PANASONIC should return to MANUEL ZOOM on their FZ-models!!!!!

Hi,

my guess is that is much more better for videos to use motorized zoom like it is possible now. If you look at the G5 you can see that there is a control lever behind the shutter button - this is specially designed for the motorized zoom.

If you look at the lenses panasonic has added the zoom lever to its lenses to make a manual zooming in video mode more smoother that it is now. See the following page at the buttom end:

http://www.panasonic.net/avc/lumix/systemcamera/gms/lens/g_vario_hd_14_140.html

So smooth zomming in video modes makes only sense either motorized or if you go for manual zooming with a additional zoom lever like panasonic offers it.

As long as the FZ series combine video with picture mode i go for motorized video like it is now.

Michael