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Question: instruction manuals Does the zs7 come with a printed instruction manual?  Just wondering.  I posted to the zs5 forum and no reply.  There is a zs6 and it does not.For that matter, do any of the high end p&s cameras come with a printed paper manual?Thanks!
Document: I've posted some pictures that I took right after opening the box; it's hard to tell the difference between the picture of a (fake) flower taken from 4 inches and a picture of the same flower taken from across the room at full optical zoom. And the picture of the text on a printed paper was taken with the lens body actually sitting on the paper!
Both cameras have nice 3.0 inch high-res LCDs, and both of those are sharp as a tack. Both can take 720p high-res movies, and both have HDMI outputs. (These were two features I really wanted.) Both cameras come with essentially identical standard accessories, AV cable, USB cable, manual(s), software disks, and writs strap.
Her camera did not come with an actually paper manual, a cd which is impossible to refer to quickly when one is at the zoo or in the boat, and I wish we had one. The zoom is great, you just need steady hands or something to prop against and you'll get pictures you think are not possible with a camera this size. We've taken pictures of chipmunks at 10 yds and they look like they're right in front of you.
I have a Nikon D90 and always have a point and shoot(p&s) when I do not feel like bringing the BIG camera. After going through several Canon p&s cameras that broke on me, I decided to search my other options. I read tons of the reviews here, focusing on negatives, less on the positives. I found that people's complains and dislikes about the ZS7, did not matter to me. Thank you to those who gave this great camera the positive reviews.
(These kinds of higher-end pocket digital cameras are really the modern equivalent of the old family 8mm camera of bygone days... but actually a bit less sharp, I'm sad to report. )All that being said, the 720p/24fps recordings created by the F300EXR were definitely and obviously not in the same class as the 720p/30fps test recordings I did with the ZS7. And no, I do not think that this was just a matter of the difference in the frame rate.
I am not a professional photographer in any sense, but I am a graphic designer with an eye for quality pictures. I have yet to see a camera whose end-result comes close to the ZS-7. I have played with most of the popular cameras available for sale here on Amazon and they don't come close. Of all the scenes I took pictures in, the only setting that the ZS-7 was not well equipped to handle was night-scenery.
My Canon has a little instruction manual which I find handy to carry with me for reference. But in all fairness, this is not a drawback unique to the Lumix. Many cameras are coming sans instruction/user manual as a cost savings. Also, the PhotoFun software could be better. But, all in all, I am very happy with this camera and think it could become my main travel camera. I would recommend it to anyone who wants good quality pictures without going to an SLR.
More importantly, you can zoom while taking video and it focuses well while you do it and you don't hear the zoom motor in the video like you do on so many other cameras.This camera would be perfect if it had a) a faster burst mode, b) high-speed/slo-mo video, and c) HDR (I think HDR is the best new feature to come along in the past few years by far)I've actually bought two of these. The first I bought 6 mos.
Some of the ultra small cameras are almost too small for me. (Didn't compare to current models)What is truly awful about this camera is that the manual is on a disk and covers this camera and its 2 predecessors making it a bit (if Not totally confusing at times). It also does not come with MAC compatible editing software which is really not a big deal for me. One person asked if it is MAC OSX 10.6.3 compatible and it is.
Since I live on the road, I'm a Nu Nomad ([...]), I rarely have any extra room in my bags for anything not essential--or for a full-size camera, for that matter. So, I was very pleased to have come across the Lumix DMC-ZS7. I had followed several magazine reviews before the purchase and consulted with a camera expert friend of mine,  and all pointed to the DMC series.
Answer: I just bought a ZS7 and there is a basic printed instruction manual to get you started, but the total operating manual is on a CD that comes with the camera.  It's a 90 page (8-1/2 x 11) single side print job for your printer.  The sheet is divided in half so it would be a 180 page 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 size book printed on one side, or 90 pages printed on both sides.  I wish Panasonic or an after-market printer offered this manual because there are plenty of us out there who like to have their manuals handy when there are things we want to do with this camera that we're not quite sure of.