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Is the Panasonic LZ20 good for Sports Photography?

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ20
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Panasonic LZ20 Sports Photography Score

POOR
Panasonic LZ20 has a score of 39 for Sports Photography which makes it a POOR candidate for this type of photography. If Sports Photography is important for you, we strongly recommend you to consider the Alternative cameras listed at the bottom of this page.
Read our detailed Panasonic LZ20 Review

Panasonic LZ20 Sports Photography Detailed Analysis
Manual Exposure Mode
Even though modern digital cameras features advanced algorithms to calculate the right exposure, they still may fail some difficult conditions. Manual exposure mode in these conditions helps a lot in order to achieve correct and consistent exposure.
Image Stabilization
Image stabilization reduces the effects of camera shake at long focal lengths thus ensuring sharper photos during sports photography.
525 mm Tele Lens
525 mm reach lens will be adequate in most sports events.
Average Max shutter speed: 1/2000s
Panasonic LZ20's max shutter speed of 1/2000s is not the best in class but it will be enough to freeze the moment. A potential problem may be when you use a fast aperture at very strong light, your camera may overexpose because of slow max shutter speed
Average Ergonomics&Handling
although not as good as a DSLR body, Panasonic LZ20 is good enough for most conditions.
Slow Continuous Shooting: 1.0fps
In the world of sports photography, faster is always better.
Environmental Sealings
Most outdoor sports games are held in all-weather, so your camera has to be ready for difficult conditions such as rain and snow. Exposure to dust and water splashes are also very common in sports.
9 Focus Points
In sports photography , you keep continuous autofocus (AFC) mode on for tracking the subject and more focus means better tracking.
No Manual Focus Mode
Compact cameras are not great at focusing moving objects especially at low light and your camera may not even fire bacause of not locking the focus, so manual focus mode is very useful at these times.
No Built-in Viewfinder
In the lack of a a viewfinder, holding the camera away from the body while using live view is not very stable, especial with heavy camera bodies and lenses. Besides, LCD screens are very hard to read under bright sunlight.
No External Flash Shoe
When shooting indoor sports or outdoor sports at low light, an external flash may become very helpful.
Slow Lens at Tele: f5.80
You will have hard time getting fast enough shutter speeds with a lens that is slow at tele.
No RAW shooting capability
RAW files contains much more color information compared to JPEGs, and gives you more room for post processing without significant quality loss. They provide wider dynamic range and option to recover shadow and highlight clipping to some degree.

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Panasonic LZ20 Alternatives in SLR-like (bridge) cameras for Sports Photography

Sony RX10 IV

Compare LZ20 vs RX10 IV

20 MP | 1-inch BSI-CMOS Sensor
24-600 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #133
Rank in Bridge Cameras: #3

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 IV
Imaging
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Sony RX10 III

Compare LZ20 vs RX10 III

20 MP | 1-inch BSI-CMOS Sensor
24-600 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #143
Rank in Bridge Cameras: #6

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 III
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability
Overall Score
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Panasonic FZ300

Compare LZ20 vs FZ300

12 MP | 1/2.3-inch CMOS Sensor
25-600 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #140
Rank in Bridge Cameras: #4

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ300
Imaging
Features 93
Value for Money
Portability
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
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Panasonic FZ1000

Compare LZ20 vs FZ1000

20 MP | 1-inch CMOS Sensor
25-400 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #151
Rank in Bridge Cameras: #7

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1000
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Sony RX10 II

Compare LZ20 vs RX10 II

20 MP | 1-inch BSI-CMOS Sensor
24-200 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #135
Rank in Bridge Cameras: #5

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 II
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Overall Score
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