Now with the increasing size of memory cards, most of us have become all too accustomed to snapping at anything. After all, we can separate out the keepers from the trash back in the office.

Delete in the field?

I used to have a policy of not deleting any photo out in the field, but I stopped this a couple of years ago. Now I'm much happier with fewer images and a higher ratio of shots:keepers.

I've been using the Panasonic DMC-FX150 for the past 4 weeks. Most of that time, I was on honeymoon with my new wife in Nevada and California. Obviously, being on honeymoon meant that I couldn't spend time taking lots of artistic shots, but it did provide many opportunities for snapshots. In many ways, the DMC FX-150 was ideal and even today, I'm not convinced there's a better camera for the purpose.

Having lived with the camera for four weeks, here are some thoughts:

Against:

In response to a question on www.dpreview.com's forum, I made a quick video of the speed of the Panasonic DMC-FX150.

You can download the video here.

Sorry about some of the subtitling speeds, this was a rush job to answer the question. You can always pause it to read the words.

Further information:

Initial images from Panasonic DMC FX 150

Images at f/2.8, also from DMC FX-150

When I posted yesterday, I hadn't had chance to try the Panasonic DMC-FX150 out at f/2.8. I've uploaded some now.

Panasonic DMC FX-150, using tripod and 2 second timer

I've just purchased a Panasonic DMC-FX150. There aren't that many in-depth reviews around yet, I'd still like to see a detailed study at www.dpreview.com or similar.

To keep you going, I've uploaded some images from the camera so we can assess image quality.