looking for reviews of Panasonic Lumix DMC-LC80 Digital Camera

[mrspabs]

Can anyone who owns this camera post a review or link to one?

Thanks!

[Billiam]

Courtesy of Google...

One professional review:

http://www.megapixel.net/cgi-bin/fs_loader.pl?p=http%3A//www.megapixel.net/reviews/panasonic-lc80/lc80-review.html

One user review:

http://www.livingroom.org.au/photolog/reviews/panasonic_lumix_dmclc80_review.php

[srvdcr]

I own a FZ-20 and a LC70. The LC70 takes very nice photos but is basically a point-and-shoot camera. I use it as a backup and a small portable camera. The LC80 looks identical but has a 5MP sensor and the lowest ISO has been raised from 50 to 80 (like the FZ-10 to FZ-20). There is a slightly different metering option, but I don't know what that will do. There is talk of a bit more noise on the FZ-20 compared to the FZ-10 (packing more pixels on same sized sensor), and I tend to agree (I've owned both). It may be the same situation with the LC80 compared to LC70 but that will have to be determined.

I really like my LC70 but when I need manual controls, I reach for the FZ-20. Hope this helps.