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This camera is sold very cheaply, especially refurb or used, under 100$. it performs better than any camera you can get at this price! the pictures have great detailed quality. outdoors, the quality is similar to decent SLR camera. Zoom is big, wide angel is also great. I have it as a second camera, and when I need a point and shoot this is a great choice. I tried few before and was not happy, the main reason was the small poor lenses you get on all the cheaper cameras, this one has a relatively large and bright lens. No viewfinder, that's the only disadvantage.

This is actually our second DMC LZ7. Our first one was destroyed by an airline. Manual is very easy to understand, and the camera is very easy to operate. Takes great pictures. I don't do anything fancy when taking pictures, but it's just fine for what I need it to do.

Great camera, works perfectly and the quality of the pictures is very good.

WE BOUGHT OVER A YEAR AGO AND HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED FROM DAY ONE. HORRIBLE SHUTTER SPEED, I MISS ALL THE CUTE SHOTS OF MY KIDS SMILING. THE COLOR QUAILITY IS RIDICULOUS. I HAVE READ & RE-READ THE MANUAL. HORRIBLE COLORS, VIDEO RECORDINGS ARE POOR QUALITY UNLESS THE LIGHTING IS PERFECT. SAVE YOUR MONEY. MY KODAK EASYSHARE POINT AND SHOOT DELIVERED MUCH BETTER RESULTS, TOO BAD WE RAN OVER IT WITH THE CAR!

Spur of the moment purchase turned out to be best purchase! I never buy ANY electronics without doing major research (reading all these reviews on Amazon) and cross checking prices. However, in May of 2007, my Pentax Optio died 5 days before I was leaving for Hawaii. I needed a new camera asap. I had a $200 budget and I wanted the camera to have a minimum of 5x optical zoom. This was the ONLY camera that met those requirements (at my local Best Buy). I was very leary of buying a panasonic product (personal past history was NOT good), but I was in a bind so I bought it...best gamble I've ever taken.

I read the manual that night while waiting for a concert to begin...I especially love the greats pics I took at that concert. I have several friends who have since bought Panasonic lumix cameras based on my pics. My Hawaii pics were also fantastic and a great opportunity to explore the many "scene" options on this camera.

I highly recommend this camera. It is very simple to use (my mother now has the same one and she loves it too) and it takes AA batteries which is a HUGE plus. It will take (good quality) videos for as long as you have memory available. My one complaint would be that when you play back the "movies" on the camera it does NOT have sound...it records sound, but does NOT play it back...no speaker.

I have just ordered the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5 (same budget,same requirements) and it should get here tomorrow...just in time for another concert...I'll let you know how much I love the new one in a couple of months.