Panasonic Lumix® DMC-FZ7 Digital Camera

Pros: easy to use, great battery life, reasonably compact

Cons: not as versatile as an SLR

The Bottom Line: great camera for the enthusiast at a great price.

Pros: Super zoom, fast, easy to use, rechargeable battery pack, inexpensive

Cons: Won't take my 4GB SD card (won't read high speed?)

The Bottom Line: This is an excellent value for a novice user. Easy to use and feature-full!

Pros: optical image stabilization, 12X zoom, high sensitivity mode, simple mode

Cons: no zoom in video mode, 16 MB card

The Bottom Line: This is an excellent camera with a very good Leica lens.

Pros: Extreme battery life. Very large optical telephoto for the money.

Cons: Difficult to see either through the viewfinder or with the LCD screen.

The Bottom Line: Don't buy it because it's too difficult to view the image through the viewfinder or on the LCD screen.

Pros: Brilliant picture quality with an instruction booklet that ACTUALLY makes sense

Cons: The memory card supplied is pants

The Bottom Line: Ease of use, with enough scope for a pro

Pros: Compactnes, lightness, accurate exposures, very little lag, great macro in good lighting, fast accurate focus

Cons: Weak built in flash,no hotshoe for external flash, high noise level in low light.

Pros: Huge feature set, great lens, super zoom, opt. stabilization

Cons: Overly aggressive noise reduction, no zoom during movies, low res LCD

The Bottom Line: Great features that can compensate for the noise reduction and a great lens. I am extremely pleased with this camera.

Pros: Flash recovery time short, pop up flash, easy menu settings

Cons: Lens cap needs a holder to keep in place, some aberration. (sp?), short lived battery

The Bottom Line: Awesome camera, great price! You can't go wrong with an easy to use camera that takes spectacular pictures. Even greater for a mom or dad.

Pros: Excellent photo quality. Great zoom.

Cons: Image stabilization could be better. Time between pictures isn't quite as good as stated.

The Bottom Line: If you are looking for a good all around camera at a good price then I would not hesitate to recommend that you purchase this camera.

Pros: Large LCD and format to follow. Very easy to use. Great pictures. Nice looking.

Cons: 16 mg card it comes with.