Had this camera for over 6 months now, takes great pictures!!! The automatic mode is very easy to use for a point and shooter like myself but it is full of other cool features for a more advanced user. Most important for me it is super fast, the burst mode is great, no more missed pictures of the kids running around to shutter lag.
Battery charge is exceptional.
Buy at least a 1GB SD card it holds aprox 300 pictures
Only dislike is it is difficult to get a good picture at the full 12x zoom even with the image stabilization, although I think this is true of most cameras without a tri-pod at this zoom level.
Just a tip if you do buy this camera in order to use the auto mode the flash must be open, I had many a blurry picture the first couple of days until I figured that out.
Panasonic - Lumix 6-Megapixel Digital Camera DMCFZ7S, Silver is recommended by Anthony11
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