Anyone has this camera?

Does this camera receive good rating?

Thanks

My local friend nktuspeed has this camera. He's got the Japanese version though. He purchased it when he went to Japan to visit his family. The LCD screen on the back looks amazing.

From my initial impressions of it (consists of about a minute of toying with it), is that it is a really nice point-and-shoot camera. No big manual frills -- just point, shoot, and go.

Review from DP Review: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonicfx7/page2.asp

I'll get my friend to chime in on this.

He took this picture of me taking pics of his car ... here's the shot:

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=61211&stc=1

DP Review has some better samples, because I don't believe the picture above was focused correctly.


Here's their conclusion on the camera.

As with the recently reviewed Canon PowerShot SD300 (IXUS 40i) the DMC-FX7 is the perfect pocket camera as long as you don't expect miracles and are prepared to accept a certain amount of compromise on features and image quality.

It is a tribute to Panasonic's designers that they managed to squeeze as much as they did into the FX7's diminutive body, and there's no denying it is the kind of camera that simply begs to be taken everywhere you go. The screen is fantastic (though the resolution isn't high enough to really take advantage of the extra size), it's fast, fun to use and capable of surprisingly good results. The Leica lens is certainly no slouch in the resolution stakes, exposure is - though by no means perfect - as good as any other camera in this class, and the auto white balance very good indeed.

Of course it's not all a bed of roses - the compromises mentioned earlier are fairly common in this kind of camera; some blown highlights, the occasional focus or exposure error and a rather underpowered flash. My biggest complaints are the poor battery life, made worse by the lack of an optical viewfinder and, ironically, the problem of camera shake, which would doubtless make the FX7 unusuable in all but the brightest conditions if it weren't for the image stabilization system.

I found the FX7 to be a real joy to use, and in the few months I spent with it I grew very attached to it. If the battery life were better (or there was an optical viewfinder that would allow you to turn off that huge screen to save power) it would be even better, but then we can't have everything, can we?

Hello, this is nktuspeeed, brendanlim's friend that has the camera. I bought it from japan over the christmas when I visited my parents and I liked it because it's very slim but it has big LCD screen. And also it is the only camera that size that has the shake proof thing. It also has 5.0 megapixel so pictures are sharp. It's not good as Digital SLR's but it's a nice camera for everyday use and if you don't want it to take up much space. If you have any other questions, let me know.