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- 4 out of 5
Took back my Sony junk, got this, love it!
(Christine - 1/29/09)I needed a compact camera that could take magazine quality photos if needed. The slow syncro or the night portrait settings work well for backstage warm light photos. The red eye reduction works well. The camera is fast, easy to hold and operate, and and I found it pretty intuitive as far as learning the menu and buttons.
I have been a Sony Cybershot fan and dearly miss my first Sony, the DSC-S90, now THAT was a camera, I broke mine and they don't make them anymore so I got another Sony, lost it, got another Sony DSC-W150 and had to take it back due to the extreme grainy photo quality. No matter what setting I used it was horrible.
I decided to abandon Sony and go with this Lumix and I am glad I did. I suggest experimenting with all of the settings, using a paper with what setting you used written on it placed in the shot. You will see a big difference and learn what scenes or flash options work best for the look you are going for. The candlelight setting is very nice for low light.
Video quality is excellent. Video sound volume is very low, it could be much higher. If the sound quality was better then I would have rated this one 5 stars.
The 10x optical zoom is fantastic. The wide angle lens allows for tight shots. This camera is not as small as some, but it is not too heavy or too big to pack around either. I got the black one and it has a nice classic look to it.
