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The DMC-ZS7 - A Panasonic Lumix Digital Camera With All Your Favorite Features, and GPS Thrown In

Panasonic has won quite a fan following for its line of intelligent user-friendly cameras. The Lumix DMC-ZS7 picks up where last year's ZS3 left off, with a few additional features - you get manual and semi-manual shooting, you get an inbuilt GPS receiver. With the package rounded out with competent HD video recording, a good wide-angle lens, a decent 12x zoom and intelligent controls for aperture and exposure, what you get is one of the best, most reliable packages in a camera possible. The fact that this Panasonic Lumix digital camera is available to you at an affordable price point that hovers around $300 means you have a real winner on your hands. Let us go in a little deeper.


The Lumix DMC-ZS7 comes with a 14 megapixel sensor (even if you only actually get to use 12), and a bright enough 3 inch LCD. The function that is most likely to attract beginner photographers is the Intelligent Automatic. In most difficult situations - taking a picture of a sunset, taking pictures without the flash on - the Intelligent Automatic manages to adjust the exposure, sensitivity and other controls perfectly without any user input. In certain tricky situations, if you do desire to override the Intelligent Automatic function and make adjustments yourself, this model of Panasonic Lumix digital camera allows you to do it - which is more than can be said for last year's ZS3.

Is the ZS7 perfect? The flash, even if it is much improved over last year's model, certainly could be more powerful. As it is, low light shots with the flash on,sometimes appear slightly grainy. Especially so at the ISO 400 and 800 settings. The battery life could be better. Charge it all the way up, and it's probably not going to last you more than a day. The star feature of this camera (apart from the Leica lens of course), is the inbuilt GPS. Using the GPS turns out to be quite simple. It does take quite a while to retrieve the satellite information for your current location. Sometimes, it takes a minute, and sometimes it takes longer. It all depends on where you are and how much direct line of sight you have to the sky. For people who don't really need to have an exact location printed to their image files, this isn't really much of a deal. For those who do a lot of traveling all around, it can be quite a convenience to always know where exactly a picture was taken.

People usually pick a Panasonic Lumix digital camera for the great video capture that it offers. The ZS7 is no exception. It gives you 720p HD in AVCHD Lite and Motion JPEG. And you do get to use all of the cameras features while you shoot video - continuous autofocus, image stabilization and zoom. And you get to record sound while you zoom. People love the Panasonic Lumix digital camera for the freedom it allows them while shooting video; it certainly seems justified.

by Dewayne Weiss

Nikon Camera D3100 Review - Pros and Cons Analysis of Nikon D3100

Just recently, Nikon launched its latest dSLR camera, the Nikon D3100. Positioned as a middle-low dSLR camera, Nikon D3100 price is quite affordable. This may cause someone to wonder, "What about the features/technologies and performance of this camera?" It may be a valued dSLR camera, but user will still expect to get a high-quality camera. Moreover, this edition is claimed to be the successor of Nikon D3000, a highly successful product which brought Nikon to closing the gap with Canon. This short Nikon D3100 review is intended to answer the simple question "Is Nikon D3100 price worth what it offers?"



In order to answer that question, this article will present Nikon D3100 review in three main points, the "what went well", "what needs to be improved" and "who needs it the most."

What went well?

High quality photos - Photos quality produced by Nikon D3100 is amazing, even under ISO 800 setting. People could even get better photos by adjusting the ISO settings up to ISO 3200. The color reproduction is very great and no over saturation noticed.

Picture sharpness - Picture sharpness greatly depends on the lens quality used. Unfortunately, Nikon D3100 coming with a highly reliable 18-55mm VR kit lens. Professional photographer may opt for 28-300mm VR kit, with which the picture sharpness will be lifelike. However, less-professional ones will find the bundled lens is more than enough.

The video recording capability is amazing. Able to record a Full HD 1080p video at both 24 and 30 fps (frame per second) is quite exceptional for a dSLR camera. In addition to that, user can also do simple editing within the camera (ie. deleting scenes, saving particular frames, etc).

Guide Mode - Nikon Guide Mode is a user-friendly guide mode embedded in the camera itself and full manual controls in video capture. The guide mode will be exceptionally helpful for families, which are inexperienced with dSLR camera before, to learn more about photography as well as the full features of Nikon D3100.

What needs to be improved?

Small viewfinder - Body of Nikon D3100 is quite small and compact. User will find no difficulty in carrying it around, however, the downside is that the viewfinder is quite small. Although it has no significant impact and eventually user will get used to it, it's worth to be noted.

Slower camera performance - The power on and shooting time is between 0.4 - 0.6 seconds, depends on the light conditions. The shot-to-shot timing for taking JPEG images is between 0.6 - 0.9 seconds. Albeit could be a distraction for professional photographer, it may not really affect the less-professional photographer. After all, if you're a professional one, you will not go for Nikon D3100.

Who needs it the most?

Hobbyist

Less-professional photographer

User searching for the best dSLR camera with limited budget

By Christo Doludea