my panasonic lumix fx38

after comparing between and the lumix and canon's 870IS , i've decided on the lumix. thou canon is more user-frenly, i found the specs of lumix more appealing. the colour of matte brown also looks more "cool" den the golden canon 870.

Initially i was looking at lumix fx520. I was impressed by its touch-screen while i was researching online. but after handling the camera during Sitex, i found it too bulky to my liking. right beside it was the fx38, with similar specs yet more compact. And there was a wider range of colours. Other den the conventional black and silver, there were brown and pink.

the specs which i liked were the wide angled 25mm leica lens, 5times optical zoom (so i can tk races from afar!) The intelligent auto function was one aspect which i found useful when im taking instant photos. but one of my frens actually commented that sometimes the backgrd might look blurry. I'll have to tk some time to learn the manual functions and to use the different scenes. for lumix, i was not able to preview the scenes unlike canon 870 which enables the user to preview the image when the specific scene is applied.

so some photos which i took with the lumix:-



jaz and i =)



my team mates during weights!



kallang!



the playgrd near my house!

oh and the freebies that came along with it! really a lot!! 2 8GB SD cards+1 4GB SD Card+ 1 screen protector+ tripod (the really mini one)+ cleaning kit + extra batt+ camera pouch.

after spending q a bit on my camera, i'll have to put off my plans to get a new laptop. perhaps the next IT fair..and i'll most likely get an asus 13.3" laptop which has dedicated ram and this 8 second start up function which enables user to start the laptop at the specific function which we want eg internet/music etc.