Panasonic Lumix FX9 – Farewell Canon SD450!

Towards the end of last year, Mark had the following post:

plaxoed! ? A few sample pictures from my Lumix FX9 [Mark Jen’s life @ Plaxo]

I would’ve been hard pressed to take these shots on my S400… hopefully the FX9 won’t disappoint!

Now, 2005 was a long year for cameras for me. At the beginning of the year, I had a Canon S400. Then, I migrated to a Canon SD300. Immediately afterwards, I changed again to a Canon SD400. Then after visiting my parents, and using my dad’s SD450, I got one of those as a replacement. After I saw this post from Mark though, I immediately got a Panasonic Lumix FX9 to compare it with the SD450 I bought.

I no longer have the SD450.

Thanks Mark! The FX9 with its image stabilization is absolutely fantastic. That said, there are a few things I miss about the SD450:

1. The SD450 had a optical viewfinder – that was great for outdoor shots.
2. The SD450 was slightly smaller.
3. The SD450 looked nice and had a more solid feel.

Nonetheless, I’m sticking with the FX9 – for now anyway.

Ah, thanks to the four letter word of blog I found this camera – were it not, I would never have even considered a Panasonic.

Which reminds me, when I work on new features – I think about how fast word will spread about it in the blogosphere. Especially bad news. Quality and reputation is more important than ever.