I wussed out and got a compact.

[Childs]

Those look good, much better than the original.

Am seriously tempted by this: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/07/18/Panasonic-announces-lumix-dmc-fz70-60x-optical-zoom

60x zoooooom!!!

The update to the FZ200 will be better. 60x optical will leapfrog the HX300, but I would rather have the constant f2.8 on the FZ200, which its successor will most likely have.

 

[finbarqs]

1. it was 5 in the afternoon

2. high ISO shouldnt kill the focus.

It's not a focus problem, it's more hand movement problem. So there's probably something wrong with the camera itself. I've never seen a fuji camera crank ugly pictures like that. 5 in the afternoon? makes me wonder what the lighting condition was like. Do you have y our exif data on that image?

 

[CuriousMike]

I lost my LX7 but I was really disappointed by the distortion and poor image quality. Don't try to photograph people with it. They'll look like they have stubby legs.

Your LX7 thread which may or may not be relevant for new LX7 owners
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2307721

I've been happy with my LX7 -- I'm not expecting DSLR + Prime lens quality photos ... but it frequently gives me results that at screen resolution comes close-ish.