Rich wrote:
Terrible, terrible. You see where ultrazooms have taken formerly
acceptable flagship P&Ss? Old 3-5x zoomed P&S's with 2/3" sensors
were 10x better than this horror. Imagine if they had stuck with
them, and kept improving the processing?

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/pana...Z18/page14.asp

I keep my Panasonic at ISO 100 where the quality is best. On the other
hand, my DSLR will produce excellent quality results at ISO 1600.
Different cameras for different needs.

Cheers,
David