Was looking for a big zoom point and shoot to use alongside my Minolta DSLR. So took a few test shots with an FZ50. Used to have a big zoom point and shoot once before but the Panasonic by comparison produced horribly noisey photos, even in RAW mode. At ISO 100 you could see grain in a bright blue sky. And you couldn't remove the noise easily - I tried using Bibble software and Silkypix. So overall this wasn't the camera for me. Everyone to his own, as they say.
I loved the zoom function but that was all.
I loved the zoom function but that was all.