It may be laughable, because this is what we are after, however the bigger they are the heavier they become. The bigger sensors have however a drawback…….size. Just after sunset, when the light was poor, to say the least, the TZ110 performed quite well. It is indeed less noticeable in very good light conditions. The importance of the sensor size becomes even bigger when you shoot in the dark, or at night, when usually the light is already poor by itself. I may mention the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 as an example. Competition is there, which is great for us, customers, as we get better products at better prices. The Panasonic TZ110 is not however the only one in the market. It provides a nice 1″ sensor (12.8m x 9.60m = 120.96mm2) which is 3, if not 4, times bigger than most of today’s point and shoot in the market, at a very high resolution of 20MP I was impressed by the quality of the TZ110 photos at sunset time There is much more than just the sensor size in a camera, however we can say it gives an indication of the photo quality. Just to have an idea with the mobile world, the Iphone 6 camera has a sensor size of 1/3″ and the one in the new Samsung S7, although bigger, it is still 1/2.6″. As an extreme example, you may still remember the image quality of the first Nokia phone cameras, not very good hey. You can have a 100 megapixel camera however if the sensor is tiny, the quality of the photo will be not that good. The light is the friend of our eyes……and of our camera sensor too!! The bigger the sensor the more light will receive, as easy as that.
If you leave the blinds wide open your eyes can see everything, the more you close the blinds the harder it gets to see things and your eyes goes from a clear picture to a noisy picture till it is so dark that you see just shapes. I usually like at this point to compare the light in the camera to the light in a room. The bigger the more light it receives which translates in more information and higher quality of photos. The sensor size determines how much light the camera uses to build your image. The size of the sensor was probably the biggest concern I had about the compact cameras. Let’s see what I found out about the TZ110 Panasonic TZ110 sensor You may also have a look here to other similar compact cameras in the same segment with a comparative table and final suggestions. And the Panasoic TZ110, as well as the Lumix LX10, is one that on paper was promising to deliver a lot. I have tested a few in the last few years and you can see some great finding in this post with the best cameras for travelling updated on a monthly basis.Īdmittedly I have to change idea with these last few cameras that are coming out in the market. I prefer to take a mirrorless or DSLR on my trips with 2, maybe 3 lenses. I should start saying that I am not a great fan of the point and shoot cameras. I am not sure why but this camera has 3 different names: ZS100 for US, TZ100 for UK/Europe and TZ110 for Australia. It would be interesting to understand what drove the different naming convention I am usually a fan of the Lumix cameras and I was quite excited to have the possibility to do a review of the Panasonic TZ110.
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