purchasing a new camera

David J Taylor wrote:

tjab wrote:
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FZ7 has manual focus (with joystick); my understanding is that
FZ5 does not.

Correct - but to be honest the autofocus is so good that I have never
found the lack of manual focus to be a drawback.

The stick is also used for manual aperture and shutter speed control--you
can do all three very easily--left or right selects which you're changing,
up and down makes the change.

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Funny thing; Circuit City has been advertising the FZ7 in silver
(FZ7S) for 50-60 bucks less than in black (FZ7K).

Funny that - I also thought the black FZ5 looked better and wanted one
over and above the silver model. Who would have thought that more people
wanting the camera made it demand a higher price? G

David

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J. Clarke wrote:

David J Taylor wrote:



tjab wrote:
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FZ7 has manual focus (with joystick); my understanding is that
FZ5 does not.


Correct - but to be honest the autofocus is so good that I have never
found the lack of manual focus to be a drawback.



The stick is also used for manual aperture and shutter speed control--you
can do all three very easily--left or right selects which you're changing,
up and down makes the change.



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Funny thing; Circuit City has been advertising the FZ7 in silver
(FZ7S) for 50-60 bucks less than in black (FZ7K).


Funny that - I also thought the black FZ5 looked better and wanted one
over and above the silver model. Who would have thought that more people
wanting the camera made it demand a higher price? G

David


I like the black also.