size of charger? I have had a Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ7 (7.2MP / 6x optical zoom), for about 3 years, and I love it. However, I want a camera with more optical zoom. One thing I love about the Lz7 is that it takes AA batteries. I use rechargable AAs, but it is very convenient when on long trips and/or travelling abroad because if the batteries run out, I can buy AAs anywhere. I keep my camera in my purse and take it everywhere at all times. I can't be carrying around a bulky charger, too. I'm considering he ZS1 or one of the which uses rechargable batteries. Which brings us to my question: how bulky is the battery charger on the ZS1? Will it fit in a small camera pouch with the camera?Thanks! size of charger? I have had a Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ7 (7.2MP / 6x optical zoom), for about 3 years, and I love it. However, I want a camera with more optical zoom. One thing I love about the Lz7... » Read More size of charger? I have had a Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ7 (7.2MP / 6x optical zoom), for about 3 years, and I love it. However, I want a camera with more optical zoom. One thing I love about the Lz7 is that it takes AA batteries. I use rechargable AAs, but it is very convenient when on long trips and/or travelling abroad because if the batteries run out, I can buy AAs anywhere. I keep my camera in my purse and take it everywhere at all times. I can't be carrying around a bulky charger, too. I'm considering he ZS1 or one of the which uses rechargable batteries. Which brings us to my question: how bulky is the battery charger on the ZS1? Will it fit in a small camera pouch with the camera?Thanks! « Show Less
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Ginkgo, I know what you re talking about regarding AA batteries. You can find them everywhere. I bought a ZS1 to take to the Philippines rencently. The rechargeable battery is smaller than two AAs. The charger is a bit smaller than half a pack of cancer sticks, and will handle 110-220 volts although you may need an adapter. Charger and adapter are smaller than half a pack and weigh less than two AAs. Both my wife and I took our cameras and chargers. Weight and size are no problem for us one-bag travellers. Monte L. Steiger
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It is best that you buy an extra battery charger which comes with 2 batteries. The batteries are NOT long lasting. You are able to charge the battery in the camera, as the camera comes with a USB cord with plug -in charger. I bought the one reccommended. This way you can carry 2 extra batteries with you in a small camera case.
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I also had an FH20 - it broke - error message with lens not opening and price to fix vs new one was silly so just bought new one, SZ7. The battery for the SZ7 is thinner, so the old FH20 one will not fit in the camera. However, the other dimensions are the same, so I popped the SZ7 battery into the wall charger from my FH20, the green light went on and it charged. Now I am not a technical person or battery expert so I have no idea if this is in any way harming the battery, but it does fit in the charger, green light goes on and it charges.
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Yes this card would work in your Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ7, but I think you would be better off buying Sandisk SDHC Extreme Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card. The SDHC are a little more expensive but they can be written to at least 40 times faster. Some of the SDHC cards are rated even faster than that. If you use an regular SD card you could experience wait time in video and high speed burst photography. Secondly: get a card size of at least 16GB or even 32GB. You can fill a 2GB card up rather quickly with the higher resolution cameras.
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you can put any AA size battery in it, its the mah which makes the difference as to how long the battery will last, obviously you can only put rechargeable batteries in a charger. please note if you have firm ware 1.2 do note upgrade to 1.3 as this will mess up your pictures, and there is no way back once you have upgraded
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Hey Julie- I too had this same question so I went out and purchased the Lumix DMC-TZ5. I found the camera to be very good in the zoom department and video was nice as well. The reason I returned this camera was because of the picture quality. Panasonic seems to me, to have yellow pictures. Even though there is IS, I still had many shots that turned out to be blurry. I owned a Pansasonic in the past and had the same issues on that camera. I now own the Olympus Stylus 1010 for about 2 weeks. I had a mid-size camera for years and loved it but wanted a pocket size camera that would do justice. I am very picky and have bought and returned 4 different point and shoot cameras. The Olympus 1010 is the first camera that I have fell in love with. Very fast, very small, and the image quality is awesome! I have a very difficult shooting base but this camera far exceeds any other camera I have purchased or spent many hours playing with. I am so very satisfied with my purchase and Olympus really has come through with this camera. Hope this helps!
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Thanks for the rundown and for the tip. SterlingTek SterlingTek's POWWER brand Canon Powershot SD790 NB-5L battery 1400mAH would be the way to go, but I'm penny-pinching, and 14. + 8. (shipping) for the SterlingTek is 12. more than the Lenmar, so I think I'll have to spin the wheel and hope I receive a non-dud from them. SterlingTek make a sweet little car charger for that battery also (15. + 8.) that would be very handy, but now we're talking fantasy purchases. I shouldn't be shopping, I should be digging myself out of debt.
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I'm sorry but I really can't tell you. I have a Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS10. My camera came with an authentic Panasonic battery and battery charger. It worked great but I wanted an additional battery so I ordered a battery charger with two batteries that came in a kit. It said that they were compatible with my camera and could be substituted for the Panasonic battery, had the same battery number but was not authentic Panasonic. I found that although they worked briefly in my camera they didn't work the next time I used my camera. Both of these batteries acted the same way. When I used the authentic Panasonic battery it worked perfectly. I then ordered another authentic Panasonic battery and although it was more expensive than the two battery/charger kit, this new battery worked great. My husband told me to throw out the other battery kit because it may damage my camera. The second authentic Panasonic battery that I ordered was identical in every way to the battery that came with my camera. At least in my case, I would not order a substitute battery for my camera even if they say it is compatible. It may ruin your camera. My advice is to find out the number of the authentic Panasonic battery that your owner manual recommends (mine is DMW-BCG10PP) and order that authentic Panasonic battery. The off-brand substitute batteries I ordered would not hold a charge and I had to replace them each time I used the camera. I then would recharge these batteries and they would again only hold enough charge for one use - then they were dead.
