A few months ago I purchased a Panasonic lumix TZ11 (European version TZ4) on the Net from Hong Kong.
I am extremely disappointed with the results ie.. blurred photos, out of focus & bad colouring.
This camera got great reviews on Amazon.
Its predecessor the TZ3 won the camera of the year in 2007.
I have tried many different modes in the camera, but only the odd shot is "acceptable".
Could it be the SD card which is Turbo 150X A Data? (Just clutching at straws).
If someone could tell me how to upload a few of these photos into this topic I will try to do so.

Sounds like something is wrong with it.

I know people with TZ3's and TZ5's (but no TZ4's unfortunately ... although they're all very similar) and they all get outstanding results.

If you want to upload a photo example ... stick it on the likes of:

http://tinypic.com/
http://imageshack.us/

... and post the link up here.

I uploaded a phoyo to Imageshack, but how do you post it into the forum?

Imageshack should give you a link to your picture.

Just post the URL of that link on here.

http://i37.tinypic.com/f1b03k.jpg

I bought the TZ5 today as a replacement for my Olympus that was lost a couple of weeks ago. It's got to be said that the picture quality is absolutely fantastic with the modes I've tried so far. Sounds like you have a faulty unit.

http://i33.tinypic.com/im5gg5.jpg

Something is certainly not right.

If you want to rule out the memory card (unlikely but worth a try) then just take it out. There should be enough onboard memory for a handfull of photos.

Try that and see how they turn out.

If you still can't get a decent photo out of it using the "auto" setting then theres something wrong with the unit I'd guess.

Tried that but with the same results.
I noticed that the ISO was turned off in the menu.
Is it possible it could be that?
I have now set the camera to ISO 400, but I need to take a group photo first to see the results.
Thanks for your replies.

Well judging from those pictures they are in fairly low light so you need a higher ISO setting, although with ISO on auto the camera should do all that for you. If you are going to manually adjust the ISO setting then don't go too high as this can degrade picture quality even further especially on point and shoot cameras like this. Also try looking though the Viewfinder rather than the Liveview which will enable you to hold the camera more steadily. Be sure it auto-focuses correctly first and once you have taken the picture then hold the camera for about 3 seconds, don't pull it straight away. I also notice the camera has different scene modes. Are you by any chance using Night Scenery mode or something similar? Unless you have a tripod or table to rest on then I wouldn't recommend it as this will give a slower shutter speed to let more light in to the lens. The problem is any slight movement and you will notice blurring. So if you aren't already, I would set all modes to Auto and try and keep the camera as steady as possible. If none of this helps then you may have a dodgy camera. Even bargain bin models shouldn't blur like that.

Unfortunately this camera does not have a viewfinder.
I have now set the camera to ISO max 400 as I had noticed in the menus that the ISO was turned off.
Maybe I had done this myself.
When I get some of my family together I will take a few test photos.
I noticed that when I changed the camera to ISO max 400 that when I took a few test pictures in my room I could see ie.. f.3 on the lcd screen when the shutter was half pressed & immediately after taking a picture I could see the ISO setting for about one second as well ie.. ISO150
I have never seen this in the camera so maybe it is set up ok now.
Fingers crossed.

I called to a camera shop in Cork City & told them that I took a group photo in a hall & that it came out blurred.
They asked me if I had the flash on & I said that I had "forced flash" on, & they said that the forced flash would have bounced off the hall lights & therefore producing the blurring effect.
They told me that I should have had the flash turned off.
I went home & took some family photos with the flash off & the results were perfect.
The speed was one two hundreth of a second & the colours were great.
So it looks like the problem is solved.

I have a TZ3 and I get quite good results from it, though it took a while to learn how to get the best from it. The flash syncs at 1/30, which is too slow, so often flash photos are a little blurred. Try to avoid using flash if you can.

I set mine to 1/3 stop underexposed all the time, which gives a little more colour stauration. I find that the photos look a bit washed out at the normal setting. With that slight alteration, if the light levels are not too low, even 800 ISO is fine. 1250 ISO should be reserved for very low light, but even so, it doesn't do too badly, though not quite as good as my old Fuji F30 set to 1600 ISO.