Panasonic DMC-FZ7 6MP Digital Camera with 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black)

Customer Reviews:

Not The Best Choice for Me.......2007-12-23

I really wanted this camera to be easy and take that perfect picture. It does not!! Maybe if I spent more time with it, but who has days of time just for this unless it's a true hobby. I wish I bought the Canon equivlent.

Well done camera.......2007-12-07

It's very good cam. Panasonic DMC-FZ7 6MP Digital Camera with 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black)

Lumix FZ7.......2007-11-23

If you can't take a decent photograph with this camera, then you are doing something wrong -- 5 stars

Great camera.......2007-10-30

I recommend this camera to anyone who needs a good quality camera for documenting their world. It is so easy to use. I was surprised how light weight it is and versatile. I carry it with me every where I go. It enables me to take great photos quickly and do video clips. I love this camera. I recommend this camera because of the quality of photos it takes and the rechargeable batteries. I suggest using 2 GB memory chips and having a spare battery because you will want to use this camera a lot.

AWESOME CAMERA FOR AN AWESOME PRICE!.......2007-10-27

Panasonic is not usually a giant when it comes to optics compared to the usual regular players in this field (Nikon, Olympus, Canon, Pentax, etc.) What stands out in the Lumix series of cameras is the Leica lens. Leica, for all of you out there not familiar, is one of the finest maker of lenses in the world. This is one reason I think a lot of people are attracted and eventually buy the Panasonic Lumix cameras. This camera is an upgrade from a previous Lumix I had - the DMC-FZ5K. The specs are basically a carry-over from the FZ5 except for 2 highlight features - a higher resolution (from 5MP to 6.1MP) and a feature that everybody was screaming to have - the manual mode. On the control side, there is now a joy stick where you can change a variety of settings (one is to configure the resolution you want to have). The OIS or Optical Image Stabilizer works great with people who have shaky hands. It can be set on 2 different modes depending on the degree of shakiness. Overall it is one heck of a good camera. The 12x optical zoom is more than enough for any shutter bug under normal conditions. I am not a pro but a bit higher than being a novice. This camera will meet most of the basic photo needs of the average photographer. I give this camera 5 stars!

Panasonic DMC-FZ7S 6MP Digital Camera with 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Silver)

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Not The Best Choice for Me
Well done camera
Lumix FZ7
Great camera
AWESOME CAMERA FOR AN AWESOME PRICE!

Panasonic DMC-FZ7S 6MP Digital Camera with 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Silver)

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Product Features:

Leica DC Vario-Element Lens System with 11 elements in 8 groups (3 aspherical lenses/3 aspherical surfaces)
12x Optical zoom (equivalent to 36mm to 432mm on a 35mm film camera lens) with aperture of F2.8 to 3.3 & 4x digital zoom
Compact 6mp camera with Mega Optical Image Stabilization which addresses "anti-blu" of hand & subject movement
LSI Venus engine II handles image processing, LCD functions, & writing to the memory card simultaneously for incredible responsiveness
Five software packages included, comes with battery charger& pack, 16MB Sd memoery card, AV cable, USB connection cable, AC cable, strap, CD Rom, Lens cap, lens hood, & lens hood adaptor

ASIN: B000EBOCEU

Customer Reviews:

Not The Best Choice for Me.......2007-12-23

Well done camera.......2007-12-07

It's very good cam. Panasonic DMC-FZ7 6MP Digital Camera with 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black)

Lumix FZ7.......2007-11-23

If you can't take a decent photograph with this camera, then you are doing something wrong -- 5 stars

Great camera.......2007-10-30

AWESOME CAMERA FOR AN AWESOME PRICE!.......2007-10-27

Panasonic DMC-FZ7 6MP Digital Camera with 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black)

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Panasoic Lumix DMCFZ7K

Panasonic DMC-FZ7 6MP Digital Camera with 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black)

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Leica DC Vario-Element Lens System with 11 elements in 8 groups (3 aspherical lenses/3 aspherical surfaces)
12x Optical zoom (equivalent to 36mm to 432mm on a 35mm film camera lens) with aperture of F2.8 to 3.3 & 4x digital zoom
Compact 6mp camera with Mega Optical Image Stabilization which addresses "anti-blu" of hand & subject movement
LSI Venus engine II handles image processing, LCD functions, & writing to the memory card simultaneously for incredible responsiveness
Five software packages included, comes with battery charger& pack, 16MB Sd memoery card, AV cable, USB connection cable, AC cable, strap, CD Rom, Lens cap, lens hood, & lens hood adaptor

ASIN: B000HJJ9JW

Product Description

Panasonic DMC-FZ7K Digital Camera, Black

Customer Reviews:

Panasoic Lumix DMCFZ7K.......2007-05-01

LCD screen cover fell off within 30 days and the manufacturer refused to repair it under warranty. They say it is damaged and want to charge me $300 to fix it!
The camera is absolutely spotless, no scratches, dents or any other marks and was not dropped.

