Panasonic LUMIX ZS99 Point and Shoot Camera, Compact Camera for Travel with 30x Zoom with 24-720mm Zoom Lens, and 4K Video/Photo, Great for Travel and Concerts, DC-ZS99

Great little pocket camera. Fantastic zoom lens. Great alternative if you don’t want to lug around your big camera with all those lenses

Very capable. The body of the camera is very good. It takes really nice photos.

I love LUMIX cameras. I own S5ii that I purchased during my trip to Japan. It’s an amazing camera. However, it is bulky and I needed something smaller to take on trips. Enter LUMIX ZS99. With 700mm lens… and priced well below its competitors.The good:Camera feels like a good quality built camera. I know it’s a cliche to say, but after using some of the other brands cameras that are made out of plastic and feel like a toy, this lumix feel like it was built with care and class.The controls are very intuitive. And if you are familiar with LUMIX cameras, this camera will be easy to use right out of the box.The lens is incredible and is arguably the best quality of this camera. If you are looking for a camera with a great zoom, look no further.Natural light outdoor pictures look great.Low light indoor pictures surprisingly look just as good. Which is amazing.The badThe battery life of the camera is not the greatest. Especially if you are using WiFi to transfer pictures to your phone or laptop, you might want to invest in second battery.There are absolutely zero accessories for this camera. Panasonic doesn’t even have the decency to offer a neck strap or a case. All accessories must be purchased from 3rd party.Now for the uglyVideo quality is terrible. I get it. The camera’s sensor is the same as my iPhone, but at least my phone can make the video smooth. The video from ZS99 is very glitchy and almost unwatchable.Flash location - who in Panasonic’s R&D department approved this craziness?!?! The flash is located right below the shutter button. Which means, in order for the flash to be effective, you almost have to hold the camera in such awkward way that you risk dropping it.No hot shoe - it can’t be that hard to offer this camera with a hot shoe. Not even for external flash, because everyone knows Panasonic can’t make a descent flash, but even for the ability to attach an external microphone. Although, with such poor video recording ability, I don’t know if I even want that anymore.Image stabilization- forget that. This camera doesn’t have image stabilization like they claim. Definitely not for video. If you are shooting photo or video with the zoom all the way to 720mm, you better have the camera on a tripod or you will get some unfocused garbage.Overall, this is a good camera. The image quality is way above just about every other camera in its class. Of course if you are willing to shell out double or triple the money, you will get a bigger sensor and better quality images. But for the price, this is arguably the best camera on the market. For someone who travels a lot, this camera is a great companion.

This is an awesome camera. The zoom is exactly what I want.

The image quality was not acceptable. at zoom levels covered by my iPhone, the quality of the iPhone was superior. Nice package but the physics of the small sensor are too much to overcome.

This is exactly what I was expecting. I wanted a vacation camera that had a long enough optical zoom to get the shots I want without having to do post processing that I never get around to and losing resolution on the cropped images. In today's world of great phone cameras, the zoom is really the only selling point for me. The images are of good enough quality, but not anywhere near as good as a good bridge camera. The image sensor has to be small to get this level of zoom in this small of a camera, I get that. What I have a bit more trouble with is that small sensor camera modules have come a long way in the last decade, but this is essentially the same sensor as I had in cameras back then. If they put in a modern sensor (even a cell phone sensor) and put a good lens on it, I think the images would be much better. Of course, phones also do a lot of processing to the images that a serious photographer does not want, but no serious photographer is going to use a camera like this so add all the processing tricks to get more out of the images. Basically, a good phone camera with a good zoom lens is all I wanted out of this. The market for point and shoot cameras has shrunk because the average person is just as happy with the quality of the shots their phone can take. For me the zoom is enough of a feature to buy and carry this camera, but I do find it hard to believe it can't do things my phone camera has done extremely well for many years. The low light performance for example is terrible compared to phones. I would have no problem if there was a way to turn off the processing for those that want a more pure image, but I think the market for a camera like this wants to just point, shoot, and get images that look as good as a modern phone.I am disappointed that I can't get a product that is more a phone camera with a long optical zoom. I would be happy if it was in my phone as a periscope camera, so a point and shoot camera should have no problem reaching that threshold. Either I am missing something, or all of the manufacturers in this market are still trying to make a smaller version of a big camera instead of a more capable version of a phone camera. The marked has changed, make products for what the market is today.With all of that being said, I knew exactly what I was buying, and I am very happy with the camera based on my expectations. It does everything it claims to do, and the quality is good enough for my needs. I rate products based on reasonable expectations. I wouldn't expect this to compare to a mirrorless camera or even a large bridge camera, but I don't want to carry one of those around. I have a decent mirrorless, and it just sits in the closet because it is too much effort to pack it for vacations or carry it around all day. I didn't deduct a star because of a problem with the camera, I deducted a star because I think it could easily be done better.

It works so well, it takes stunning and crystal pictures . The zoom is really epic and good. It is a little complicated to use, but you will get the hang of it.the flash works beautifully. It is light wait and the perfect size to fit in a pocket or a fannypack. It also is touch screan which is a real plus. It turns on right away. Highly recommend!!!

A little heavier than I would like but the camera is so much better than my Canons. It's not really for a beginner as it has a ton of features that I'm having to learn. The light correction is not quite as good as my Canon but that can be manually corrected if I can learn how! It has a smart feature that is great for me where it will not take the pic if it is out of focus! I inspect homes so this is a HUGE advantage. I had to change my battery at least once a day with my Canon but I can go days with this larger capacity battery. I do feel like I need a photography class to learn all of the features of this camera.