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At first, Marco was all: Compact cameras and I don’t usually get along because we have very different priorities: I like optical and technical perfection with available manual controls, and don’t care much for most consumer-oriented features (like face detection, lots of “scene” modes, huge zoom ranges at the expense of optical quality, and insanely high pixel densities at the expense of noise). Compact cameras are almost always designed for the opposite type of consumer that I am because there are a lot more of them. And then, Neven was like: For anything else, you need a “real” camera. All point’n’shoots are better than the iPhone, but for my taste, they’re not good enough. Oh, they have manual controls and decent optics, but they won’t do this. And finally, I was all: Damn, that’s one hot fruit pic! But my Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ7 point ‘n’ shoot gives me some stand-up shots of similar conditions as well. I should say something. Just look at that ranunculus up there. Now, if I were making this purchase again today, I might buy its more expensive cousin (the TZ3), which comes with a fancier 10x optical Leica lens and a rechargeable battery. But for a 200-dollar camera to fill the void between my olde style Pentax P5 and my style nouveau iPhone 3G - a CD, as Neven puts it - this thing has been utterly delightful.

At first, Marco was all:

Compact cameras and I don’t usually get along because we have very different priorities: I like optical and technical perfection with available manual controls, and don’t care much for most consumer-oriented features (like face detection, lots of “scene” modes, huge zoom ranges at the expense of optical quality, and insanely high pixel densities at the expense of noise). Compact cameras are almost always designed for the opposite type of consumer that I am because there are a lot more of them.

And then, Neven was like:

For anything else, you need a “real” camera. All point’n’shoots are better than the iPhone, but for my taste, they’re not good enough. Oh, they have manual controls and decent optics, but they won’t do this.

And finally, I was all:

Damn, that’s one hot fruit pic! But my Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ7 point ‘n’ shoot gives me some stand-up shots of similar conditions as well. I should say something. Just look at that ranunculus up there.

Now, if I were making this purchase again today, I might buy its more expensive cousin (the TZ3), which comes with a fancier 10x optical Leica lens and a rechargeable battery. But for a 200-dollar camera to fill the void between my olde style Pentax P5 and my style nouveau iPhone 3G - a CD, as Neven puts it - this thing has been utterly delightful.