Olympus 770UZ or Panasonic FZ20?

[JS]

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I want to buy a digital camera with a long zoom lens
I've narrowed it down to these two.
The Panasonic gets points for its 12X stabilized lens
The Olympus gets points for its smaller size and weight

Anyone got any comments or suggestions for one or the other of these two
cameras?

Thanx,
John

 

[Guest]

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I've owned both an Olympus 10X and FZ10. The FZ10 takes much better picture
in terms of color and sharpness. The stabilizer is great when using a zoom
greater the 6-7X. You have to use a tripod for the Olympus.


js wrote:

> I want to buy a digital camera with a long zoom lens
> I've narrowed it down to these two.
> The Panasonic gets points for its 12X stabilized lens
> The Olympus gets points for its smaller size and weight
>
> Anyone got any comments or suggestions for one or the other of these two
> cameras?
>
> Thanx,
> John

 

[JS]

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Harlen,

thankyou for your advice.

 

[fred]

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The C-700 Series all have design flaws in the power circuitry. All take
extremely good photos and are easy to use, both in automatic mode or manual,
but expect to have to send it in after a year or so when the "battery dead"
warning comes on.

"Harlen Ng" <harlen@cadence.com> wrote in message
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> I've owned both an Olympus 10X and FZ10. The FZ10 takes much better
picture
> in terms of color and sharpness. The stabilizer is great when using a
zoom
> greater the 6-7X. You have to use a tripod for the Olympus.
>
>
> js wrote:
>
> > I want to buy a digital camera with a long zoom lens
> > I've narrowed it down to these two.
> > The Panasonic gets points for its 12X stabilized lens
> > The Olympus gets points for its smaller size and weight
> >
> > Anyone got any comments or suggestions for one or the other of these two
> > cameras?
> >
> > Thanx,
> > John
>

 

[Malcolm]

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> The C-700 Series all have design flaws in the power circuitry. All take
> extremely good photos and are easy to use, both in automatic mode or
manual,
> but expect to have to send it in after a year or so when the "battery
dead"
> warning comes on.

Yours might have a dea battery warning. Mine certainly doesn't. I'm very
happy with C750. It has worked flawlessly, never a hint of a problem.

Malcolm

 

[fred]

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"Malcolm" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> > The C-700 Series all have design flaws in the power circuitry. All take
> > extremely good photos and are easy to use, both in automatic mode or
> manual,
> > but expect to have to send it in after a year or so when the "battery
> dead"
> > warning comes on.
>
> Yours might have a dea battery warning. Mine certainly doesn't. I'm very
> happy with C750. It has worked flawlessly, never a hint of a problem.
>
> Malcolm

How old is the camera? My C700 was fine until about 2 years old.