Review on 📸 Capture Crisp Moments with the Panasonic DMC-FZ7 6MP Digital Camera: 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom in Sleek Black by Michelle Lopez

The Panasonic DMC-FZ7 is a very good update to the DMC-FZ5 it replaced, but at a much lower price! It's really amazing how these electronic devices are getting better and cheaper in such a short time. The camera takes great pictures and is easy to use. It's fast and comes with a rechargeable lithium-ion battery that lasts for around 300 shots, which is more than you'll likely ever need for a single outing. [.]. It is not made by Panasonic (this battery costs about [.]) but works the same as an OEM battery. The camera uses SD memory cards, which are very common and easy to find these days. This camera, like all superzooms, is best used outdoors. Photos of nature, landscapes and everything that has a lot of light come into their own. The weakness of cameras with large zoom ranges is shooting indoors in available light, as compromises have to be made to create such a powerful lens in a small body. The lens just isn't fast enough for shooting indoors, in low light or in normal light. However, if you're using Flash, that's not a problem. A tripod wouldn't hurt either. But it should be noted that every superzoom camera has this problem, not just this one. The lens itself is beautiful. Designed by Leica and built by Panasonic. it delivers crisp, well-saturated images with very little distortion except at extremely high zoom ranges. I didn't find a big problem with the purple borders. Panasonic uses a relatively small image sensor, which is necessary to keep the camera's size and weight down. Therefore, like all Panasonics, this camera is often said to have "high noise (images) above 200 ISO". And that's true, but it's barely noticeable unless you're shooting big zooms or shooting at ISO 400+. You can also easily remove noise using Photo Shop or Print Shop software. I suspect that this problem is not so easy to solve for cameras with a small sensor, otherwise Panasonic would have already done it. Panasonic's OIS (optical image stabilization) system works very well. It's built into the lens and actually moves elements to compensate for camera shake. This becomes a critical problem with long focal length zoom lenses. Note. Unlike some manufacturers, Panasonic uses a REAL stabilization system. This isn't a program that simply increases ISO to increase shutter speed, but actual judder correction, like Canon's high-quality L-series IS lenses. Here are the improvements Panasonic has made over the FZ5 with this new FZ7. :one. 6MP, not 5MP2. 2.5 inch LCD screen, not 2.0 inch screen3. Better, longer lasting battery4. Front lens with thread for filter5. Better video resolution (TWICE better)6. The lens cap is attached to the camera, making it difficult to lose7. The ability to capture images with an aspect ratio of 16:98. You can shoot above ISO400 (but 800 and 1600 are lower resolution)9. The minimum shutter speed is 60 seconds, not 8 seconds in just [.] FZ5 which was released just 11 months before FZ7! It does a lot in a very small package at a very reasonable price. Pros will be disappointed with the low-light results and noise issues at higher ISOs. But if you're a professional photographer, you wouldn't even consider one of these cameras. You would be using a digital SLR and lugging around 50 pounds of gear! Given the rapid technological advances in these cameras, I refuse to spend [.] on a camera that will be obsolete in 3 years. But this little gem was only [.] from Revain and will probably be even lower by the time you read this review. I'd rather buy a new camera for the same [.] every 3 years and get all the latest improvements. !