The Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 packs a LEICA DC VARIO-ELMAR lens with 12x optical zoom into a compact body. The ZS3 lets you shoot everything from the 35mm equivalent of 25mm wide-angle setting to a dynamic 300mm. ZS3 records HD movies (1280x720 pixels) in AVCHD Lite and also allows optical zoom during recording. Furthermore, ZS3 is also the world's first compact camera to feature Dolby Digital Stereo Creator, which records dynamic, true-to-life audio that brings out the power of the HD video.

The ZS3’s Photo iA (Intelligent Auto) Mode controls MEGA O.I.S., Intelligent ISO Control, Intelligent Scene Selector, Face Recognition, Intelligent Exposure and AF Tracking. Movie iA is also available, controlling MEGA O.I.S., Intelligent Scene Selector, Face Detection AF/AE, and Intelligent Exposure. The DMC- ZS3's 3.0-inch LCD has a total of 460,000 dots for high resolution and features the Intelligent LCD function, which increases the backligh...

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 packs a LEICA DC VARIO-ELMAR lens with 12x optical zoom into a compact body. The ZS3 lets you shoot everything from the 35mm equivalent of 25mm wide-angle setting to a dynamic 300mm. ZS3 records HD movies (1280x720 pixels) in AVCHD Lite and also allows optical zoom during recording. Furthermore, ZS3 is also the world's first compact camera to feature Dolby Digital Stereo Creator, which records dynamic, true-to-life audio that brings out the power of the HD video.

The ZS3’s Photo iA (Intelligent Auto) Mode controls MEGA O.I.S., Intelligent ISO Control, Intelligent Scene Selector, Face Recognition, Intelligent Exposure and AF Tracking. Movie iA is also available, controlling MEGA O.I.S., Intelligent Scene Selector, Face Detection AF/AE, and Intelligent Exposure. The DMC- ZS3's 3.0-inch LCD has a total of 460,000 dots for high resolution and features the Intelligent LCD function, which increases the backlight brightness in 11 steps according to the ambient light intensity. At the highest of these 11 steps, the LCD backlight becomes approx. 1.4 times brighter than normal.