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| Review | Rating | Last Updated | Great with one flaw
This camera is exceptional. It takes great picures in the easy mode and allows for you to change the settings if necessary. There is hardly any delay, which allows me to capture my fast moving kids. I changed the speed setting to 400 for even better capture of my very wiggly baby. It also does well indoors. My one complaint is that the picures will not show the date. It just doesn't have that option available. Now if you want to print them yourself with a DPOF printer, you can force a date print on the front of the photos, but what a pain. So for this reason alone I am only awarding it 4 stars. | 4 | 789 days ago | Great package
I used to use film SLR cameras with autofocus and all the gadgets until I got my second digital camera - an Olympus C2100 UZ with a 10x zoom and 2 megapixels. After that the film cameras gathered dust.
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<br />I decided to replace the Olympus with a lighter, more modern camera at the beginning of 2005. This camera was similar to a more updated c2100, and I had heard that the recent Olympus cameras were not as good. I had printed out letter-size printers on my computer printer with the c2100, so I knew that 2 megapixels and a good zoom lens were better than more megapixels.
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<br />I was also pleased that the Panasonic had image stabilization, because my experiences with the Olympus taught me that I could take sharp hand-held images at 400mm focal lengths around 70 percent of the time.
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<br />The Panasonic has an f2.8 lens across all of its focal length, which is better than lenses used for digital SLRs like the Canon Rebel XT. Because of this and the high-quality Leica lens, I can take pictures that used to require flash just with the room lights in my house.
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<br />The lens is fantastic. Sample pictures at [...] show that it loses little against the lenses for digital SLRs, and the quality will save you from bad pictures time after time, while giving you more versatile options for picture-taking.
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<br />If you're still clinging to film cameras, note that digital quality now exceeds film. However, the best part of digital is the ability to charge the battery, use a 512MB memory card like I bought, and not be conscious that you have 36 chances to get a decent photo before the film runs out.
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<br />The Panansonic has several things I like. The controls are simplified, so you can lend your camera to a snapshotter without having them be confused. The weight and size are not off-putting, so a newbie can be taking good pictures from the beginning. And the whole package does enough thinking for you, so you're unlikely to make a mistake whe | 5 | 789 days ago | Incredible value!!!
I bought this camera for my 16 yr old daughter 6 months ago, and I couldnt be more pleased. I wanted a camera she could begin photograhy with, one that she could really grow with. This camera has it:
<br />- point and shoot mode to begin with or for quick reaction
<br />- excellent quality. this 3 Mpix usually looks better than other 5's
<br />- manual controls. she can see what shutter, aperature, etc does.
<br />- lots of scene presets
<br />- great batterry life
<br />- pretty good movies, for fun
<br />- looks really great
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<br />The advice that a good lense and CCD are more important than pixels is true. With 12x zoom, we have never needed more than 3Meg. The zoom also emphasizes photography (shooting) rather than image processing (which you can still do anyway)
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<br />After falling in the river with, I will pay the $169 to get it repaired/refurbished. Or get another one!
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<br />I also have the panasonic SV10. I will probably get more of these. I think panasonic is still "slightly ahead of the time". I recommend them. | 5 | 789 days ago | Versatile camera!
I love this camera. The 12X zoom is the feature I could not do without. Image stabilization is a must with the zoom, and its IS seems to work quite well. I took pretty good photos of glowing lava from my ship balcony. My friend's 3X zoom photos showed nothing.
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<br />The only improvements I would suggest are: smaller size, a little more MP - although 3 MP is sufficient.
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<br /> | 5 | 789 days ago | Loved it until it broke!
The camera worked fine for 3 months, then I could not get the pics into my PC. The problem is the cameras' USB cable port or some internal connector issue. After 90 days you have a PARTS ONLY WARRANTY. Labor costs $90 (plus S&H). My palmcorder also broke recently ($200.00) so I am now finished with Panasonic. Good features,but low manufacturing quality. | 1 | 789 days ago |
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