FZ7 is great

I thought I would write a review finally on my FZ7 that I have owned for about 8 months. I figured since the FZ7 and 8 are very similar I would write it here. My FZ7 has been really great. Especially for the price. I now know 4 people that have bought this camera. All love it. The 12X zoom is great. Image stabilazation is outstanding. Especially for video. Now I didn't buy it to take videos, but it's nice to do now and again. Only problem is the files in Quicktime are really huge, but after converting them to a WMV file they are easily emailed. I personally think the lense is wide enough for most applications. Easy to use functions and menus. The flash is very very bright. I actually tend to turn it down some so as not to wash it out. Which is again, very easy to do. Only draw back that I found is lense cover is not built in, but on this style camera it is kind of expected. I have actually wished the LCD fliped open once. But not a huge deal. Another nice feature is being able to switch to the view finder, or LCD, and the high angle feature of the display so that you can still view it when holding above a crowd.