Over the years, we have had a series of Panasonic Lumix ZS cameras. They are compact digital "point and shoot" cameras that fit in your pocket but are blessed with Japanese electronics and superb Leica lenses made in Germany. Highly versatile and hardly weigh anything.
These cameras have been amazing. Most of the photos in this blog (like the one above) were taken with the good old ZS20 model that has a great 24-480mm zoom lens--perfect for travel and catching cowboys being thrown off bulls.
Sadly, I dropped it in a lake and it stubbornly refused to work thereafter. I have been using my really old Lumix ZS3 camera in its stead--together with my DSLR Nikon D7000 with its multiple lenses. Only problem with the latter is that you are forever changing lenses--and it doesn't fit in your pocket, unless you want to look a little unusual.
With the Great Annual Road Trip coming up in less than 10 days, I can't risk dropping my expensive Nikon D7000 into a lake in British Columbia. So, I decided to buy yet another Lumix camera. This one is part of the LX premium compact series which boasts outstanding picture quality. This is it in gleaming white.
I have sacrificed some zoom (it has a 24mm-90mm lens) but it is great for macro photography and has a bright lens that is good for low light situations. I will still have my trusty red ZS3 in the other pocket. That has a range of 25-300mm--good enough to get "near" a big moose (elk?) in the picture below.
Only time will tell how good or useful the LX7 will be. Standby for the photographic results of the Great Annual Road Trip. In the meantime, have a look at some of the first photos taken in and around the house with the LX7. Click "Read more" below.
35mm "landscape", very bright sun
24mm wide-angle shot without flash
Same shot at 90mm telephoto
Indoors, low light, close-up, no flash
Indoors, oil painting, 65mm zoom, no flash
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