Panasonic 6MP Digital Camera with 12x Zoom - Silver (Dmc-Fz7s)

Panasonic Digital Still Camera - 12x Optical Zoom. 6.0MP Compact Design Optical Image Stabilizer, Venus II Engine (SILVER) MODEL- DMC-FZ7S VENDOR- PANASONIC CONSUMER FEATURES- Lumix Digital Camera- Silver 6-Megapixel Digital Camera with MEGA Optical Image Stabilizer, High Sensitivity Mode & 12x Optical Zoom. Includes Camera, Battery Charger, Battery pack, 16MB SD Memory card, Lens cap, Lens Hood & Adaptor, AV & USB cables, Strap, manual and software. * LEICA DC VARIO-ELMARIT Lens with a 12x Optical Zoom The DMC-FZ7 features a LEICA DC VARIO-ELMARIT Lens with a remarkable 12x optical zoom, equivalent to a 36 to 432mm lens on a 35mm film camera. A film camera with an optical zoom this powerful would be so big and heavy, you couldn't handle it with one hand. However, the DMC-FZ7 is small, lightweight and easy to handle. It also has Panasonic's Extended Optical Zoom. While causing minimal deterioration by using the center part of the high resolution CCD, this function magnifies the image to give you total zoom power of 16.5x. * Taking Hand Movement Out of the Picture with Optical Image Stabilization All of us have taken a shot that we thought was focused perfectly, only to have it turn out blurry. The most common cause of this is hand movement. Digital cameras are wonderfully light and compact -- but for the same reason they can also be hard to hold still. Even pressing the shutter button can cause the camera to move. And most people use the LCD monitor (with arms outstretched) to frame a shot -- great for getting the shot you want, but most likely adds to the likelihood of hand movement. Basically, hand movement is a real concern anytime you're taking a handheld telephoto shot, macro shot or self-portrait, or when shooting at night or in dim lighting. The answer to the hand movement problem? An advanced optical image stabilizing system that we call MEGA Optical Image Stabilization. This system uses built-in gyrosensors to detect even tiny camera movement and then shifts a lens in the opposite direction to compensate