Panasonic Lumix® DMC-FZ7 Digital Camera

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Newest First | Highest Ratings First | + ShareVersatile with great results; study the manual!
Pros: Great "feel"; "simple" setting is ideal; surprisingly high quality pix!
Cons: Sometimes confusing manual is absolutely required to figure out how some things work.
The Bottom Line: I was looking for a good "starter" camera, but may make this my "no-need-to-look-any-further" camera!
As a long-time Nikon F2 (SLR) user, I was searching for a digital SLR camera under $300 with many fe ...
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Terrific camera, great value
Pros: easy to use, great battery life, reasonably compact
Cons: not as versatile as an SLR
The Bottom Line: great camera for the enthusiast at a great price.
This camera does everything it's intended to do, and it does it well. It's a sort of compromise betw ...
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Great camera with a lot of features!
Pros: Super zoom, fast, easy to use, rechargeable battery pack, inexpensive
Cons: Won't take my 4GB SD card (won't read high speed?)
The Bottom Line: This is an excellent value for a novice user. Easy to use and feature-full!
I did quite a bit of research on this camera before I purchased it. At the time, there were only a h ...
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Excellent Camera!
Pros: optical image stabilization, 12X zoom, high sensitivity mode, simple mode
Cons: no zoom in video mode, 16 MB card
The Bottom Line: This is an excellent camera with a very good Leica lens.
I have this camera in silver. I received this camera for my college graduation in July 2006. I did a ...
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Panasonic DMC-FZ7
Pros: Extreme battery life. Very large optical telephoto for the money.
Cons: Difficult to see either through the viewfinder or with the LCD screen.
The Bottom Line: Don't buy it because it's too difficult to view the image through the viewfinder or on the LCD screen.
I am disappointed in this camera. When in zoom mode the viewing picture, either through the viewfind ...
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