Panasonic TZ20 review

With its 24-384mm focal range, is this the ultimate travel compact?

Panasonic TZ20 review
The Panasonic TZ20's 16x optical zoom is just one of the many new features over the TZ10, which it replaces.

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Panasonic TZ20 Review: Image quality and resolution

As part of our image quality testing for the Panasonic TZ20, 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 TZ20 is capable of resolving up to around 20 (line widths per picture height x100) in its highest quality JPEG files.

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

Panasonic tz20 review

Panasonic tz20 review

Panasonic tz20 review

Panasonic tz20 review

ISO 100 – 20 View the full-size image

Panasonic tz20 review

Panasonic tz20 review

ISO 200 – 20 View the full-size image

Panasonic tz20 review

Panasonic tz20 review

ISO 400 – 18 View the full-size version

Panasonic tz20 review

Panasonic tz20 review

ISO 800 – 14 View the full-size image

Panasonic tz20 review

Panasonic tz20 review

ISO 1600 – 14 View the full-size image