The DMC-ZS19's powerful 20x optical zoom draws your subjects right up close, and lets you freely capture decisive sports scenes, along with the natural expressions of people and animals, and details that you can't even see with your bare eyes. The Panasonic's black box technology Nano surface coating boasts extremely low reflectance ratio and it is applied to DMC-ZS19 for exceptional optical performance with stunning clarity by minimizing flaring and ghosts. The 14.1-megapixel high sensitivity MOS sensor is an excellent developed for the DMC-ZS19 for even higher image quality. This boasts better S/N ratio compared with the 14.1-megapixel MOS sensor in the DMC-ZS19. Together with the performance of the Venus Engine, quality of image shot in low-lit situations is dramatically improved reducing the noise to its half level. The DMC-ZS19 boasts the approx. 0.1 second of light speed AF that helps to catch even the most fleeting photo opportunities. You can quickly focus on moving subjects, such as when you're shooting sports scenes or animals. The large 3.0-inch LCD lets you operate the auto focus and shutter release at the same time with just a touch. When playing back, you can drag the image across the screen with a finger to browse a collection of photos, or scroll the map to play geo-tagged images.