I bought the Fuji F505/F550 EXR - nice camera to use, but soft in the corners and a lot of noise and noise reduction. Replaced it with a Nikon S9100 - POS as far as I'm concerned; couldn't focus at 18X no matter what the light, couldn't get anything other than a blurred, un-printable photos even at wide angle - likely the camera was not working right; I'm not sure. I don't think anyone would accept it's output; I sure hope it was defective.

So, I took a risk and ordered the ZS15 - no-one had even seen it at the time; it was an "unknown" - all I knew was that it had Panasonic's incredible Power OIS, which beats the cr@p out of any other IS system; and it had the same sensor as the FZ150 - which again, beat the cr@p out of any other current 12 mp sensor.

Well,... I am not disappointed. The pics are sharp, well exposed, and overall, infinitely better than the shite I was getting from the Nikon. Noise reduction is there, don't think you'll avoid it, but it's not an... Read more

Got rid of my Nikon 9100 2 weeks after buying the ZS15. Nikon screen better but the ZS15 does everything else better. ZS15 has best menu setup in business. Preset ISO at 400, great pictures, no noise. Set IR very sharp pictures. Set C1 for flash, you're good to go. Video is very smooth. Camera is very fast,fast. After market batteries work great. Buy a couple & a wall charger at Amazon for $20 & a screen protector & go take great pictures.Note, don't buy this camera if: you want more zoom that you can't keep steady;need more pixels that slow write time;really need a second microphone 1" from other mike; want to play with a pop-up flash that doesn't work at 10';or if you have an extra $70-100 burning your pocket. DO buy the ZS15 at a great Amazon price, take lots of pictures/video & buy a second ZS15 for your spouse who will say, better than her treasured TZ3, & my this digi-cam is f, fast. Read the camera mags, the ZS15 is Camera of the year (you will not miss waiting for a stupid GPS... Read more

Is a excellent camera.Not get blurry in complete zoom or moving object {always Sharp.) My wife is happy. She not found anything wrong with it. ( An That Is Wear...) Lol.