This is my first digital camera. I bought it for a special trip my son and I were taking to some historic places in the south. We were going to have some once-in-a-lifetime photo opportunities on this trip and I needed my camera to work! I was not disappointed. I bought a 256 mb flash card so I could take all the pictures I wanted. Although I haven't figured out all the things this camera is capable of, I easily figured out how to take pictures with it. When I got home, I just popped out the flash card and put it into my printer and the quality of pictures I got is phenomenal. Even my son was able to take some real good pictures with this. I seem to be a spokesperson for Panasonic, but that's because every time I make a Panasonic purchase, such as with this camera, I am more than pleased with the quality, workmanship, ease of use and understandable instructions, and great price of the products I buy.

This is not a bad camera at all. The only problem we have with it is that once you push the button to take the picture it takes too long for the camera to actually take the picture. We have kids and when we want to take a picture we want the picture when we push the button because otherwise you miss the action. It has a lot of great features but it didn't work for us. Like I said before, it is a great camera which is why I gave it a four star review.

Compact size, 4MP, fast start up, and intuitive controls. Lots of different options to play around with that I'm still learning. Pictures can be downloaded to any computer without any software. Picture quality is excellent and the price is right. I purchased mine on Broadway Photo (bwayphoto.com) which is cheaper than amazon, $229, but they have high shipping fees and they are slow. Took them 5 days just to process the order. LCD screen could have been a little bigger, but I think this camera gives you the biggest bang for your buck!

See my detailed review for DMC-LC50...same should apply here.

Panasonic dig cameras produce very sharp images. The lens is the best even compared to Canon.

You won;t regret buying this

It is excellent camera. It takes very good crisp clear pictures. Even though it has no manual, it has good feature of 'Focus'. Motion picture is really good. Very handy and easy to operate. I liked the Menu. Very user friendly. The best part is it takes only 2 seconds to become ready to shoot picture when you power on. I can just carry anywhere and share with anybody without need of any software to upload my images. The moment you connect it is identified as "removable disk" and you just use your explorer in windows to browse the images and download them. In our family we liked color effect 'COOL'mode. The pictures are very soft and cool. You can take mulitple pictures upto 4 in Hi-res and 6 in Lo-resolution.

Except one feature (Manual Focus), it has everything.

Worth for the Money! Great Leica lense.

I am having a ball with this camera.. The first time I used it, I was on vacation and with the 256 mb memory card I bought for it, I could have taken hundreds of pictures.. The camera is easy to use, and with the printer I have (Epson Photo RX600) I put the memory card straight from the camera into the printer and I have my pictures... I've printed out small wallets, 4x6, 5x7 and 8x10 and all are crisp, clear, vibrant and of expert quality.

The camera also takes mpegs so I used it to capture my granddaughter during a dance performance... It took a really good little movie with clear sound that my family will treasure forever..

Although the camera says to use only Panasonic batteries, I've found that any brand of good quality alkaline batteries work just as well and last just as long or longer than the Panasonic batteries that came with the camera did.

I still haven't used all the features associated with this camera, but it's so easy and convenient to keep it with me to capture whatever moment I happen upon. Others have said the delay from one picture to the next can make you miss a shot, and that's the only drawback I've seen so far. Still I rate it five stars because for the price, quality, and ease of use I think it's beyond excellent!

This has been a good travel/weekend camera. The pictures are a bit grainy compared to my 6 MP camera, but it's good for the price. It does have a neat "digital camera for dummies" setting that's very user friendly and great for those who are new to the digital camera world.