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 enlarge | Brand: Panasonic
Category: Photography
List Price: $299.95
Buy New: $183.10
You Save: $116.85 (39%)
New (36) from $174.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  66 reviews
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Optical Zoom: 10
Display Size: 2.5
Maximum Focal Length: 47
Minimum Focal Length: 4.7
Maximum Resolution: 8.1
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 2.3 x 1.4 x 4.1
nv:Sensor: 8.1 Megapixel
Size: 1/2.5" CCD Sensor
Image Resolution: 3264 x 2448
Movie Resolution: 640 x 480
Memory Included: 27MB Internal
Storage Media: MultiMediaCard
Storage Media: SD/SDHC Memory Card
Compressed Format: JPEG
Movie File Format: QuickTime motion JPEG with Audio
Optical Zoom: 10x
Digital Zoom: 4X
Combined Zoom: 12x
Focal Length: f=4.6-46mm
Focus Mode: Manual
Focus Mode: Normal AF
Focus Mode: Macro AF
LCD Monitor: 2.5 inches
LCD Pixels: 230,000 pixels
LCD Coverage: 100%
MPN: DMC-TZ4K
Model: DMC-TZ4K
UPC: 037988987696
EAN: 0037988987696
Release Date: March 7, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 A great little package June 17, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I usually only buy cameras that are made by camera companies not electronic companies...The Pana Lumix TZ4 showed promise so I bought one to test...After the first 25 or so pictures I was sold....I own A Nikon D70 and Coolpix 7900 which are great cameras with short zooms...The TZ 4 filled in what I needed , longer zoom / 28-280 / and very impressive pictures...The Leica lens is what sold me...Since the quality of the picture comes from the lens and not so much the features I took a shot and wound up very happy with this product...
Short falls , no view finder . short range flash no other complaints....A great little toy for a good price
 Summertime blues August 13, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was hoping I'd really like this camera. After all, a great lens and powerful zoom fitting in my pocket is very cool. Other reviews I'd read suggested this would be a great travel camera.
Unfortunately, I cannot agree. Without a viewfinder, the reflective lcd is virtually impossible to see on a bright day. In fact, with my prescription sunglasses, there was no image whatsoever. With them off, I could barely make out my shot, but with no definition. I did read the manual and adjusted the display for outdoors, but it still was very poor. Further, with the lcd operational, I couldn't get more then 70 shots on a battery charge.
I had a Canon before, and ended up going back to another. I didn't get the lense and zoom, but I sure feel I got a more thought out camera. Right from the manual (didn't need a magnifying glass to read it) to the auto focus, the Canon just seems to get it right more of the time.
Fantastic camera for novice or DSLR user alike August 13, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is another great Panasonic camera. I own a couple of other Lumix models, the FZ20 and FZ50. I bought this as a lightweight option to those full-sized cameras. There are other smaller, less expensive cameras in this megapixel and price class.
My advice right off the bat is that this camera is an excellent choice. Don't be tempted by the more expensive TZ-5, unless you really need HD video capability in a still camera, and an extra megapixel.
At 8mp, this camera has plenty of capability to provide high quality shots at 8x10 or so. The lens is able to produce the equivalent of a 28mm focal length (wide-angle by conventional camera terms), and it has a best in class 10x optical zoom. Not digital, folks, 10x OPTICAL. That's like having a 28mm - 280mm lens on a traditional 35mm camera. Few competitors match that.
Like its bigger FZ brothers, the TZ4 features a lens made by renowned lens maker Leica.
The ISO speeds on this camera range from 100 to 1600, exceptional speed range for a compact digital. 80 ISO is very nice for minimizing "noise', but Panasonic's new Venus IV engine works wonders in that respect, and I really don't see a difference in noise between my other cameras at 80 or 100 ISO and this camera at 100 ISO.
The 2.5" LCD is very bright and easy on the eyes.
The TZ-4 also has "face detection". It has the ability to "find" faces in the exposure and select the best focus for the subject.
For a fairly small camera, this device is easy to operate, takes great shots, and is a wonderful "second camera" when you don't want to carry a lot of gear yet still produce high quality photos.
This camera works well for the novice, those who don't like gadgets or the young camera user! it also has enough flexibility to allow more experienced photographers to enjoy it.
I've taken a lot of shots with the TZ-4 and can't find much difference between the shots and my other Panasonics or my Nikon DSLR.
it's a very beginer's camera August 17, 2008
5 out of 15 found this review helpful
this is a camera for very beginers. if you are a occasional user, this is an OK camera for you. I took this thing to take pictures in a wedding, after taking 15-17 pictures, the unit started to hit up, flash was sucking up all the battery juice.
Takes pictures that rival an SLR in quality! October 11, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I received this camera a few days ago and I am absolutely thrilled with it. This is coming from a person who only loved Fuji cameras in the past, and I've had several Fuji's. My last one was an S700 - one of those huge SLR wannabees - well I got tired of the huge size of the S700 so I decided to venture out of the box and try a different brand.
I have tried Kodak's, Pentax's, Canon's and even a Nikon Coolpix and this Panasonic TZ4 wins hand-down.
It's 8.1 MP and has a Leica 10X optical zoom glass lens. Leica manufactures some of the best lenses in the world.
It's made in JAPAN - not China!
It's fairly heavy for a compact point & shoot as a majority of this camera is made of METAL, not plastic.
Best of all, it's not really a 10X optical zoom. If you shoot in any resolution from 6 MP or under you can take the OPTICAL zoom all the way up to 15.9 OPTICAL!!!
And it takes fabulous pictures. I have always had a shaky hand when taking pictures, and I have not had one blurry picture yet, even when taking pictures of my cats - and they never hold still.
It takes the best night-portrait and night-scenery shots I have ever seen. I can't wait to take this camera to the Wright Patterson AFB Museum - the last camera I took there was a Fuji and most of my pictures turned out bad due to the low light conditions at this museum.
I also sell items on the #1 auction site, and this camera takes great pictures for my auction listings.
If you have the control wheel set to iA (Intelligent Autofocus) you don't even have to press the macro button to take a close-up--the sensor adjusts and does it automatically.
I have never been as thrilled with a camera in my entire life as I am with this one.
So if any of you are looking for a great point & shoot camera, check this one out :)
BTW I got the black camera, but it's more of a dark gray shade, not a dark black.
In the next couple days I will be posting some pictures here of the new Indianapolis Midfield Terminal (our new airport).
Also please note that the pictures that are uploaded here to share do not do this camera justice. I think Amazon compresses the uploaded pictures - trust me - your pictures taken with this camera will look 100 times better in person than they do here on this site.
The prices for this camera are the best here on this site. Believe me, I checked everywhere before purchasing this camera. And if you don't like it, Amazon has a great return policy.
NOTE: If you are looking for a high definition camera, go with the TZ5 - it's a little more expensive but the cameras are basically the same otherwise.
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