That is what I read about it, too, that it tends to be a little soft, especially at full zoom. But when I looked at some of the images taken at full 250mm, eq., zoom, they seemed sharp to me. Perhaps from a pixel peeper's point of view they are soft.


The ZS100 appears to have plenty of controls that allow it to be manually, or semi-manually operated. I just wonder how well it works compared with a DSLR or mirrorless camera in terms of controlling background blur. I read an article that said compact digital cameras tend to make that difficult due to the sensor size and limited aperture range. Seems to me that if you select your aperture you can still isolate your subject in the foreground with this kind of compact camera.

Sorry, I seem to have hijacked the thread, but it pertained to this particular camera.

Nice pics. I don't think I'll regret saving the space and weight taking the FZ200 vs the Sony...I hope. The whole camera doesn't weigh too much more than my 17-50 lens and is about half again as wide. It won't have the MP, but it'll do better in aperture and length than my 70-300. I wouldn't have taken the macro in any case. If only Delta didn't charge an extra $100 for a checked bag and the tour company didn't have space restrictions I'd probably take my Sony and (maybe) rent an 18-270 or something like it. I've never rented before, but I checked one out and it was like $275 if I took insurance for about 18 days.