An excellent value for the $$. Has the capability of a DSLR (or most of it) and can accept extra lenses (I got an extra zoom and a macro for mine). Has wonderful zoom capability out of the box and is ......

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I took it out of the box and with no instructions took some great photos...The Leica lens is excellent, although you may not quite realize how good until you shoot RAW - the in-camera JPEGs look noisy, muddy and yellow/brown in the shadows...Automatic...

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The camera has a great zoom, good picture quality, and well in low light conditions...powerful flash In order to get the good pics in low light, You have to slow the shutter down and use a tripod...After that its good the lcd does appear better than my...

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Just received this camera this week...This is a high quality camera! It is a fact that a good lens even on a crummy body can make great photos provided there's a keen eye behind the camera...Only thing I miss is a mechanical rather than electrical zoom,...

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Great color rendition, excellent lens, EVF with diopter focus adjustment; very good "auto" system for point-and-shoot, but easy manual override...Can even easily read Honda name on outboard over 2100' away (~0.4 miles...Has face recognition and selective...

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Good EVF which works well with two-speed zoom...Photos are amazingly good with image stabilization and even long zooms...In 'iA' (intelligent automatic) mode it is almost impossible to take a bad shot......

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The Sony looks and feels great, but the spec is not as good as the newer FZ18, and many reviews refer to the no-intuitive user interface and long learning curve...Bottom line - both my wife and I are very pleased with the FZ18...My daughter was with us...

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If you're shopping for a new digital camera you basically have two options: pick up a toy shooter that can't grow with you; or plunk down a grand for a fancy digital SLR and face its huge learning curve. But there's a third way that's better: The...

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