| Model: | Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 |
| Kind: | Point-and-shoot |
| Sensor: | 1/2.35" CCD res = 3072 × 2304 (7.2 million effective) |
| Lens: | Fixed |
| Shutterrange: | s –s |
| Farea: | 9-points, 3-points, 1-point, spot |
| Cont: | 3 frames/s, 5 consecutive frames |
| Speedrange: | Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1250, High sensitivity 3200 |
| Viewfinder: | Liquid crystal display |
| Rearlcd: | 3.0 in (7.62 cm), 230,000 pixels |
| Storage: | Secure Digital Card (SD) and Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC)[1] [2] |
| Weight: | 232 g |
| Battery: | 3.7 V, 1000 mAh |
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 was a compact 'Travel Zoom' camera announced on January 31, 2007.[3] It was the successor to the 2006 TZ1 announced in 2006, and was released in parallel with the TZ2. It has a 10× optical zoom with the focal range equivalent to 28–280 mm (35 mm film equivalent) coupled with Mega O.I.S. image stabiliser. It is a fully automatic compact camera, without manual control of aperture and shutter time. The TZ3 was awarded both the TIPA "Best Superzoom Digital Camera" award[4] and the EISA "European Compact Camera" award[5] in 2007.The TZ4, TZ5 (known as TZ15 in Asia, Australia and New Zealand), and TZ50 succeeded the TZ2 and TZ3.