Panasonic TZ7 HD Test - Tele macro

Archivo original (MTS): tinyurl.com/TZ7...
1280x720 @ 60fps
AVCHD Lite SH @ 17mbps
Dolby AC3 48000Hz Stereo
Intelligent Auto (iA) mode
Japanese model

[@LumixTZ7]

You're right about the "doubled frames" but the videos play so smooth that they look progressive already. I wish they were real 60fps but I don't think it's such a big issue.

[@LumixTZ7]

Hi and sorry for the late reply (maybe you got the camera already), The TZ7/ZS3 is a wonderful camera that, despite its flaws, makes great quality videos (and stills). And you should keep in mind that uploading the videos to KZbin is as easy as selecting them and your ready to go (no compression needed unless yo want to). Good luck.

[@fromtheyear80s]

Hello, How is the Marco when you take a picture? can you let see it on KZbin..?? I love to maken Macro pictures but i don't no how the quality is from this camera.. Also i'm thinking about the Sony H20 ..

[@LumixTZ7]

You can get as close as 1cm and still be in focus; and if you enable the extra zoom feature in macro mode you can go even further but this is like an in-camera digital zoom. Regarding the shooting time, in AVCHD Lite mode, you can shoot as long as the battery lasts with any model but the European one which has a 15min limit. If shooting in Motion JPEG, you get a 2GB file size limit or aprox. 8min and 20seg in all the models, wether it is the TZ7 or ZS3, PAL or NTSC. Bye!

[@LumixTZ7]

Macro mode works just fine but I haven't taken many shots yet. In fact, I'm using the camera a lot more to shot video than for taking pictures.

[@evilsnakes1]

after doing my research I see that this camera only actually records 30fps and then simply doubles the frames. I hate being lied to and so now I totally distrust panasonic as I did when fuji used to lie about their megapixel count in a similar way (processing to "double").

[@LumixTZ7]

Don't use any software, just upload .mts files and you're done (you have to wait though until they are shown in HD).

[@LumixTZ7]

That's because it's the PAL model.

[@LumixTZ7]

Fine for stills, not so good for continuous video shooting...

[@fromtheyear80s]

Thank You for the reaction.. :o)

[@LumixTZ7]

Panasonic bundles the PHOTOfunSTUDIO software but iMOVIE works fine as well as far as I know. Rgds.

[@102alp]

Thanks, I'll have a go tonight:)

[@jiriksojku]

@LumixTZ7 Europe is.......:-/ Is there any chance to change PAL to NTSC in my TZ7? US or Japanese firmware,....? Something must exist :-( 60fps is much better quality.... Thank you

[@LumixTZ7]

There is no way to do that, sorry. I know some people that tried it using NTSC firmwares but nothing happened to the camera. If you have a PAL model, you're stuck with 50fps.

[@jiriksojku]

My TZ7 does 720p just at 50 fps, i dont know why......

[@lengsky]

evilsnakes1.. you're not using your BIG head, what do you expect from a point 'n' shoot camera? that's not a PANASONIC HVX200.. This camera is un matched in it's price range, not the higher range you're expecting..