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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ7EG-S |
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18/06/08 (32 review reads) |
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Advantages: Advance features, compact size
Disadvantages: Not many, just persist and learn the more complex functions
I have owned this camera for nearly 2 years now and have had very impressive results. It has 6 million pixels and a 12 x zoom lens.
The model I own is actually the same as this but with the suffix K to denote the all black body rather than the silver and black model illustrated, I found this colour more appealing and less prone to sticky finger prints and discolouration.
The lens is the real star of this camera made by German specialist Leica. It has a zoom range of 36 - 432 mm which is very impressive in a body of this size.
Coupled with the lens is Panasonics Venus II engine electonics, which is both fast and reliable and includes a nice function that help to prevent hand shake especially with long shutter settings. And this really works.
There is a simple mode which is great for beginners or when you hand the camera over to somebody else, there are also some handy preset modes such as portrait, starry sky, beach as well as full manual controls for the more serious user.
The body of camera is larger than most compacts but no where near as bulky as an SLR camera, its a good middle ground. This camera has a lot more manual functions than most compact cameras alllowing you to experiement and be more creative, manual focus, shutter and aperature are available.
Pictures are stored on a SD card but you will really need to upgrade the supplied card to a bigger 1GB plus size.
The camera is also cabable of recording video images upto 30 frames per second in a variet of modes including a 16:9 widescreen aspect mode.
As I said before I have very good results from this camera in a variety of conditions. It does take a while to understand some of the more complex settings but the inclusion of a simple point and shot mode means anyone can use it, but you have the advantage of moving up into a more complex camera without having to change the camera.
Reliability has been excellent.
Summary: Great featured camera without the bulk of an SLR
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