Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ30 review

A luxury 14MP travel compact with a 20x Leica lens and GPS

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ30
The 14MP snapper features 3D, GPS and a touchscreen. The future is here

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As part of our image quality testing for the Panasonic DMC TZ-30, we've shot our resolution chart.

If you view our crops of the resolution chart's central section at 100% (or Actual Pixels) you will see that, for example, at ISO 100 the Panasonic TZ-30 is capable of resolving up to around 20 (line widths per picture height x100) in its highest quality JPEG files.

For a full explanation of what our resolution charts mean, and how to read them please click here to read the full article.

Examining images of the chart taken at each sensitivity setting reveals the following resolution scores in line widths per picture height x100:

Panasonic tz-30 review: resolution iso 100

Panasonic tz-30 review: resolution iso 100

Panasonic tz-30 review: resolution iso 100

Panasonic tz-30 review: resolution iso 100

ISO 100, score: 20 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

Panasonic tz-30 review: resolution iso 200

Panasonic tz-30 review: resolution iso 200

ISO 200, score: 20 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

Panasonic tz-30 review: resolution iso 400

Panasonic tz-30 review: resolution iso 400

ISO 400, score: 18 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

Panasonic tz-30 review: resolution iso 800

Panasonic tz-30 review: resolution iso 800

ISO 800, score: 18 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

Panasonic tz-30 review: resolution iso 1600

Panasonic tz-30 review: resolution iso 1600

ISO 1600, score: 16 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

Panasonic tz-30 review: resolution iso 3200

Panasonic tz-30 review: resolution iso 3200

ISO 3200, score: 12 (Click here to see the full resolution image)