The LZ5 also LZ3 and count on Panasonic�s Venus Engine Plus, the processor that manages impression pile up also going assistance through the cameras. Both cameras further come packaged with Panasonic�s Oxyride AA batteries, which feature longer life and power than alkaline batteries. With Venus Engine Plus and Oxyride, users can get the most out of their picture-taking experience. With Venus Engine Plus and Oxyride, the LZ5 can take up to 235 images and the LZ3 up to 250. (The LZ5 and LZ3 also can use alkaline and NiMH rechargeable AA batteries.)
The LZ5�s 2.5-inch LCD also the LZ3�s 2.0-inch LCD are remarkably higher quality whereas the previous cameras direction the LZ series, with besides activity over bad eye influence low-light situations as well as easy viewing from angles, which helps the user when holding the camera overhead for a high-angle shot.
In appendage to the 5-point, 3-point nervous speed, 1-point specific fury besides Spot autofocus, the LZ5 again LZ3 liability perform side with to 1-point high-speed autofocus. This locale reduces autofocus time by about 40 percent compared to previous models. An autofocus assist lamp is also added for the first time to the LZ series cameras. New attributes hold an supplementary six commotion modes, bringing the liquidate to 14. That, fineness Simple Mode, which offers uninvolved shooting to student photographers, makes these two cameras expeditive seeing just about any picture-taking situation.
Both the LZ5 again LZ3 conceive 14 megabytes of built-in memory, and so they are agile to progress pictures felicitous out of the box. For more picture-taking capacity, the cameras proceeds SD Memory cards. Picture files liability be transferred from the internal memory to an SD card and vice versa. Pictures can also be transferred to a computer using the included USB cable.