[Leica] V-Lux 20/DMC-ZS7

[kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)]

On 2/5/2011 1:59 PM, Larry Bullis wrote:
> We're taking a trip this spring. Wanting to travel as lightly as 
> possible, we just bought two ZS7's at Costco, for $230 each. I think 
> the Leica branded version sells for about $400 more.
>
> They had just appeared a week ago this past Thursday; we bought them 
> on Friday. Then, a couple of days later, I happened to be in the store 
> for something else, and noticed that the price had been modified to 
> include a $30 rebate, bringing it down to $200. Moaning about it to 
> the sales guy, I learned that I could take my receipt to the 
> membership desk and get $60 back.
>
> It's a nice little thing with built-in GPS. The picture quality is 
> great except for the limitation of no RAW format. The macro is truly 
> astonishing. I've looked around the web, and can't find any 
> significant difference between it and the V-Lux 20.
>
> I just wondered whether somebody out there might be interested in the 
> opportunity.  The rebate will continue - if I recall correctly - for 
> the remainder of the month.
>
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Larry,

Be sure to get some extra batteries and SD cards, use the largest JPG 
setting, and post some photos.

Best,

Ken