Panasonic Lumix DC-ZS200/TZ200: First Impressions Review : ru-Foto.ru

Meet the Panasonic Lumix DC-ZS200 / TZ200: the world's furthest reaching pocketable 1" -type camera. It sits beside the near-identical-looking ZS100 as the longer reaching model, providing a 24-360mm equiv.

F3. 3-6. 4 zoom range compared to the 25-250mm equiv. F2. 8-5. 9 lens of the ZS100.

What's cool about the ZS200 is its greater zoom range is achieved while barely increasing the size of the body (it's 1mm thicker and 1mm taller than the ZS100), though the lens is nearly a half stop slower at the wide end, compared to its older sibling.

Both cameras use a 20. 1MP 1" -type sensor but the ZS200 gains a higher resolution 2. 33M dot equiv. electronic viewfinder compared to the 1. 7M dot LVF on the ZS100 (still field sequential, more on that later). Panasonic has also added low power Bluetooth connectivity, in addition to Wi-Fi. It also gains a 3cm macro mode (available on the wide end only), Panasonic's L. Monochrome Photo Style, and a new highspeed 1080/120p video mode.

Key Features:

20. 1MP 1"-type BSI CMOS sensor

F3. 3-6. 4 24-360mm equiv. zoom lens

2. 33M dot LVF with 0. 53x equiv. magnification

10 fps burst (AF-S), 6 fps burst (AF-C)

5-axis in-body stablization

UHD 4K/24/25/30p video

3" touch LCD

Depth from Defocus AF

Wi-Fi and low power Bluetooth

4K Photo

USB charging

To put it simply the ZS200 seems to take the excellent pedigree of the ZS100 (one of our picks for best travel camera), makes some slight improvements and adds a longer, slightly slower lens. Combined, these two cameras fill a gap in the 1" -type compact camera market, providing significant telephoto reach beyond that of other pocket friendly models, such as the Sony RX100 series.

Compared to its peers

Speaking of the RX100 series, here's how the ZS200 stacks up in terms of specification to its peers.

Panasonic DC-ZS200

Panasonic DMC-ZS100

Sony DSC- RX100 V

Sony DSC-RX100 IV

Canon G7 X Mark II

MSRP

$800

$700

$999

$899

$699

Lens range (equiv. )

24-360mm

25-250mm

24-70mm

24-100mm

Aperture range

F3. 3-6. 4

F2. 8-5. 9

F1. 8-2. 8

Autofocus

Contrast detection

Phase detection

Contrast detection

Viewfinder

2. 3M-dot (field sequential)

1. 7M-dot (field sequential)

2. 36M-dot

Rear screen

Fixed

Tilt up/down

Touch sensitive?

Yes

Video capability

4K/30p
1080/120p

4K/30p
1080/60p

4K/30p
1080/120p

1080/60p

Burst Shooting

10 fps

24 fps

16 fps

8 fps

Wifi, Bluetooth, NFC

Yes, Yes, No

Yes, No, No

Yes, No, Yes

Battery life (CIPA)

370

300

220

280

265

As you can see, the ZS200 matches up or beats its peers in some areas, like offering touch sensitivity and ample video capture options. But it also gets beat in others areas like maximum aperture range and burst speed. Though one thing worth calling out is the ZS200 features the best battery life of the bunch, something we look forward to confirming in real world testing.

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The above graph shows how the ZS200 compares to its peers in terms of equivalent aperture vs equivalent focal length. In short, the camera's reach comes at the price of having a comparably slower equivalent aperture than its peers at most focal lengths. You can read more about equivalence here.

Pricing and availability

Available mid-March, the ZS200 can be yours for $800 in either black, or silver/gunmetal, shown here.

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