I originally bought the Panasonic LS75 as a pocket camera as there know now as. Any digital camera that can fit in your pocket. I wanted a camera that would be available to me any time. This camera was on sale for the Christmas holidays so I actually bought two at the time. Both cameras take an awesome photo. Colors were bright and perfect at focus under most conditions. The cameras are fully automatic. There are a lot of options to choose from For accuracy there are many presets in which to shoot from.

The DMC-TZ3 I bought about a week later because of the bigger lens, longer zoom and heavier construction. Both cameras have similar features and are 7.1 mega pixel. Both have a picture stabilizer which can be set to operate all the time or when the shutter button is pressed. They both come with a built in shutter lens cape which opens when the power switch is turned on.