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Old 10-24-2005, 02:58 PM
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Don't have any such images available at the moment, but I can tell you that if your going to be doing a lot of indoor low light shooting, you'll want to invest in a camera with a focus assist light and preferrably a hotshoe as well. Even with the OIS on the Lumix, you may be tempted to zoom-in rather than walk-in on dark subjects, and still find yourself outshooting the range of the flash. Insufficient lighting during autofocusing is the primary reason many people end up with blurry photos. That or they're really drunk and can't hold the camera still long enough.

As for the request of shots of small font text, I'm guessing that you're asking that because the Genx is giving you very blurred or aliased shots? A quick search on Google for Genx reveals that they're one of those low end manufacturers who like to misrepresent their products by claiming higher output then the camera is actually capable of delivering. They'll claim something like "6MP interpolated", which really means 3MP true or in some cases even less. What you end up with is a very large shot at the expense of real detail, but they can sucker people in because they think that they're getting a 6MP camera at a fraction of the cost of brand names.

Here are some good places to start with reviews and comparison photos.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonicfz30/
http://www.imaging-resource.com/MFR1...asonic_reviews

KuoH
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