results for the TZ100.
Just bought one. It is awesome
Such an adorable baby! She looks like she's thinking, What the heck is Dad talking about? Oh, and the review is very good.
i was fascinated more by your baby than by the camera :) so cute and so quiet.
Chris is cute but he was seriously overshadowed by the baby =) lovely video guys, the baby jiggling to sleep was sweet too!
Big TCS fan. Bought the D750 and A6000 with your advice. Keep up the good work!
true! you respond really quick... had a question once via twitter. keep it up!
l bought this little cam specifically for concert photography. It is small, not flashy, and I took it to Guns N Roses in Vegas. It did ok, but obviously nowhere close to m43 results I had had before in same time of event. But they will always let you in with it. As for video, Jordan did not mention it but I read somewhere that 5 Axis Image Stabilization only works for 1080P mode, not in 4K mode, so the 1080p handheld image would be more stable. Good thing about 4K video is that your zoom gets extended to 370mm at tele end so it was of a benefit to me at the concert.
Love your reviews...keep up the awesome work
Fantastic video 📹 👏 👌
Great video guys.
Luckily he's got his mother's looks..!!
And your shots somehow got better with the baby on tow.
Congrats to you and her beautiful mom, and many happy years to you (both three) Until adolescence hits.
**Thanks for uploading 1080.
Of course we'll be seeing more of those blue eyes in the future, uh?
Blue eyes! So cute!
This camera's still made, but it's under $400 USD, on sale, which makes it a no brainer for my wife for Christmas.
Excellent review.
Watch out for that one frame jump scare at 8:14 > 8:15.
at 9:54 where you compare the noise in high iso, the picture from the zs60 on the left looks quite a bit softer than the zs100 but not because it´s noisier, but because it is not in focus properly. when you look at the net on the background on the shoe it actually is in focus.
thought it might be important.
This is a really great review
Thx for nice review. Maybe go into how to use a smartphone as control instead of annoying small EVF.
She's an angel! So well behaved!
Great review, was really looking forward to this review of the panny. That being said on the videographer end of things, even given the canon g3x added girth which one you get Jordan or Chris? No microphone input on tz100 is a deal breaker for me. What a adorable baby. 😊
very good quality video.
I just bought the ZS100 today. The grip needs a lot of improvement so tomorrow I will go to B&H and buy one of the grips in the Flipbac series. I think they sell for $9.99.
I just purchased this camera and chose it over the LX10 really because of the zoom. I assume I can zoom to a good portrait focal length which some experts have said is in the 90 to 100 mm range (where the LX10 stops at 70). Cant wait to try the burst modes. This will be my first camera other than an iphone in years.
Hi, i assume u bought it??? how isit?
I enjoy your camera analysis very much. One question I have now that four years have passed since the intro of this camera (DMC-ZS-100) have you had many complaints about dust getting on the sensor and Panasonic not providing warranty service in that regards?
Thanks for explaining so so so well. I’m new looking for a beginner camera to take photos of buildings at night.
Great review guys!
4:13 that qoute with a cute baby on him made me laugh.
You are an awesome father with a beautiful daughter 🙃 Oh yes...great video, keep up the great work
I think with a piece of self-adhesive rubber at the thumb, the grip should be perfekt.
What's going on at 8:14 / 8:15 ? Framedrop?
At 12:50 you can see the AF pumping between Jordan and the background. Is there no face detection?
Will you do a test of the Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmar 4-6.3 100-400 mm Asph. Power OIS mFT?
Great review Chris.The landscape also very nice and the baby almost as beautiful as her father. I may buy this camera unless the Sony rx 100 v blows me away. Cheers!
Your daughter is adorable lol. :P
TIP: You can add a set of Dragon Grips rubberized tape sections (available on Amazon) to provide the grip you need to the ZS100.
great review.
Hi Jordan! another great video. When you reviewed the video aspects of the ZS100, I would have loved to have seen an annotation link to "Microphone Wind Noise & Steps to Prevent/Remove." For example, Chris, in one scene, was cupping his hand over the lav mic to prevent wind noise. You can dead kitten a lav mic or dead cat / blimp / dead wombat a shotgun mic; I'm sure viewers would love to see tricks for built-in mics.
perhaps a click link to an FS5 review too, when the intro card says, "filmed on the FS5." I love the FS5; great autofocus, slow motion & light weight, but it's not for everyone; eg, many cinematographers prefer heavier, more stationary cameras, with more film features.
thanks!
I still shoot with this camera and think the images are good. But I wonder how it compares with other high quality portable cameras in 2023? P.S. I love that little cutie you're carrying around. Congrats!
