Customer Ratings & Reviews

I bought this camera open box and I was pleasantly surprised. The camera was in pristine condition and the quality is so good. I bought this for a trip as a travel camera and it honestly takes better pictures than my phone (except for low light). The zoom is amazing! The battery life is great for traveling, I only had to charge it every other day.

The quality is really good. I’m still learning the settings, but it’s a great point and shoot camera! Really great for photos and traveling and it’s compact and easy to bring along on trips. The flash is the only downside because it’s kind of in an awkward place where I usually put my fingers.

Before buying this camera, I was constantly purchasing disposable cameras and spending even more money developing the photos. I finally decided to invest in a real camera, and I’m so glad I chose this one. It’s lightweight, easy to use, and perfect for beginners. The variety of settings is impressive, including manual controls if you want to experiment, and it even shoots in stunning 4K video. The photo quality is crystal clear with great color accuracy and sharpness. Battery life is solid — I can easily shoot all day on a single charge — and it feels sturdy without being too bulky. Plus, transferring photos to my phone or laptop is super simple with the built-in WiFi/Bluetooth. I highly recommend this camera to anyone looking for a reliable, high-quality option without the complicated learning curve.

So I’ll start off by saying this camera held up to what I’d hoped it would be. With that being said, I bought it knowing about a couple of its drawbacks thanks to previous reviewer’s insights. So here are some of those “cons” real quick: The flash is in fact in an inconvenient spot. But I was used to shooting another point and shoot camera with a flash in the same spot. The camera is BORDERLINE pocketable, I think any bigger and it’d fall out of that classification. The camera also struggles in low light. It would struggle to pick up on a subject in dim lighting, and the struggle only got worse as I zoomed in more and more. So with all that out of the way, here are some of the things I really enjoy about this camera: The 720mm zoom is INCREDIBLE. I was really skeptical of it, just because my phone goes to potato quality after a certain threshold of zoom. But the specs don’t lie, and the optical zoom is spectacular. Images were so clear. In lower lighting the image clarity gets less great, which is when the flash comes into play. The flash is really good at fanning out and capturing the scene and subject. It’s nice and bright, and of course you can change the intensity in the settings. The ability to tilt the screen is a really fun feature. I don’t use this camera for video so I can’t speak to anything on that front, but all in all this was a great replacement for my old point and shoot, and I take it with me on all my hikes and outdoor walks and family gettogethers.

This is my first digital camera. I don't have anything to compare it with besides my iPhone. So far it's very user friendly and has so much cool features that it amazes me. It's lightweight, battery life if I use it a lot it takes up to 2 days until I need to charge it. I love the aesthetics of how it looks like! Best purchase ever! Here are some of the photos I shot using their retro setting.

Great camera -- I love Panasonic Lumix products! This ZS99 seems so familiar to my old Lumix DC-ZS70, which completely wore out after several years and several thousand photos. I require a real camera in hand, and a purse-sized one at that, that's easy to operate with one hand and take wherever I go. No giant lenses for me, and cell phones are too awkward, proven by the numbers of blurry images. My new ZS99 is more affordable than the $1500+ models and provides very sharp images. The zoom has helped me sharpen my artistic eye, producing high-quality greeting cards that have garnered praise from friends, a couple of whom are collecting them. About the only thing it can't do well is capture hummingbird wings in flight, but the faces and bodies are fine.

I needed to buy a last-minute camera before my trip to Greece. I went in a week before I left and was immediately sold on this one for the size, video capability, and the zoom feature is amazing.

I absolutely love this camera! It’s perfect for what I need. My son plays baseball and without having to be super close to the field, I can be farther away and still comfortably still take nice photos that aren’t pixelated or poor quality. For far distance photos as someone who isn’t a professional photographer, you really can’t beat the price point and quality. Another plus of this camera is the flip up screen, it definitely is one of my favorite features for sure. If you’re looking for something that is great quality while still being a great functional camera for long distances this is a great option.

[Employee of bestbuy] If you are looking for a dupe do the Canon Mark III this and the Sony Cybershot are the best options! It gives that perfect glow that comes from a really good digital camera. My sunset and beach photos look edited just from how nice the color and quality is of the camera shots. And unlike the Mark III, this takes fantastic night photography. My photos from Universal and Disneyland look super nice and the quality is incredible, you don’t lose any color or definition in your photos taken at night.

I am very happy with this purchase. It is so easy and quick to pull out and start taking pictures immediately. The zoom is crazy good and has two different methods for steps and precision. I was getting ready for a trip when I bought this. Initially, I was looking at a different, cheaper camera that looked like it would work for what I wanted. But then Nate, the camera guy at the Best Buy I was at, warned me against that other camera and gave me a few reasons why he didn't think I would like it. He then recommended this one and I have been using it so much on my trip. Crystal clear pictures, variety of modes and the ability to move the screen to a selfie mode has been invaluable. I'm still learning everything it can do and am very happy with my purchase. Only cons I can think of is that Panasonic's Image App is a pain to use and I occasionally click the On/Off button while I'm pulling it out, but I've been getting better about that Thanks Nate for the help!

My first “big” camera purchase and I couldn’t be happier with it! The quality of photos are phenomenal and it is so easy to travel with! Do not regret this purchase at all(:

Great quality photos. I was having issues with the flash in the dark, there seemed to be a shadow, once I looked it up I realized my finger was blocking the flash, once I kept my fingers out the way the pictures turned out great. Small enough to carry in my crossbody. Battery life seemed great. I love the screen to flip up for selfies. Records videos easily. Would recommend and buy again!

My wife surprised me with this camera before our family vacation and I was able to capture so many wonderful memories with our young child in high resolution. This is much better than using a phone camera and the instant transfer to phone feature was great for immediately sharing images with other friends and family.

Camera pretty good!. I tend to cover the flash with my fingers also other people do the same if I ask to take a picture. Video quality pretty good. Like the fact that I can send the photos to my phone with wifi Connect.

Great point and shoot camera for beginners and experienced photographers who like to control different features. I was on the hunt for the canon g7x and found that this was very comparable in terms of quality, features, and compact. If you’re a beginner you don’t need to change any settings and can just adjust the different modes. If you’re more experienced there are a lot of adjustments you can make with white balance, filters, personalized shooting settings and more! It has a great zoom and my personal favorite feature is the blur effect in selfie mode.

Love amazing quality high recommend and easy to use

I just bought this camera, and so far I absolutely love it! This is my very first camera, so I’m still learning how to use all the settings and get the hang of everything. I’ve only taken a few photos so far, but the image quality is seriously amazing. I’ve attached a couple of the pictures I’ve taken, not many yet, but I’m already blown away by how good they look.

Is small enough to fit in a coat pocket. It’s wonderfully travel-friendly and very nicely turned out. The lens built into this camera has a relatively huge 30x optical zoom range, equating to 24-720mm in full-frame terms, and stretching from fairly generous wide-angle coverage to mighty super-telephoto reach.

This is the most affordable & high quality camera I could find! No regrets

I love the quality, it takes amazing pictures. After you learn how to maneuver it it’s way easier to work with it.