got the FZ7

After surfing sites, reading magazines and asking here, my choice of
camera narrowed down to the Panasonic FZ7 and KM Z5. I actually like
the look and feel of the Z5, but when I tried both at the store with
the same SD card that I own, the Z5 took about 3 seconds to write the
image, whereas the FZ7 took like half a second. One worry that I had
was the use of proprietary battery for the FZ7, I couldn't just pop in
store bought batteries, but since it recharges so fast (2 hrs.) that
seems to be less of a concern now. Yes in low light it does tend to be
noisy, but it's something I can live with as I won't need to print
large photos. Otherwise I'm enjoying it a lot!

I ruled out Sony because of Memory stick, Canon because it is more
expensive and something else - think was it slow focusing in low light.

Tippi wrote:
> After surfing sites, reading magazines and asking here, my choice of
> camera narrowed down to the Panasonic FZ7 and KM Z5. I actually like
> the look and feel of the Z5, but when I tried both at the store with
> the same SD card that I own, the Z5 took about 3 seconds to write the
> image, whereas the FZ7 took like half a second. One worry that I had
> was the use of proprietary battery for the FZ7, I couldn't just pop in
> store bought batteries, but since it recharges so fast (2 hrs.) that
> seems to be less of a concern now. Yes in low light it does tend to be
> noisy, but it's something I can live with as I won't need to print
> large photos. Otherwise I'm enjoying it a lot!
>
> I ruled out Sony because of Memory stick, Canon because it is more
> expensive and something else - think was it slow focusing in low
> light.

I'm sure the folk in rec.photo.digital.zlr would be interested in your
findings now, and in the future.

Cheers,
David