Panasonic DMC Lumix FZ3 anyone?

[Lionheart]

One of our hygienists has this camera. She took pictures with it at the office Christmas party, and they seemed pretty sharp in-camera. She brought 4x6 prints for us the next week, and they seemed pretty sharp, fairly good color. The only thing I didn't like was the skin tones, looked slightly plum colored for my skin color, very similar to the canon g1 skin tones. Another hygienist had a Leica p/s digital, that was very similar in color balance, but the skin tones also had the same problem. Might have been underexposure too, since the pics seemed a little dark.

[Liz]

Hmmmmm. I just typed a reply - and it disappeared.

Thanks for the information. Wish I could afford a Leica - about $1,700 ball park figure. I would get a G6 but that too is way over my budget for a 2nd camera. The more I check out the reviews, the more confused I get.

But I'll keep looking. No rush.

Liz

One of our hygienists has this camera. She took pictures with it at the office Christmas party, and they seemed pretty sharp in-camera. She brought 4x6 prints for us the next week, and they seemed pretty sharp, fairly good color. The only thing I didn't like was the skin tones, looked slightly plum colored for my skin color, very similar to the canon g1 skin tones. Another hygienist had a Leica p/s digital, that was very similar in color balance, but the skin tones also had the same problem. Might have been underexposure too, since the pics seemed a little dark.