Experience Report for the Jenoptik JD 10.0 Z3 SL

I can Jenoptik JD 10.0z3 SL since early October call my own.
The camera comes with two lithium-ion 3.7 volt 820mAh battery's, which are sufficient for 150 images, and has a large 3 inch (7.4 cm) LCD with 960 x 240 pixels, making photographing fun ,
This model supports SD and MMC memory cards up to 2GB, which is enough for 22 minutes of video at the highest resolution - the amount of images depends on the setting and is specified by the manufacturer with 80 to 5000 per GB.
At the highest quality, and the Kompresssion "Superfine" the image file is about 4.6 MB in size.
With the video function you can clip with 320 by 240, which have probably strong artifacts, videos with 640 by 480 or movies in 16: 9 format, which then 848 480 corresponds to record. The aufgenommenden films have on the screen a satisfactory quality, but moderate noise and appear slightly blurred. The maximum data size is in 16: 9 about 93 MB per minute.
The sound is unfortunately too low, dull looks and somewhat tinny.
During recording, a 3 times optical zoom is available in images comes another 4 times digtaler added, which, however, makes little sense.
The camera holds up well in his hands and is easy to use. Only for large hands, the buttons are a bit too small and also slightly cumbersome. ISO values ​​and data are to be set via a menu system and a setup, aperture and shutter via a shortcut key on the bottom right. In addition, the model provides 19 Scene modes for quick and simple images.
The Jenoptik makes for optimal lighting conditions good, clear images, but tends toward the edge to easily blur. The focal length
7.4 to 22.2 mm corresponds to 35.1 to 105.3 mm in 35 mm format, which occurs at 35.1 mm of known wide-angle effect, ie when photographing a street with houses, then the areas at edge inclined (Pisa effect).
In addition, it must be ensured that the ISO value between 50 and 200 remain. After the images captured unfortunately to rustle. Even ISO 1600 can be set, but produces unusable results, especially in poor conditions.
A few more details:
Aspect Ratio: EXIF ​​2.2 (JPEG)
3648 x 2736/3648 x 2432 (3: 2) / TBD (16: 9)
3264 x 2448/2560 x 1920/2048 x 1536/640 x 480
Superfine: 4x / Fine: 8x / Normal: 12x
Video format: Motion JPEG Internal decoder (MJPG)
Audio format: CCITT u-law / 14kHz mono 1 / Bitrate: 112 kbit / s / sample size: 8 bits.

Tip: Turn on the Smart Sharpen to "minimal" because he, too strong, produces artifacts.

In conclusion: On the whole I am very satisfied with the JD 10.0z3 SL since it set correctly, provides good results. The video function is if you do not HD or a camcorder for comparison draws, well above average for digicam's - and therefore a great plus for image and video for Jenoptik at this price !!!

!!!!! - UPDATE on 21/03/2009 - !!!!!:
According to latest information from the manufacturer supports
Jenoptik JD10.0z3SL - SDHC memory cards up to 8GB, a
Firmware update is not necessary for !!!
In addition, can be used as a spare battery NP-900.