Panasonic Lumix ZS300

This is the travel zoom for the moment a phone runs out of reach. Sold as the TZ300 in Europe, it puts a 15x Leica 24-360mm-equivalent lens in front of a 20.1-megapixel back-illuminated 1-inch sensor, an upgrade on the front-illuminated chip in the model it replaces, and the whole camera weighs 337g with battery and card. It adds 4K at 30p and USB-C charging but drops its predecessor's small viewfinder, so in hard sun you compose on the rear screen. The lens slows to f/6.4 at full zoom, so long shots indoors need good light. It lists at about $900.