This is my first Panasonic. My last Sony has given up the ghost after 7 years. Bought primarily for the Zoom, GPS, WiFi, NFC, and the manual programs, the Lumix. Except for the GPS, the camera has exceeded all my expectations. The zoom is gigantic. The image stabilization works well. You can him directly absolutely freehand usable in stabilizing peep :-) At 40x zoom. A little still and then wobbles nothing more. The image stabilizer ironed every jerking off. Top The GPS works unfortunately almost exclusively outdoors. In room goes sometimes not, and not even by the window is a signal to get. Not even with the current satellite data. If you then times has GPS, the camera is unfortunately also very forgetful. 5 minutes after switching off she knows no longer where she has / had. I can not write so much about the image quality, which is not really my area of expertise. Since, other express better and qualified. However, I am extremely satisfied. The intelligent automatic is very reliable. The scene modes are extensive. Red Eye removes the camera independently. The WLAN / Netzwerkfuntionen are fine. They are not quite as intuitive to use, but if you reads in itself and takes some time, you eventually get the hang of. At home for example, all pictures taken loads the camera automatically via Wi-Fi on my NAS while out and is dependent on the charger. Also go easy interface with a smartphone to access from your mobile phone on the images and directly from the Panasonic app further send (Dropbox, Whatsapp, Skype, Twitter, email ... everything your mobile hergibt) Battery performance I personally find rather mediocre. Have the camera but rumprobiert only a week and of course extremely much. After a few "real" appearances can be the better judge. The battery is charged in the camera with a proprietary USB cable, but only if it is made of. Unfortunately.
My review would actually give only 4 stars. Since me the camera but absolutely thrilled, I have put in my description more emphasis on the features and gadgets and me, the image quality has convinced I forgive 5 Stars.