By Mr. S. T. G. Stephenson

I sold my recently purchased Olympus 550UZ which was only a few weeks old in favour of the Panasonic FZ-18 after reading the reviews and I have no regrets. The FZ-18 is a very versatile camera catering for both beginners and advanced amateurs producing excellent results every time. If I have any criticism I would say that the Olympus has the superior build quality and the FZ-18 is a little “plasticy” and on the light side, but there it ends. The auto focus is precise and accurate in mainly all lighting conditions and the ability for manual control is simple and straight forward if you read the manual. Added to this the excellent OIS anti-shake system is superb even at full zoom in low light. Of course, the Leica lens is as usual, exceptional and in a way makes the camera close to perfection for the price. The other plus for me is the ability to be able to attach filters which you cannot do on the 550UZ.

By Montana Gal (Musselshell, MT United States)

I have had this camera for almost a month now and absolutly love it.
I have taken some aweseome photos of elk,geese, horses and other things.the camera is so much faster at taking photos than my HP camera. and the zoom well its wonderful. i can reduce the megapixels down to 5 MP and zoom further optically than the 18X .

i haven’t learned how to use everything yet, but what i have used has been great.

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