Re: Light and Small digital camera eg z55, fx7.... please help!!
The sales are correct. FX7 does has a short battery life. You will need to have a spare battery if you buy FX7.
I don't have other suggestions as I didn't checkout the reviews of other slim DCs. Sony is another popular slim DC brand but I always think Sony's price is higher than it should be.
Optical image stablizer is a very useful feature for cameras with small apeture at the tele end, which is very common in slim / small DCs. With this feature, we can take photo using 2 to 3 times slower shutter speed without a tripod and still able to produce reasonabily sharp image. And Panasonic is at present the only brand provides optical image stablizer feature on slim DCs.
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