Panasonic Lumix DMC-L1K

The now somewhat ageing Panasonic DMC-L1K is substantially the same as the Leica Digilux 3 - the latter s JPEG engine may be different, but it is physically almost the same camera. With the Panasonic, however, you don t pay a premium for the red dot. Build quality is high - no problems after two years of use, and the metal chassis and rubberized grip give the camera a tank-like feel. Despite its solid construction, the lack of a prism "bump" - and indeed of a prism - keep the weight and size down. The drawback of the unusual Porro mirror construction is that the viewfinder is small and dark, even with the relatively fast f2.8 kit lens. The rather complex ...

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ7

After much internet surfing and comparison i purchase one of these from currys online for £229(couple of months ago now so prices have come down since) My main aim was to use this for wildlife photos as well as the usual family snapshots. The thing that drew me to this model was the 12x optical zoom and thanks to this i have taken some great bird pictures and even had a few published. The camera operates fantastically on the simple mode it even automatically focuses on moving subjects but focus but the biggest problem for me is that this is a really high spec camera and i am only using about a tenth of the functions. The main reason being i am ...