Panasonic ZS15 vs Sony HX200V

Sony HX200V advantages over Panasonic ZS15

• Focus peaking
  Peaker vs Non-peaker
  Your camera will highlight what's in focus
• Eye-level viewfinder
  Eye-level vs Rear display only
  You'll be able to frame photos even when the sun is out
• Larger lens aperture
  f/2.8 vs f/3.3
  Take photos in low-light or isolate your subject
• Tiltable Screen
  Tiltable vs Fixed
  Tilt the screen for shooting flexbility
• More telephoto lens reach
  810 mm vs 384 mm
  Capture objects farther away
• Longer stills battery life
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  Longer stills battery life

  Cameras with longer battery life can take more photos before exhausting their batteries.

  Special note: The measurement standard for battery life stipulates that if a camera has an internal flash, it must be used for 50% of photos taken. For this reason, comparisons of one camera with an internal flash to another without will not be comparable

  450 vs 260 shots
  Capture more photos
• Manual focus
  Yes vs No
  AF is for the weak. Real photographers focus manually.
• Integrated ND filter
  Yes vs No
  Shoot in daylight with a large aperture or slow shutter
• More dots on screen
  922k vs 460k dots
  Can mean greater resolution or a brighter screen
• More pixels
  18.2 vs 12.1 megapixels
  Higher resolution photos
• Longer exposure
  30 vs 15 sec
  Long exposures for night shots
• Bigger JPEG buffer
  10 vs 4 shots
  Take more JPEG shots before waiting (burst mode)
• Higher extended ISO
  12800 vs 6400 ISO
  Higher extended ISO can give more low-light flexibility