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do you want better photo quality than you can get with a point-and-shoot do you want a smaller camera than the typical bridge model then Goldilocks this one may be just right I'm Laurie Brennan and this is the Panasonic Lumix cs100 Panasonic puts a 25 to 250 millimeter 10 times zoom plus a 1 inch sensor in the $700 compact it's the longest zoom ever paired with this size sensor in a pocket-sized model for the most part I really like the design it's got a grip an electronic viewfinder a tilting flash and a control ring on the lens I wish the LCD could tilt or flip up for selfies though the feature sets really good too with 4k video and some Panasonic specific features including post focus and 4k burst post focus snaps multiple shots at multiple focus distances turning it into a short video from which you extract the shots you like 4k burst works the same way for really fast continuous shooting it's not best-in-class either for photo and video quality or speed that would be the Sony rx100 4 but it's good enough given the flexibility afforded by the bigger zoom lens for more on the trade-offs you'll have to read my review on CNET