[paulb100]

I am thinking of purchasing the TZ6 over the TZ7 as its £40 cheaper but as far as I know the only difference between the two is HD video recording and 0.3 inch bigger screen

- is that the only differences?

thanks

[etaf]

Differences listed on the Jessops website

Storage for Digital Compacts MultiMedia (NO difference on the panasonic website - see link below)
TZ6 says SD Card SDHC
TZ7 says On board MultiMedia SD Card SDHC

LCD Monitor
TZ6 2.7"
TZ7 3.0"

CCD Size
TZ6 1/2.5 inch
TZ7 1/2.33 inch

Video Out
TZ6 PAL NTSC
TZ7 HD Component PAL NTSC

HD Compatible
TZ6 No
TZ7 Yes

The panasonic site is running very slowly for me today - so cant see the difference or confirm jessops site correct yet

OK managed to get onto the panasonic site and do a comparison
heres the link
http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_G...-TZ7&p=DMC-TZ6

Additional differences - also confirmed the above
Face Recognition
TZ6 - none
TZ7 Photo

Face Detection
TZ6 Photo
TZ7 Photo & Movie

One-Touch Movie Button
TZ6 no
TZ7 Yes

Movie scene mode
TZ6 - None
TZ7 - long list

Unlimited consecutive shooting
TZ6 2.0 frames / sec
TZ7 1.8 frames / sec

Motion Picture Recording
Large difference here

Multi-Aspect
TZ6 No
TZ7 Yes

Focus Icon Select
TZ6 No
TZ7 Yes (in Face Recognition only )

Viera Link
TZ6 no
TZ7 Yes

Wind-Cut in Motion Picture
TZ6 no
TZ7 Yes

Microphone / Speaker
TZ6 Mono / Yes
TZ7 Stereo / Yes

[antimoth]

Per this review (these guys are smart and thorough testers), it looks like the cameras take similar pictures, and are quite good at what they do, but you would want to pay the extra money if you wanted HD video and a bigger LCD screen.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/q209...oom/page16.asp

I'm a fan of video, so I'd go for the better (wider) video. Years from now, someone might look at my stuff and say "the old coot at least spent his money on quality".

[Larkshall]

I have tried several still camera's in the past but have always found their video to be somewhat lacking in quality, very often only 320x280 pixels. I have a Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ10 (an excellent still camera but again only 320x280pixels). I looked around for a video camera and found the Toshiba Camileo H10 (which is HDMI DV at 1280x720pixels). It gives excellent results, is probably the cheapest for the quality (£130) and does 10Mp still pictures. It's worth having a look at.

[paulb100]

Originally Posted by Larkshall

I have tried several still camera's in the past but have always found their video to be somewhat lacking in quality, very often only 320x280 pixels. I have a Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ10 (an excellent still camera but again only 320x280pixels). I looked around for a video camera and found the Toshiba Camileo H10 (which is HDMI DV at 1280x720pixels). It gives excellent results, is probably the cheapest for the quality (£130) and does 10Mp still pictures. It's worth having a look at.

thanks - im set on TZ7

another very very cheap 10 megapixel camera with 720 HD video and 5x optical zoom is the £70 GE E1050
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/167895...roduct_reviews