The TZ 7 is actually a beautiful beast. I was quite happy, both in terms of the quality of the photos of the video, bluffing by definition, the fluidity of the images and zoom. At least, I was happy until the guy falls down without warning after only a few months of use: in a fraction of a second, completely unusable screen, lines everywhere as if he had fallen while that I like taking care of the apple of my eye !!! A closer look on the forums, I am not alone in this problem that happened. So it is for me unacceptable and I resumed my "old" small Ixus 85 which gives complete satisfaction, too bad for videos that are not as good but at least it is reliable.