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post #1 of 10
5/23/06 at 12:16am
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Does anyone have any experince with them? I'm lookin to pick one up soon and was looking closely at the Panasonic DMC-FX series. Im liking the use of leica lenses and the optical image stabalization.
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post #2 of 10
5/23/06 at 9:16pm
Don't know much about them except what I just read. Doesn't seem too bad, but I think I'd rather have my SD550 instead. The thing is great and it's a Canon.. BTW, not a big Leica fan. They're ok, but not in the same ballpark as Canon and Nikon when it comes to the glass. (IMO)
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post #3 of 10
5/25/06 at 3:45pm
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thanks for the suggestion. The SD550 looks like a pretty nice camera too.
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post #4 of 10
5/25/06 at 4:24pm
i have a nikon coolpix s3... love that little thing
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post #5 of 10
5/27/06 at 8:59am
I have the Panasonic FZ-7 (not the ultra compact model) but it has the Leica lens and image stabilization system. It takes great shots. If you haven't found it already, here's the link to a great site for reviews and user comments/pics from the Panasonic and lots of other cameras: dpreview . They have a forum for each of the major camera brands, with lots of user's posting pictures and reviews.
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post #6 of 10
5/28/06 at 7:42pm
Don't know that the Panasonic choice would be a bad one. I've never used one, but they look like nice little units.

Personally, I suggest staying with compacts that have lens that extend out of the body (similar to the LUMIX models you're looking at). I tried out a Nikon S5 Coolpix and while it was a nice, thin little machine, I found a flaw that was a deal-killer for me. In low-light situations, using Red-Eye Reduction, I would get all sorts of spots in my pictures. Ruined some Going-Away Party pics that I'd taken. Swapped out for a new camera (same model) and had the same problem. Took it back and got a Canon IXY 700 instead. Excellent camera. Doesn't have the Red-Eye problem (but the Red-Eye isn't that great, either, tho'). Easier to digitally get rid of red eyes than white starry blotches. When I was having that problem, I'd noticed that reading reviews of similarly built Sonys (ie- non-telescoping lenses), that there were people complaining of the same problem I'd had. If only I'd seen that before purchasing

My review of the Nikon S5 Coolpix on Amazon: HERE
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post #7 of 10
5/28/06 at 8:36pm
sd600/630s are my fav ultra compact's
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post #8 of 10
5/30/06 at 12:05am
I have the Japan exclusive Sony DSC-T3. Awesome camera, took me through Japan for a year and a half.
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post #9 of 10
5/30/06 at 8:13pm
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I do like compacts, but my main reason for choose ultra compacts over something bigger is portablity issues. I need something that small enough to fit in a pocket. I do like the feature set of larger cameras and I have to agree that there are probablly few image issue after reading reviews, but I think that is a trade off i'm willing to take for convinece sake.

Funny you should mention Japan JFvergara, I actually just got in to Tokyo yesterday, im probally going to end up going to Akiba within the next few days to pick up a camera. Do they still make the DSC-T3?
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post #10 of 10
6/7/06 at 9:04am
At one point I saw a camera so compact, I thought it was a memory stick at first glance. Very bare-bones, but also priced like a memory stick. Point, click, save, something like 1 megapixel per photo, with as many pictures as your average disposable camera. (None)

Haven't seen one of those for about two years now though.
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