Anyone have Panasonic DMC FZ 40??

[drako4]

Hello,

Just wondering if anyone has the Panasonic DMC FZ40 and if so what do you think of it. I cannot seem to find any reviews on the camera and my current Olympus
-C770 is fading away.
For some reason no matter what the photos are coming out blurry. Had the camera for 5 years and never a problem.
Looking for something lighter than my dslr with at least 10x zoom as that is what my Olympus is and I have been happy. Not many are good with low light.
If anyone has any other suggestions would be more than happy to hear from you.

Cheers,
Carrie

[mongo]

Do not know about the FZ 40. Can say the older FZ28 id truly excellent. Hopefully, two upgrades later, the FZ40 should be even better ??

[OzzieTraveller]

G'day Carrie

The FZ-40 seems to be almost identical to the FZ-100 ... both were released on the same date in Feb this year
The FZ-100 is the better of the two - slightly better specs where the specs differ - and $50 more in listed price

Photographic differences are - the FZ-100 has
- external flash shoe [if you ever want it]
- 11fps burst mode [against 2fps]
- 460,000 dot LCD [against 230,000 dots]

If you want this model I suggest you go for the FZ-100
If you want the previous FZ-35 or even the FZ-28, you can still get them in various places

Hope this helps a bit ...
Regards, Phil

[Analog6]

See review here (http://www.dpreview.com/news/1007/10072106panasonicdmcfz40.asp). I have the FZ35 and it is a very good little camera but suffers noise in low light and at ISO 200 and up.