I've ordered a new lcd cover off the web for less than $10 and will glue it on myself.
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Panasonic 6MP Digital Camera with 12x Zoom - Silver (Dmc-Fz7s)

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Great Camera

Panasonic 6MP Digital Camera with 12x Zoom - Silver (Dmc-Fz7s)

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Point & Shoot Digital Camera Compatible with Secure Digital Memory Card, MultiMediaCard (M)
6.0MP for Clear Cropping and Printing up to 11x17"
2.5" LCD Screen Features Histogram Display to Judge Shot Brightness, Indoor/Outdoor Display for Sharper Images, Auto Amplification to Brighten Screen in Low Light, Single Image Playback
12x Optical Zoom for Extreme Close-Ups from Afar; 4x Digital Zoom for Minor Cropping
Shooting Modes: Infinity, Macro, Shooting Assist Functions
15 Scene Modes ; Still Shot Modes: Automatic Shooting Mode, Child, Fireworks, Snow, Underwater, Landscape, Sport, Night Portrait
Features Simple Button Layout, Electronic Viewfinder (EFV) to Preview the Scene, ISO Auto, PictBridge Enabled, Self-Timer, Direct Print Feature
Lens-Focus Features: LEICA DC Vario-Elmarit Lens, Seamless Zoom
Additional Functions: Video Capture
Image Editing: Image Rotation, On-Camera Cropping, Mega Optical Image Stabilization; Movie Modes: Movie, VGA-Quality Movie Recording
Flash Modes: Slow-Sync Flash Improves Night Photos, Foreced Red-Eye Reduction, Built-In Flash, Red-Eye Reduction, Autoflash
Aperture-Priority, Manual, Shutter-Priority, Programmed Photo Effects
File Format Compatibility: JPEG File Format
White Balance: Cloudy, Daylight, Automatic, Halogen, White Set for Adjusting Light

ASIN: B000FDDTWI

Customer Reviews:

Great Camera.......2006-05-16

I hope to write more later. I just recently purchased this camera after researching for several months. We were on a tight budget, so cost was important. I absolutely love the camera -- other reviewers downgraded due to noise levels at higher ISO settings. I rarely use those settings anyway. However, I was a medical photographer for a number of years, also a newspaper photographer and worked in hospital public relations. Have taken thousands of photos of all different kinds. The camera takes some time to get to know, but like any tool, once you know how to work your system, you can get amazing results. In other words, if you know what you are doing, you can get this camera to do just about anything with remarkable results. I would highly recommend it for the money.

Panasonic 6MP Digital Camera with 12x Zoom - Black (Dmc-Fz7k)

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Great Camera for Pix and Video

Panasonic 6MP Digital Camera with 12x Zoom - Black (Dmc-Fz7k)

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Point & Shoot Digital Camera Compatible with MultiMediaCard (M), Secure Digital Memory Card
6.0MP for Clear Cropping and Printing up to 11x17"
2.5" LCD Screen Features Auto Amplification to Brighten Screen in Low Light, Histogram Display to Judge Shot Brightness, Indoor/Outdoor Display for Sharper Images, Single Image Playback
12x Optical Zoom for Extreme Close-Ups from Afar; 4x Digital Zoom for Minor Cropping
Shooting Modes: Infinity, Macro, Shooting Assist Functions
15 Scene Modes ; Still Shot Modes: Landscape, Underwater, Snow, Child, Automatic Shooting Mode, Fireworks, Night Portrait, Sport
Features Electronic Viewfinder (EFV) to Preview the Scene, ISO Auto, Self-Timer, Simple Button Layout, Direct Print Feature, PictBridge Enabled
Lens-Focus Features: LEICA DC Vario-Elmarit Lens, Seamless Zoom
Additional Functions: Video Capture
Image Editing: Image Rotation, On-Camera Cropping, Mega Optical Image Stabilization; Movie Modes: Movie, VGA-Quality Movie Recording
Flash Modes: Slow-Sync Flash Improves Night Photos, Foreced Red-Eye Reduction, Built-In Flash, Autoflash, Red-Eye Reduction
Shutter-Priority, Aperture-Priority, Manual, Programmed Photo Effects
File Format Compatibility: JPEG File Format
White Balance: Halogen, White Set, Daylight, Cloudy, Automatic for Adjusting Light

