47greyfox Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range

I can second that recommendation. I use them for my can S100 and G16.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

I posted above that my wife has adapted. Thinking about it, she uses only a few features. ON/OFF, iA, zoom and the shutter. She ignores the manual modes, tripods, etc. Her point would be that, for travel, she gets great images. Her results confirm that.

tomad Loc: North Carolina

I put this leather half case on mine. It seems to make it a bit more grip friendly and also protects somewhat from drops and bumps (as long as it lands or is bumped on the part covered by the case.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HE268DO/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

asymptotic_maybe Loc: Southern California

Thank you all for the great help....I have decided on a path forward. You collectively have given me direction and ideas to research. I decided to buy these two products

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DD532WM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0058BW0LS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I may wish I got some of the other products, but now, at least, thanks to you all, I know where to get them if these don't work out.

Thanks again for all the help

chrissybabe Loc: New Zealand

The stickon grip bits were being shown at Comdex 25 odd years ago. I used them on laptops to make them less likely to slip out of my hand. But they stopped making them - a good product introduced too soon and with too small a market. Probably have better glue now also.

Mr Bill 2011 Loc: southern Indiana

[quote=asymptotic_maybe]Thank you all for the great help....I have decided on a path forward. You collectively have given me direction and ideas to research. I decided to buy these two products


I have had a ZS100 for a year or so; when I originally got it I had trouble holding it because it was small and slick. I got a roll of "skate board" tape which has a sand-like textured surface; a piece about 2" long placed on the front where you typically rest your right middle finger works great to make the camera easier to hold. As far as the buttons are concerned, I have big hands but have no trouble with the buttons; I would think a woman with smaller hands would have even less trouble with the buttons. Working with the buttons just takes practice, and most of them can be changed in the menus to pretty much whatever you want them to do. This camera has become my every-day carry unless I am specifically planning to take photographs of something.

kmanske2

No. It makes it a smidgey wider but it still is very pocketable. Had a little neoprene case for it and it fit just fine after attaching the grip.

Low Budget Dave

My experience with tiny cameras is that no one really has problems with the buttons being to small. What they are really having problems with is that the grip is too small, and it doesn't leave their fingers sitting on the right button.

If you have to get a bigger grip, it is usually worth the trouble. Even though it will make the camera larger and heavier, it will make it easier to pick up, and will leave your fingers in the right place when you do.

It is better to have a slightly larger camera that you love using than a tiny camera that you hate.

TRAVLR38 Loc: CENTRAL PA

[quote=asymptotic_maybe]Maybe not the perfect word, but...We recently bought a Lumix ZS100 to replace my wife's nikon P60 that has died. After some months, she's decided she can't/doesn't want to learn how to use this camera. I think it does a really good job of picture takings, but the handling is difficult at best. So small, buttons where you want to hold it, accidentally press something and it takes a trip to the owners manual (almost) to get it back where it belongs. It is very slippery...I have only dropped it once but have been very close to dropping it many times.

I have been using DSLRs usually with pretty large zooms attached for almost everything for many years. I am seeing this Lumix ZS100 as a possible travel replacement for the big stuff, but not unless I can figure out a safe and simple way to handle this camera.

Long winded request, but truly any and all advise for tricks or suggested fixes for these problems will be very welcome. Thanks in advance.[/quote
If you want a thorough review or your problem, there are two places that will help. One is Imaging-Resource, which is pretty well known.
The other is not as well known as it should be for users of bridge cameras, especially, but not exclusively Panasonic. It is a blog by Andrew Smallman. He is from Australia. His blog is CAMERA ERGONOMICS. He is a font of information for many Lumix bridge cameras and many others besides. Follow this link: http://cameraergonomics.blogspot.com/p/fixed-zoom.html
He has found ways to wring the best out of the bridge cameras he writes about.
Best of luck with your camera decision.

asymptotic_maybe Loc: Southern California

[quote=TRAVLR38][quote=asymptotic_maybe]Maybe not the perfect word, but...We recently bought a Lumix ZS100 to replace my wife's nikon P60 that has died. After some months, she's decided she can't/doesn't want to learn how to use this camera. I think it does a really good job of picture takings, but the handling is difficult at best. So small, buttons where you want to hold it, accidentally press something and it takes a trip to the owners manual (almost) to get it back where it belongs. It is very slippery...I have only dropped it once but have been very close to dropping it many times.

I have been using DSLRs usually with pretty large zooms attached for almost everything for many years. I am seeing this Lumix ZS100 as a possible travel replacement for the big stuff, but not unless I can figure out a safe and simple way to handle this camera.

Long winded request, but truly any and all advise for tricks or suggested fixes for these problems will be very welcome. Thanks in advance.[/quote
If you want a thorough review or your problem, there are two places that will help. One is Imaging-Resource, which is pretty well known.
The other is not as well known as it should be for users of bridge cameras, especially, but not exclusively Panasonic. It is a blog by Andrew Smallman. He is from Australia. His blog is CAMERA ERGONOMICS. He is a font of information for many Lumix bridge cameras and many others besides. Follow this link: http://cameraergonomics.blogspot.com/p/fixed-zoom.html
He has found ways to wring the best out of the bridge cameras he writes about.
Best of luck with your camera decision.[/quote]

Thanks Trav...this is really great info. I think it's gonna make my life with the Lumix ZS100 a bit happier!