Rasheed

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All rounder but needs a little getting used to.

Jul 8, 2008

Rating: 7 out of 10 (Very good)
Pros: Very good all-rounder
Cons: White balance and menu controls
Opinion:
I came to Panasonic seduced by the wide angle Leica lens and Optical Image Stabilisation. My last camera was a basic Olympus FE 230. Menu system and scenes on Olympus much easier to use, you really need to re-educate yourself to get the most out of the Panasonic. The wide angle delivers as promised and 10.1 megs gives more than adequate resolution to allow zooming in. Flash is good although sometimes the lens barrel casts a shadow to the left of the (viewed) image. My biggest problem is images are a little oversharpened or over-contrasty and colour balance is very warm in indoor situations. The manual white-balance option is a saviour. This camera has more manual control than the Olympus so you can certainly take excellent pictures using your own judgement but the auto pictures are rather hit and miss. Technically this is an excellent camera but its not user friendly.