Features

10x Optical Zoom in Stylish Body

The DMC-SZ3 boasts a powerful 10x optical zoom lens*. This gives you highly natural expressions from people and animals that you can't get close to. And its slim, stylish body can easily go wherever you go － for both everyday snapshots and travelling.

* 35mm camera equivalent: 25-250mm.

Creative Panorama

LUMIX lets you apply artistic effects to panoramic images. You can choose from various effects to create a dynamic vertical / horizontal panoramic image with a unique touch just by swiveling the camera.

Beauty Retouch Mode

Make-up your face virtually. The Beauty Retouch Mode makes it possible to virtually make up the human faces to make them look nicer.

Sonic Speed AF

The DMC-SZ3 boasts the quick start-up time. Together with the Sonic Speed AF, the DMC-SZ3 never misses the most fleeting shooting opportunities.

MEGA O.I.S.
(Optical Image Stabilizer)

The MEGA O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabilizer) compensates for the blurring caused by hand-shake. Even slight hand-shake movement is accurately detected by a sampling frequency of 4,000 times per second, and compensated to produce sharp, clear images.

Creative Control /
Creative Retouch

The Creative Control (in the recording mode) and the Creative Retouch (in the playback mode) give you the expressive power to turn ordinary situations into highly special scenes.

720p HD Video Recording

You can record HD video in Motion JPEG format (1,280 x 720 pixels at 24 fps). Recording motion image can be started with a press of an independent motion picture button, which is extremely convenient for you to switch photo / video shooting instantly.

iA (Intelligent Auto) Mode

In the iA (Intelligent Auto) Mode, the camera does all the work, leaving you free to compose your shot and capture the moment. You just press, aim and shoot. The detection and correction functions go to work to give you beautiful photos and videos* with maximum ease.

* The applicable iA Mode functions vary with photos and videos.

AC / USB Battery Charging

The DMC-SZ3 complies with USB power charging in addition to the conventional AC power supply. The energy-saving Venus Engine and the efficient, rechargeable lithium-ion battery let you take approx. 250 shots on a single battery charge*.

* Based on the CIPA standard.

Specs

Colors:

Optical Zoom: 10x

High-resolution CCD: 16.1 Megapixels

LCD Monitor: 2.7 inch / 6.7 cm

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Creative Panorama Function
LUMIX's new "Creative Panorama" function creates a single panorama picture by stitching multiple still pictures taken in rapid succession and applying artistic filter effect on it.