12-14-2011, 01:37 PM
I have the FZ150. I may have buyer regrets about not getting the SX40 for it's zoom. It's 40% longer. This is a noticeable difference but not a night and day difference. I got the camera to take shots of whales and birds in Hawaii in February, so I fear that I might regret not having the longest zoom available.
Besides that it is a very nice P&S. Of the P&S cameras that I've owned recently, the 150's IQ is comparable to the LX 3 and is better than the ZS 3 12x zoom. This is high praise since both these cameras were recognized as among the best at the time they were released.
The 150 is very fast and responsive. My biggest complaints are that it tends to blow out highlights (I guess I'm use to my D5100), and the EVF sucks (however it is better than the SX40's). In addition, I haven't been very successful at improving my Raw shots. I use Lightroom, and unlike DSLR pictures, there just isn't much detail to recover in the shadows and highlights that isn't revealed in the jpgs. I've found that shooting with -2/3 EC helps a lot in recovering highlight detail.
If you can live without the extreme zoom, then the 150 will be a much more satisfying camera than the SX40 for any photographer use to shooting with a DSLR or SLR.
Besides that it is a very nice P&S. Of the P&S cameras that I've owned recently, the 150's IQ is comparable to the LX 3 and is better than the ZS 3 12x zoom. This is high praise since both these cameras were recognized as among the best at the time they were released.
The 150 is very fast and responsive. My biggest complaints are that it tends to blow out highlights (I guess I'm use to my D5100), and the EVF sucks (however it is better than the SX40's). In addition, I haven't been very successful at improving my Raw shots. I use Lightroom, and unlike DSLR pictures, there just isn't much detail to recover in the shadows and highlights that isn't revealed in the jpgs. I've found that shooting with -2/3 EC helps a lot in recovering highlight detail.
If you can live without the extreme zoom, then the 150 will be a much more satisfying camera than the SX40 for any photographer use to shooting with a DSLR or SLR.