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The zs60 feels solid, and has a good weight to it. The control dial on the top and the back of the camera feel cheap. The control ring feels solid. It can be used for manual focusing or changing aperture or shutter speed. Lots of customizations are a attainable because most of the buttons are programmable. The flash is in a bad spot. I have to make sure that i'm holding the camera a certain way or my middle finger will partially block the flash.
Both viewfinders are amazingly sharp. I never thought i would use an EVF style viewfinder, but this camera's is really nice. It comes in handy if sunlight is extremely bright.
The battery seems to have decent life on it. It doesn't compare to my D5500, but it seems about average. A trick I use to keep the screen from coming on when i don't want it is too place a finger near the eye sensor next to the EVF. The menu system is responsive and crisp. There are a lot of features packed into this camera. It'll take a while to try them all out. The artistic filters are excellent. They can turn the otherwise flat pictures into something better.
I have shot video in 4k, but I don't have anything to view them with. So I can't comment on that. But i have tried the 4K burst mode of photographs. Almost all of the pics from burst mode were grainy. The backgrounds were very mushy looking. I took them when it was cloudy outside, so maybe I would have better results if the sun was out. Still experimenting.
Overall, I really enjoy using this camera.
Update: I haven't been able to figure out the Wi-Fi on this camera. It's confusing.
Regarding the pictures I posted, the first one was shot with Artistic Expression filter in the Creative Mode. The second was shot in iA mode. the third and fourth shows the range of the lens. Look in the middle of the parking lot picture. You'll see the white clock tower. that's at 24mm. the fourth pic is the clock tower at 720mm. 5th-7th are just size comparisons.
{UPDATE: 6-9-2016} Now that I have been using this camera for 2 months, I have discovered that the software works for transferring images to my iPhone and iPad. The camera is also able to connect to wireless itself, but you need a Panasonic account for that. I have not signed up for that.
I had stated previously that video in low light was great. I was mistaken. I was taking videos in low light of inanimate objects (candles; electric and real). But I discovered that filming people indoors, even with decent lighting is terrible. This camera excels in the sunlight. Taking video of my daughter's preschool assembly is pretty much useless. The zs60 smears, blurs and distorts your subjects. I'm still keeping my rating at 5 stars because I haven't been able to put this camera down. It goes everywhere with me. But certain shooting environments really expose the weaknesses of the 1/2.3" sensor. But, videos and pics I have taken of the moon are awesome! I now appreciate the quality of video and pics of my APS-C cameras more. The zs60's size is great. Very small, and that's the trade off: small camera/sensor, less quality of images.This camera also suffers from rolling shutter, a "jello" effect when shooting video. This does not occur everytime I have shot video, but it is noticible. On a positive note, this camera is an excellent macro shooter! You can get as close as 5cm from your subject! Videos at close range are excellent as well (all with proper lighting).
All in all, this camera is extremely fun to use. I uploaded more pics. A moon shot, a macro shot and a hi-speed 120fps hd quality (slo-motion) video.
