Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX37BL 10.1MP Digital Camera for $169.10 Shipped

I was just looking at these the other day. Through my job we get 20% off on just about all Panasonic products plus free shipping. After doing some research, I decided against Lumix. The camera comes with a special battery back...once it's dead, you need to recharge it for several hours. You can't just pop a couple of AA's in there and take more photos. You'd need to buy an extra battery back. I had a digital camera before that you had to charge after the internal battery went dead. Your battery goes dead while you're on vacation nowhere near an electrical outlet so you're screwed. I'd rather carry around some extra rechargeable batteries.
 
groove1 said:
I was just looking at these the other day. Through my job we get 20% off on just about all Panasonic products plus free shipping. After doing some research, I decided against Lumix. The camera comes with a special battery back...once it's dead, you need to recharge it for several hours. You can't just pop a couple of AA's in there and take more photos. You'd need to buy an extra battery back. I had a digital camera before that you had to charge after the internal battery went dead. Your battery goes dead while you're on vacation nowhere near an electrical outlet so you're screwed. I'd rather carry around some extra rechargeable batteries.
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Sony, Cannon etc also have the special li-on battery. I have a Lumix and my Li-on battery recharges in about 60-90 minutes fully. You can and should always buy an extra or two spare batteries to take with you.
 
Spoofee said:
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There is a video anomaly about 6 seconds into the video on the left side that moves with the camera for another 11 seconds where there are multiple vertical and horizontal lines. Then you can see them again at 1:00 until the video ends. I clicked the video to watch it on YouTube directly and chose HD.

Anyone else see that?
 
Pearls said:
Sony, Cannon etc also have the special li-on battery. I have a Lumix and my Li-on battery recharges in about 60-90 minutes fully. You can and should always buy an extra or two spare batteries to take with you.
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Those packs aren't cheap though. At least $20 for an extra one.
 
Kmart and Target both have good deals on digital cameras this week. I bought a GE 10.1 MP 5x zoom for $80 (normally $100) at Kmart. Nice camera so far. Read the reviews on it and they were good. The one I did not buy from Target seemed like a good deal but there were some bad reviews. It's an Olympus 12.0 MP $87 online only with free shipping and comes with a 2gb memory card. They also have a Kodak 10.2 MP with 3x zoom in stores and you get a free $10 gift card. That one is $90.
 
groove1 said:
I was just looking at these the other day. Through my job we get 20% off on just about all Panasonic products plus free shipping. After doing some research, I decided against Lumix. The camera comes with a special battery back...once it's dead, you need to recharge it for several hours. You can't just pop a couple of AA's in there and take more photos. You'd need to buy an extra battery back. I had a digital camera before that you had to charge after the internal battery went dead. Your battery goes dead while you're on vacation nowhere near an electrical outlet so you're screwed. I'd rather carry around some extra rechargeable batteries.
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That's probably the last thing I'd consider when choosing a new camera, especially considering the fact that Panasonic arguably makes the best point and shoots.

Sure, you can save a little money by purchasing a lower end camera that uses regular batteries, but you'll also likely take poorer photographs. Not much of a trade off, IMO.
 
The Canon PowerShot series are of the same quality as the Panasonic Lumix and some of them use AA batteries. Being able to use batteries that you can easily purchase anywhere vs the proprietary, expensive battery packs, should be a feature worth considering. Even more so if you travel a lot. Also I would recommend that you look for the best "optical" zoom that you can find. Keep in mind that the optics on cell phone cameras are getting better, so you may want to concentrate on larger full-featured cameras rather than "pocket-sized" cameras. I wouldn't be afraid of Olympic cameras either. My 70 year old mother has had one for 5 years now and it does an amazing job. She even took a photography class with it this year and learned how to use all of it's features :clap:

I like Steve's Digicams Web site for reviews.
 
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