Panasonic Lumix TZ80 12MP 30X Zoom Camera - Black341/2987

Excellent camera, I like this camera make so much, but it really needs a good camera case !

Easy to carry and starts up quickly I imagined that Leica would only put their name to a good lens but the lens is very soft at the outer half of the magnification range. I took a series of test shots of the same scene at all the iso settings, noise was obvious at 400 and at higher values the images were useless, fringing was also obvious. With the physically long and optically slow lens and poor iso performance it is often difficult to get a high enough shutter speed to give sharp handheld images in light conditions that my previous canon compact copied with. L The camera doesn't cope well with scenes with a high dynamic range, shadows seem ok but highlights are blown out.

Would like to have had a complete user manual as the leaflet enclosed not very helpful. Lots more on this model than my existing TZ30 which is easier to operate than the 80. Still trying to get around functions of fn buttons and also flash and macro settings Can you provide a detailed operating manual.