ASIN: B000FDN0VI

Customer Reviews:

Great Camera for Pix and Video.......2006-07-03

I don't need a professional quality camera, nor a "prosumer" model as I want a camera I can easily put in my fanny pack along with some trail mix and a flashlight and hit the trail or tourist spots. This is a nice relatively small camera that has a powerful 12x zoom. I've attached my pix of a semi taken at regular and 12x to give an idea of the distance you can be from your subject and still take a great picture.

I purchased Panasonic's first iteration of this camera, the FZ1, a couple years ago. It was less than 3mp, but that was fine for printing 5x7 (and even up to 8x10). Here's why: the first mark of a good camera is not the megapixel count, but the lens that lets the light in. Four companies make great camera lenses. They are Zeiss, Leica, Nikon and Canon. Nikon and Canon of course make cameras. Certain Sony cameras use Zeiss lenses. Leica makes its own cameras, but Panasonic was able to persuade them to design a set of lenses that Panasonic can use (I imagine in return Panasonic takes care of the digital components and manufacturing for Leica's own series of digital cameras). Although common in video cameras Panasonic was (from what I've read at least) the first to bring image stabilization technology to ordinary digital cameras (despite Canon having developed this for certain of its telephoto L-series lenses and awesome binoculars). Thank goodness! It's vital for zooming as handshake will really spoil many shots.

So anyway, as should now be obvious, a buyer's first consideration should be the quality of the lens as that's what lets the light through and permits focusing on the image. Then is image stabilization. Don't leave home without it (in this respect the reviews I've read say you should set the image stabilization feature to only come on when the picture is being taken rather than keeping it always on). Only after those two features should you think about megapixels. That's why I was perfectly happy having my FZ1 even though it only had 2.1 megapixels. The wonderful Leica lens let in plenty of light and color even at zoom and macro. (TIP: if you're planning to print at 5x7, you can set your image resolution to only 3-4 megapixels rather than the full 6 megapixels and that will allow you to take more pix on the same size memory card while still getting enough resolution in almost all instances to print excellently for 5x7 and more than enough for e-mail or a webpage.)

What I didn't like about the FZ1, however, was the poor quality of the video. That's why when I read that Panasonic had doubled the video quality in the FZ7 and the TZ1 I went and bought a new camera. First I bought the TZ1 as it's even smaller than the FZ1 and it can fit in an off the shelf camera case, but it's only 10x and I just wanted 12x. Now I've got what I want. Hurrah!

In addition to what is now really great Quicktime video (only $30 to download the Quicktime editor from Apple so you can stitch together video segments), you can now select the aspect ratio to either the usual format (4:3) or a panorama format (16:9). Hurrah again!

It's also got a much larger LCD screen so it's much easier to frame shots than it was before.

There's more I could write about the great stuff, but this should suffice. Here's what I feel there is to not like for the average person. First, there's still no good camera case for this camera. It's absolutely shocking to me that the only case I've seen from Panasonic is one in which you stuff the camera in sideways (this is a really easy to fix screwup and they should probably hire Lowe to design a nice camera bag for this). I don't mind putting this camera in my fanny pack (I've done it for almost 2 years with the FZ1 without incident) but I would spend the money for a nice case that fit snugly so Panasonic is just leaving money on the table by not doing so.

Second, I don't understand why I can't zoom in and out when taking video. The Sony H2 reportedly will do this and is also 12x zoom with a Zeiss lens and image stabilization (having just bought the FZ7, I may exchange).

Third, in low light you will get grainier pictures than you might with some other cameras. If you're planning on taking mostly interior night club shots you'll definitely want a different camera (a "prosumer" or better that you can add a more powerful flash too). For me, not a problem. For you, maybe, depends on who you are.

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