Panasonic Lumix® DMC-FZ7 Digital Camera

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.

As a long-time Nikon F2 (SLR) user, I was searching for a digital SLR camera under $300 with many features, including min 10x zoom, fairly easy to use without needing a physics degree, and  easy to recharge.  This camera fit all my ...

Pros: easy to use, great battery life, reasonably compact
Cons: not as versatile as an SLR

This camera does everything it's intended to do, and it does it well. It's a sort of compromise between the tiny point and shoot models that fit in your pocket, and the full blown SLRs, and I've found that's a really sweet spot to be as far as value ...

Pros: Super zoom, fast, easy to use, rechargeable battery pack, inexpensive
Cons: Won't take my 4GB SD card (won't read high speed?)

I did quite a bit of research on this camera before I purchased it. At the time, there were only a handful of cameras out there that had 'super zoom' features at a reasonable price. I was very surprised to find this one (with 12x optical zoom) for ...

Pros: optical image stabilization, 12X zoom, high sensitivity mode, simple mode
Cons: no zoom in video mode, 16 MB card

I have this camera in silver. I received this camera for my college graduation in July 2006. I did a lot of research on cameras, and this is the one that I picked out of about 10 different models. I have been very happy with this camera. I have taken ...

Pros: Extreme battery life. Very large optical telephoto for the money.
Cons: Difficult to see either through the viewfinder or with the LCD screen.

I am disappointed in this camera. When in zoom mode the viewing picture, either through the viewfinder or the LCD is very unclear. I was in Costa Rica trying to shoot monkeys, birds etc. high in the trees. I could see them with my eyes much, much ...

Pros: Brilliant picture quality with an instruction booklet that ACTUALLY makes sense
Cons: The memory card supplied is pants

This is about the 4th digital camera I have owned in the last two years...I can't remember the 1st, but the 2nd was a Nikon 3100....last week I bought a Fuji Finepix E900 and was majorly disappointed with it, so back it went. Anyway...I finally ...

Pros: Huge feature set, great lens, super zoom, opt. stabilization
Cons: Overly aggressive noise reduction, no zoom during movies, low res LCD

I will preface this review with the statement that I am not a seasoned photographer but I have had quite a few digital cameras over the last 7 years. This is my 2nd "superzoom" camera, the first being a Fujifilm S3100. This camera surpasses the Fuji by ...

Pros: The hanging quality lens, no zoom on the movie function and primitive editing program.
Cons: Great zoom, amazing image detail and excellent movie quality.

I bought this camera three months ago at Amazon.com, and so far I am very pleased. The camera seems to be of such great quality, and it really has a professional feel to it. It is lightweight, and it fits very well in my hand. Because of the kind of ...

Pros: Flash recovery time short, pop up flash, easy menu settings
Cons: Lens cap needs a holder to keep in place, some aberration. (sp?), short lived battery

With four kids, I've always wanted the perfect camera at a price someone with four kids can afford. I found it! It has a great zoom so when I want to sneak up on them if they're doing something cute, I can. It will snap picture after picture with ...

Pros: Excellent photo quality. Great zoom.
Cons: Image stabilization could be better. Time between pictures isn't quite as good as stated.

I purchased the Lumix as a gift for my husband after researching numerous other cameras. I felt that it offered the best options for the best value. After purchasing the camera we had the chance to try it out at a graduation ceremony. It was an ...

Pros: 6 megapixels, long Battery life, 12X optical zoom, manual/auto focus, user friendly, great looking pictures
Cons: the worthless 16 MB SD card, they may as well have not bothered...

This is exactly the camera I was looking for! My previous digital camera was great for a 'point and click' camera, but I really wanted something sort of half way between 'point and click' and SLR...and I wanted it to perform better than my old ...

Pros: Small size,great lens,fast to use,produces great prints.
Cons: Nothing worth mentioning.

I recently bought my new camera,as I was attracted to it's light weight,Leica lens,and 6mp resolution,and the image stabilisation feature. I already had a Canon Rebel(300d in UK),and have not used it a great deal,as I find the weight,with a Sigma ...

Pros: Fast response, nice image stabilization, easy to use
Cons: Will not go above ISO 200 in auto sensitivity mode with flash off

It is easy to take good pictures with this camera. One of my favorite features is auto review with zoom. With this turned on, you can instantly see if you got a good shot. As soon as you take a picture, you see the picture for one second, and then a 2X ...

Pros: Excellent image stabilization Excellent usability Good pictures Excellent battery life Fast control and overall operation
Cons: Cannot charge battery in camera via DC power Proprietary USB cable No RAW mode

I purchased this camera amongst a convoluted sea of cameras due to its overall per-shot success rate, extensive features, and quality optics in its class as a compact ultra-zoom, fixed-lens camera. Budget was a big concern, considering all digital ...

Pros: excellent functionality, quality superzoom lens, great feature set, fast response, good metering & autofocus
Cons: limited close-focusing and macro, minor fringing and color aberration

Here's the bottom line up front: I like this camera very much. In this review, you will find numerous references to the Panasonic FZ20. My last digicam was the Pana FZ20, probably overall the best and most useful camera I ever owned. I sold the ...