Here we are comparing TX66 and ZS80, two Compact cameras from Sony and Panasonic. Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX66 is a Ultracompact class camera and Panasonic Lumix DC-ZS80 is a Small Sensor Superzoom class camera.
Sony TX66 was introduced to the market in February 2012 and Panasonic ZS80 was launched in February 2018. As you can see, TX66 is 6 years older than ZS80. Let's see if this age difference between two cameras makes a big difference.
This will be an interesting match up as even though these two cameras doesn't have the exact same body type, they are both ranked amongst Top 10 cameras in their classes. Sony TX66 is ranked
#5 out of 155 Ultracompact cameras with an overall score of 37 whereas Panasonic ZS80 is ranked
#6 out of 251 Small Sensor Superzoom cameras with an overall score of 57.
Here is a brief look at the main features of the Sony TX66 and Panasonic ZS80 before getting into our more detailed comparison.
Let's read on in the following sections in order to better understand in detail how the Sony TX66 and Panasonic ZS80 compare and hopefully end up with enough arguments to decide which one is better for you.
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