Panasonic FZ5 review now out at DP Review:
 http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/PanasonicFZ5/
"There is so much to like here - and so little to complain about - that
the DMC-FZ5 has to come highly recommended, and certainly has to make its

Canon PowerShot S2 IS announced, please see:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0504/05042201canons2is.asp

I bought my FZ20 from Circuit City around Thanksgiving
(November) and submitted the rebate forms for a free case
and battery soon after, but I've had no response from
Panasonic.  Did anyone else buy an FZ20 from CC when that

I have one .mov file that plays on the P-2000 in Quicktime but others
that I try to import don't.
How does one distinguish between the types of .mov file and what's the
best converter to put these files into the P-2000 .mov or mpg4?

What is a zlr??
It does not exist. Neither do "SLR-like" cameras. Either you have an
SLR or you don´t. You people are fooling yourselves if you think your
crappy point and shoot zooms have anything to do with an SLR. Please

Has anyone had any luck shooting in a studio with their zrl?
I own a Minolta Z1 which has BRILLIANT color in natural light but the
second you go indoors mass pixelation ... i've tried different kinds of
flood lights (washes out with pixelations) ... flash washes out too.

I'm planning to buy a digital camera
Can anyone give me advise on the "Konica Minolta Dimage Z20"?
Can anyone tell me about price, pro's & contra's? where to buy?(I live in
belgium.)

(since I do not see many recent postings to this group!)
. . . the more I understand how the D70 is set up the better the images I
can pull out of it. In equivalently made  images where the subject has
limited exposure latitude the 828 at jpeg settings comes up with images that

I would like to hear your opinions about this camera.
I like its specs very much, but how is it in "real life"??
-=Rob

Dear photofriends,
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My photo of the month shows the most nescessary thing for photographers.
http://home.hetnet.nl/~w-jenniskens/

I just installed a USB 2.0 card in the hope that my FZ20's
pictures would transfer faster to the computer, but it still
seems pretty slow.  Does the camera only support USB 1.0?

 Does anyone here know the proper procedure to remove, without breaking,
the battery door on an Olympus FL-50 flash?  Any help is greatly
appreciated, thanks!
JDR