Panasonic Lumix Camera Review

I upgraded to Sx10Is from the prior S5Is model, and I must say that it was without fail worth it. I should mention that I'm in no way a power user, a pro photographer. I don't make my living off this camera, but I am very fond of photography as a hobby. I need good ability photos without much hassle, and I am quite picky about this!

This model comes with lots of nifty features, but there is still lots of room for improvement. I will start off by showing the pros, the reasons I fell in love with this camera.

- allowable face recognition. The feature kicks in from the default settings, no need to adjust anything. Point to your friends, click the shutter button and the camera will shape out the faces and adjust the lighting.
- entertaining red eye removal, without the use of an extra discount lamp or pre-flasher
- Memory card door is now separated from the battery door. At times I just want to take out the card from my camera and replace it with a blank one. With old models I had to switch the camera off, remove the batteries, then remove the card. I was wasting precious seconds.
- This model beats its competitors at the ability of pictures at high Iso settings. With the continuous improvement from model to model since early versions, this was quite expected.

Now let's get to the downsides.

- I would like to see a bigger rotating display. Granted, it's usable as it is now, but having it half an inch larger would be so much better.
- The compression of movies leads to loss of quality. I would like to have an choice that would allow me to pick the level of compression and warn me about the potential losses. Right now it doesn't say anything. I haven't used it much for film development though, maybe the discount in ability was just a wild opinion. However, this is without fail worth testing before you buy the camera.
- The shape is a bit boxy and the grip is a bit abrupt. However, this is a matter of personal taste, you might like it this way.

All in all, the Sx10Is is a great model, suitable for all low to middle end camera users. The set of features it comes with are easy to understand by even the most un-techie photographer.