Using my wife's Lumix LX-7. I think it a better camera than the Canon 200 is I have been using.

DMC FZ-100. I am hoping I like it better than my Canon, which I think is just kind of meh.

Very nice photo, by the way.

and it seems fine for some things. This LX model, which is the one they were selling at Costco, isn't a true LX-7, but something less than the LX-7; essentially, the LX-7 without the GPS mode.

It has an inexpensive Leica lens, which I suppose makes a difference.

Thanks for the compliment; I'd have added this to the "water shots I didn't use" thread, but didn't want to kick a post that already had 30 responses/photos. :D

I really never learned all its capabilities, but I've tried various modes and still I have to do more minor editing with it than I do my basic Kodak pocket camera that is over four years old. I'm not completely unhappy with it at all. I just have various issues with it that may or may not be helped with a different camera--low light is an issue, especially the auto focusing. In any case I am looking forward to the new camera because it has 24x optical zoom AND rapid repeat. My Canon now seems to take forever between shots--not a good feature for bird photography!! I don't want the hassle of interchangeable lenses. I read that this one has a different lens you can actually surround the regular lens with to make it zoom even more, and then add a tripod.

In any case, my husband and I bought our own Christmas presents. I will have the new camera and he has a new fishing reel. Yes, reels are not cheap.

Anyway, your photo gives me some encouragement, because I don't think my Canon could produce that photo without a good deal of editing.

Too bad it's too late for water. Or is it?

but I didn't want to kick a thread that already had 30 posts/photos (loading time for slower connections).

I don't do the contests anymore; so many good photographers here and I feel more comfortable saving the slots for them (and probably more importantly, there's that whole "hosting next month's contest if you actually win" thing that goes with it). :D

Thanks for the compliment; I added a new monitor because my other one burned out, so I'm gonna' have to do some side-by-sides for myself to see what difference it makes.

I haven't calibrated this one yet, so who knows what you're all actually seeing. :D

I like the still water, and the clarity, yet one can barely make out where reality ends and reflection begins.

I wish you had entered it, and don't like you don't want to take part in the contests any more.
I understand your reasoning, but you can always hope for second place, no?

I really prefer posting in the regular threads; the way I see it, if I'm not willing to host the following month, then I don't want to take a slot.

Perhaps if I ever come up with a shot I am so completely happy with that it overcomes my reticence to host (and that I think has a real chance of placing first) I'll do it.

Neither of those is likely to happen. :D

Your entry is quite lovely, and this whole contest has some amazing photos. There are some really skilled photographers posting in this group!

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for a few years. Check the lens to see if it has Leica branded glass.

I attribute the difference to that Leica lens. The Canon does fine for many things, but this Panasonic Lumix just seems better.

Plus; it doesn't have the mechanical glitches of the 200 SX IS.