"David J Taylor"

wrote in . uk:

wrote:
From the panasonic site samples, I don't think they have made
any great
leap forward in the noise area.. However, the pixel-level
sharpness is very impressive.. grudgingly I'll admit it looks a
tiny bit sharper than my C8080's 8Mp sensor..

Panasonic's photographer seems unafraid to blow the odd
highlight, I notice..

Looks promising, but let's wait for the real reviews..

I agree, see what the reviewers say, but the images and lens
quality look very good so far. At the edges of those blown
highlights there seems to be little in the way of artefacts.
If I was interested in the camera (and it won't replace my FZ5,
but my wife likes the swivel LCD so could replace her FZ20), I
would be printing out those sample photos to see what the small
amount of noise looks like when printed, rather than when viewed
on the screen.

Cheers,
David

I was almost going to buy a D50, and now this!

BTW...David, I see that the group is moving again. :-)

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Bill