I, who come from a compact 50 is happiness this unit. I consulted a photographer friend (business) which is filled with his camera equipment sellers friends and they advised this device for its performance, its sensor and its purpose. We can not say that he is given, but it's better than a low-end SLR on which it will add a good lens that will cost 3x the price of starting reflex. FZ1000 on this, it has automatic mode and pre-programmed scene modes depending on the subject to be photographed besides many other functions (I will need time to learn to use it at 100%).
For video (not tested), it is given to 4K 3840x2160 25p, but for that we need memory cards UHS Class 3 (or without 4K, SDHC card or SDXC Class 4 minimum).