Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just got a Panasonic DMC-FX7 for Christmas and I love this little thing! Fits in my shirt pocket, 5 Megapixels, Leica Vario-Elmarit ASPH lens and Image Stabilization to boot. The lens is sharp and almost distortion-free (barrel distortion at 35mm is 0.3% and at 105 it's 0% according to dpreview and my test pictures confirm it). The darn thing weighs only 4.8 ounces! Only thing I don't like about it is the poor battery life, but I bought a couple of spares to keep charged up and they're tiny too. So anytime I go out and don't want to lug around my Canon Mark II or that beastly CL of mine I just grab this little jewel. And no, I don't own any stock in Mitsushita Electric ;) Life is grand. http://gallery.leica-users.org/Thisandthat James Laird