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Easy answer: Buy the Canon CB-2LW Battery Charger and get a plug adapter. The Charger is multi-voltage compatible. I just took it with me to China and charged up the battery overnight - in the morning, I was ready to video the sites! :) I'd recommend getting at least two of the higher capacity Canon BP-2L14 Battery - that way you can carry a spare charged battery with you. The Kensington 33117 International All-in-One Travel Plug Adapter works okay, but there are some plugs where it won't work (I found the diagonal slanted prong style in China sometimes needs the third ground prong which the Kensington doesn't have). Hope this helps! Easy answer: Buy the Canon CB-2LW Battery Charger and get a plug adapter. The Charger is multi-voltage compatible. I just took it with me to China and charged up the battery overnight - in the morning, I was ready to video the sites! :) I'd recommend getting at least two of the higher capacity Canon BP-2L14 Battery - that way you can carry a spare charged battery with you. The Kensington 33117 International All-in-One Travel Plug Adapter works okay, but there are some plugs where it won't work (I found the diagonal slanted prong style in China sometimes needs the third ground prong which... » Read More Easy answer: Buy the Canon CB-2LW Battery Charger and get a plug adapter. The Charger is multi-voltage compatible. I just took it with me to China and charged up the battery overnight - in the morning, I was ready to video the sites! :) I'd recommend getting at least two of the higher capacity Canon BP-2L14 Battery - that way you can carry a spare charged battery with you. The Kensington 33117 International All-in-One Travel Plug Adapter works okay, but there are some plugs where it won't work (I found the diagonal slanted prong style in China sometimes needs the third ground prong which the Kensington doesn't have). Hope this helps! « Show Less
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yes batteries work great in my lumix and i like to carrier extra batteries with me. i took my camera home to oregon from texas, and i needed to charge them up while at thebeach, just plug the charger into outlet in car and it worked great. have had no trouble at all with them, and yes i would buy them again if i needed them. i have had these for about7 months now.
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I am in the same boat as you. My camera needs are the same as yours and I have been researching these two cameras as well as the Panasonic DMC-FZ8. Right now I am leaning towards the Panasonic. The Panasonic requires a battery pack instead of AA batteries but Amazon offers the battery packs for $15 - $20. In addition the Panasonic is about $50 cheaper than the Sony and the Canon. My old Olympus has problems with severe shutter lag and poor quality pics on indoor & low light situations.
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Frankly Frank, I don't know. Amazon has a lot of batteries and chargers out there. Panasonic has a lot of camera models. Be careful about buying an after market battery or charger. Some are inferior China knockoffs with batteries not to standard. (Bought this one and it WOULD NOT work with my DMC-LF1.) Sometimes it's just better to go with the OEM. - J.T.
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A recommendation about batteries: For flashlights, the newer type of rechargeables, the low-self-discharge (LSD?) type are great. They can sit in storage for years, while keeping most of their power. And they can be recharged hundreds of times, with no 'memory effect'. To see an example, do a search on Amazon product ID number B00JHKSMJU (Panasonic Enloop). They are also built sturdier, to avoid leaks. The downside is that they were more expensive to buy (and I had to buy a compatible charger too), but am saving money in the long run.
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After reading (doing my own research from previous owners) I followed their advise:a) Regular AA batteries work but are short lived; so I did what was recommended by other users: Energizer lithium AA.b) Many people complain that the camera is slow; so I followed their advise on this also: Scan Disk Exteme Class 10.I recently went on a trip to Italy and had no trouble at all taking pictures!
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It's a great little camera and has held up very well. However as far as I can tell, the two USB ports (1 regular, 1 mini) are only used for uploading pictures to a computer or other device. I've always had to take it out and use the wall outlet charger. However, it charges rather quickly, just a few hours from zero to full. But I did buy an extra battery, online for less than $10, so I always have a charged-up extra if needed. Recently I returned from a 12 day vacation where I took hundreds of photos. Since few were with flash the original battery lasted the entire trip. Hope this is helpful. Dan
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We have about twenty of these at my work, and we only use Energizer Lithium AA's. No worry about a charger or running our of power; just carry one set of spare batteries. The lithiums last a long time too and have a 10 year shelf life. Most small cameras use rechargable batteries to get a smaller, rectangular size.
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I believe it said it was for Panasonic batteries, as an adapter cause of it's size.I use the Sony Lithium only because I had them already for a Sony camera, but being they are expensive it's best to buy the 6 AA through buying an 8 pack AA rechargeable Lithium. If you need hours upon hours of constant light then the single 5 hour Sony Battery is great as I think it lasts longer then the AA ones.The back comes off to place the batteries in and snaps back on to secure them even with the window opening for the batteries the Sony stays snug inside.