Juan, My wife and I (mostly my wife) bought a Pentax 750z a couple months ago. Steve's Digicams has good things to say about it. http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/optio750z.html DPreview is a bit more mixed: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/pentax750z/
One reason we liked this camera is the optical viewfinder. I believe the Lumix cameras have lcd viewfinders. My only gripe with the view finder is it's lack of coverage. I'm not sure what the actual coverage is, but I'd guess about 80% or so. The LCD screen itself actually articulates. It can be reversed and closed against the camera body. I use the LCD primarily for waist level viewing. We primarily use it for family snapshots. My wife really likes this one: http://twosixteen.com/gallery/index.php?id=31. One other possible drawback is that it does not record a RAW image. TIFF and JPG only. This doesn't really bother me, but just by reading the list I'm sure quite a few people would feel hindered by it. Overall, it has some nice features and we've been quite pleased with it. Lemme know if I can tell you anything else about it. On 7/22/05, Juan Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was thinking that I'd like to try one of the new high resolution P&S > cameras for street shooting. There are now 6Mp and 8Mp compact point > and shoots, and it is tempting to get one to play with in the > street... > > The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1 even has a RAW mode, and at 3:2 the images > are higher res than the ones from the istD: > > http://www.dpreview.com/news/0507/05072003panasonic_lx1.asp > > (and funny enough it has a Leica lens) > > But even the new Optio 60 is something I'd try, if the quality is good enough. > > Anyone shooting with one of these high res, small CCD cameras? What > kind of quality should I expect from something like this, compared to > the istD? > > j > > -- > Juan Buhler > http://www.jbuhler.com > photoblog at http://photoblog.jbuhler.com > > -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com -- "You have to hold the button down" -Arnold Newman
