tis totally diffe range of product to start compare with.
like motobike & motocar.

Fz7 is Ultra Compact Ultra Zoom
F11 is Ultra Compact Pocket Size


the question now is,
you prefer High noise with more detail or low noise with less detail, I've seen wonder with everone also complaint noisy LX1, all i can say is, it can blow 16RW with high detail, how many compact at similar range can do that anyway? Personally, I think the noisy or smooth image is not a big issue, noisy pic is still better than no pic.

For a 12x camera at this size? its ultra compact.
If u dun have the pic, its worst than you have a noisy pic. Sometime u just need to get the pic rather than no pic at all.

it will still be very useable if the ISO 1600 is only availble at 2-3mega pixels.


FZ7 is going to be replace FZ5, figure that out.


agree on this unless they wan to sacrify detail and put in a heavier noise reduction.


Pretty sure it is lowest interm of "compact" camera.

generally, the picture lack some contrast, cure it in post processing, lots of software can do this.

if u dun wan to do it the hardway, use those simple one touch easy fix program like Picasa and etc.

sorry for the lack of dof, due to handheld low light, F5.6, on SP90, undered, SB800ed

but then can still see its a L2

2 related topic merged, and formed a brand new thread for Lumix usergroup. enjoy

Now, you are allowed to discuss both Still Camera & DV Camera overhere.

Canon Lens cheaper? ehm some quite true.

50/1.8 for example, but Nikkor is way better built and sharper.

For 70-200 Region, Canon 70-200IS is more expensive than 70-200VR.
For 17-50 range, Canon cheaper. but differ range. tarak 17-50 L. while Nikkor having 17-55DX.