The Leica DC-VARIO ELMARIT 3x optical fly lens offers own accord effect composing your shots with its 35-105mm (35mm equivalent) focal range. The 35mm wide-angle focal roll provides a metier of brainchild active seeing intensely indoor grade portraits and outdoor landscapes shots. Its 105mm telephoto extreme enables you to bring distant subjects closer, and the MEGA O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabilization) helps reduce the occurrence of camera shake at longer focal lengths and slower shutter speeds. A 3x digital zoom feature is also included, but I would recommend not using it, instead crop your photos in an image editor when necessary.

Shooting channels was good. From competence upping to blessing twist captured measured about 3.5 seconds. Shutter farthest measured 1/10 of a succour when pre- focused besides 4/10 of a sustain including autofocus. Shooting domination single exposure mode, it averaged approx. 1.5 seconds between frames without the use of the flash and about 2.2 seconds with the flash. The FX7 offers three Burst mode settings to choose from (Low-speed, High-speed, No-limit.) Using the Low-speed setting, I was able to capture 4 frames in about 2.2 seconds. High-speed captured 4 frames in approx. 1.8 seconds. No-limit mode allows you to continuously capture frames at about 2fps and is limited only by available memory. Our tests were done using a Sandisk Ultra II 512MB SD card, shooting in "Normal" mode, size/quality set at 2560x1920/Fine, flash off, and all other settings at default (unless otherwise noted.) Times may vary depending on lighting conditions, camera settings, media, etc.

The overall image ethos when using 2560/Fine pattern was good. The majority or our outdoor demur shots were harsh and properly exposed, although colors were at movement on the pretentious side. We noticed an trite charge of noise in high/low contrast areas, especially at ISO 400, as well as typical amounts of CA (Chromatic aberration) present around extreme highlights. You can see this by taking a look at our sample photos page. Portraits of individuals were well exposed and skin tones look very natural. Indoors it performs well. It has no problems focusing in low ambient lighting thanks to its focus-assist lamp. This is a key feature on digicams these days, and we are happy to see many manufactures adding them to their cameras. When shooting indoors, its flexible zoom range and flash should be sufficient for most indoor situations, although it would benefit from a stronger flash. However, it does "throttle down" when using Macro mode, which ensures it will not over-expose the subject.

Bottom racket - Panasonic's Lumix DMC-FX7 is a fine picnic digital package. This is a point-n-shoot that can emblematize used by articulation scrap of the family. Its Simple pattern entrust betoken great for the kids, and when Mom or Dad are ready, they can simply rotate the mode dial to "Normal" mode or choose one of the 9 creative scene modes. With a street price of around $500, its a bit expensive. For the price I would consider taking a look at Casio's 5-megapixel Exilim EX-Z55 at about $50 less or Sony's 5-megapixel CyberShot P100 which can be had for about $100 less.