Panasonic's 2010 GPS travel zoom flagship — 12.1MP CCD, 25-300mm equiv Leica lens, 720p AVCHD Lite; ZS7 in US.
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ10 was the flagship of Panasonic's 2010 Travel Zoom compacts, sold in North America as the Lumix DMC-ZS7. Its headline addition over the TZ7 was built-in GPS geotagging, then a novelty in pocket cameras.
It uses a 1/2.33in CCD delivering 12.1 effective megapixels behind a Leica DC Vario-Elmar 12x zoom equivalent to 25-300mm at f/3.3-4.9, with Power O.I.S. stabilisation. It records 720p video in AVCHD Lite or Motion JPEG, offers full P/A/S/M exposure modes, and frames on a 3.0in 460k-dot LCD. Storage is SD-family cards with a proprietary lithium-ion battery.
It remains a strong one-camera travel companion: wide 25mm framing for interiors and landscapes, useful 300mm reach, manual control when wanted, and geotagged travel archives. GPS lock could be slow and drains battery; the small CCD limits high-ISO work.
On the used market check the battery and charger situation first (proprietary pack), confirm the GPS still acquires a fix outdoors if that feature matters, and cycle the zoom for smoothness. Inspect the higher-resolution screen for scratches and test AVCHD Lite clips play back cleanly. Hot-pixel checks apply as with any ageing CCD.