I'm a sales rep in an electronic store in Quebec and from my point of view, i'm really glad Panasonic added the extra light sensor. They try to compensate for the missing viewfinder that most Canon, Olympus, Nikon, Samsung and Sony have. I talked to the Panasonic's rep last week about this problem. (I'm talking about the compacts.. I'm not including the "bridges" like the FZ8 or the FZ50 or the SLR like the L1).
As for the number of Mp... i don't think they're unnecessary.. it all depends if you're the "editing" type or the "shoot-and-show" type.
Of course, Pan's sweet image stabilizer will help out while handling the 18X of the FZ18.
I do approuve there is a slight problem with the noise, though. Some are "worse" than others but for the typical customer, even with the noise, a Pan's picture will still come out better because of the edge the stabilizer has. For more advanced users, noise is more annoying than shaking.. way more..
As for the style... well, you're looking at it! How could you not like what you see?
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Eagger @ Jul 24th 2007 6:22PM
Hi all !
I'm a sales rep in an electronic store in Quebec and from my point of view, i'm really glad Panasonic added the extra light sensor. They try to compensate for the missing viewfinder that most Canon, Olympus, Nikon, Samsung and Sony have. I talked to the Panasonic's rep last week about this problem. (I'm talking about the compacts.. I'm not including the "bridges" like the FZ8 or the FZ50 or the SLR like the L1).
As for the number of Mp... i don't think they're unnecessary.. it all depends if you're the "editing" type or the "shoot-and-show" type.
Of course, Pan's sweet image stabilizer will help out while handling the 18X of the FZ18.
I do approuve there is a slight problem with the noise, though. Some are "worse" than others but for the typical customer, even with the noise, a Pan's picture will still come out better because of the edge the stabilizer has. For more advanced users, noise is more annoying than shaking.. way more..
As for the style... well, you're looking at it! How could you not like what you see?