I looked for 1.5 years to upgrade my old Pentax Super ME I've had for 30 years that I love. I finally found this digital camera with everything I want, and I love it. I didn't want to change/carry multiple lens (though I bought an extra telephoto anyway), and I wanted to take soccer and baseball photos requiring a good zoom (my son's an outfielder), and a quick shutter (he's a fast defender). I was so close to buying a nice Nikon N80 film camera when at the last minute I decided to wait and go digital with the features I wanted. Nothing was out there at the time ... until this one. Panasonic doesn't seem to advertise much, and the camera store I was going to doesn't carry Panasonic, so I ended up doing an Internet purchase. I'm extremely happy with this camera and having lots of fun! The Soccer team enjoys seeing themselves immediately on a website I upload the digital photos to (www.fototime.com and smugmug.com). I've dropped the camera already, no damage .. I love cropping out the boring stuff and having instant feedback on the shots. So glad I waited for this camera.
Problems:
The flash is not very strong for indoor shots, and shooting in a dark environment the viewfinder is quite dark --- however the pictures came out great.
Problems:
The flash is not very strong for indoor shots, and shooting in a dark environment the viewfinder is quite dark --- however the pictures came out great.