The crops are taken from the original images, saved as High Quality JPEGs in Photoshop CS2 and presented here at 100%. Each number represents 100 lines per picture height (lpph), so a figure of 20 means a resolution of 2000 lpph.

In terms of resolving power, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 delivers 1700 lpph of horizontal and vertical resolution. This places it above its 5 Megapixel predecessor, but only by a very small margin – you should certainly not choose the TZ3 over the TZ1 in the hopes you’ll be recording significantly more detail.

These results also place the TZ3 roughly on-par with the Olympus SP-550UZ, but in this test Panasonic’s own Lumix DMC-FZ8 takes the lead. It measurably out-resolves the others shown here at this particular focal length, although as noted on the previous results page, it is also applying more digital sharpening with its Standard settings.