Get the R50 and call it day...
Thank you a lot!!! I was using a G7X mk1 but I was looking for a longer zoom range. For the compromise of lowlight quality i know i will use my fullframe with my lovely lens 20, 35 and 50mm. I was just thinking on zs100 against zs60 and finally i decided for the smaller sensor at this time! (and the FZ300 also looks good for no serious commitment but i prefer the smaller body).
PS For 1" sensor my prefered one was Nikon DL 18-50, i love wide angle and image stabilization, but it seems wil be on sale only in 2017. Then i saw the Sony X3000 and AS300 action cams with optical stabilization and it looks great for me.
Why don't these reviews ever include a non-compressed download so I can actually see what the images look like...?
Hi, Very Very good review. Thanks a lot!!! I have Just one question: do you think this is better than the Canon G7 X Mark II?
Good technical review, thumbs up =)
I did a comparison with lumix gx9+140mm and I was impress with tz100 image quality in low light, almost the same detail at 250mm, suffers a bit in color accuracy and dinamic range, wide open performs great, I think its near a m43 system with decent light in an impressive small package. I wasnt impress with autofocus in video, Im not sure why sometimes starts hunting in a 180 pan even in daylight. The 2x digital zoom and even 4x can help to read something in the 1000m territory but I would stick to the 250-500mm for extreme usable zoom. At 250mm its very useful for birds that come close. The tz200 can give more zoom but loses aperture turning it hungry for more light and the bokeh effect its more difficult to achieve. Price is a bit high but can do great things for a pocket camera.
lol until you had a close up I didn't realise its a real baba hahaha super cute babooshka great video guys as always
many thanks
Chico Bongalar
I wish we had the rubber... Well, that horse seems to be out of the barn. ;-)
Just discovered your channel and finding the material really useful. Are you able to tell me what microphone you are using here. The sound quality is crystal clear. Thx.
thank you. but couldn't help looking at your little angel with you. Bless you!
Thank you
Obviously... your sound mixer was visible in most of your shots....epic blooper reel coming!
Do you know wich is better, the ZS100/TZ100 or the LX10/LX15 for the same plan of family trip
You should do a review of the baby as well! :D
Great review, could you please tell me what filter are you using to get those amazing result with slow shutter speed without overexposing?
Great review. I'm torn between this as a travel camera for my wife, and the RX100 V as a C camera for my FS5. The Lumix has a range of features that will likely serve better as a travel camera. Any thoughts on how these two cameras compare?
BTW, I really enjoy your reviews. You two guys do a great job on camera, especially if you are working without a teleprompter. Great delivery, and excellent information. Thanks guys!
Great video, thanks for sharing!
Do you have any experience concerning the image stabilization on 4k video mode? I read that the camera doesn't use the 5-axis OIS, but a simple OIS due to techical limitations. What's the downside of this, how noticeable is the OIS limitation in 4k mode? Thanks!
Cute little baby and well explained review
Your daughter is lovely. Great review.
What's that you're holding in front of the lens? Ps. Your baby's so cute
its a polarizer
Nice analysis, thanks!
Beautiful baby, too!
wow, your baby been good thru the entire recording.
without crying or kick up a fuss.
Thanks gents! Needless to say the audio recording for video is ng. I wonder the manual controlability for for 4k video recording? Many thanks, Iz from Inwood.
😎nice vid guys 😊 thumbs up 👍
Will you be doing a GX80 review in the near future? I'm interessted to see what Jordan thinks about the stabilized 4K video.
+Ørjan Laxaa We'll probably see a test sample in late May. Stay tuned!
Jordan @ TCSTV
I am interested in GX 80 too. That's the camera i am looking into currently. I need something for both great photo and video. And it has to be on compact side, suitable for traveling. Really have a hard time making up my mind. #help
Thanks for the review. You say that the video stabilization is excellent but I see no evidence of it. Indeed we know already that on the ZS100 it is completely disabled in 4k. Image Stab is a really important feature of any half decent compact because so many people use it for travel, vlogging and video. The best way to test image stab is to select 1080, point the camera away from you with the widest angle then walk slowly and steadily, then secondly do a slow horizontal pan to test for jitters. I suspect that the ZS actually has very poor Image stab and have yet to see a single clip anywhere on youtube where it is smooth. Bear in mind that there are at least 8 other similarly priced cameras that have superb stabilization, including the RX100, GX85 and even the tiny, old, cheap Sony HX20V which has incredible stabilization. The reason I ask is because image stab is the number one priority for travel videos, all other things being equal! Thanks for your time.