>>I have disliked every Panasonic camera I have ever tried.<<
For why?
I liked mine b/c it was tough, took decent pix, virtually no lag time (the amount of time it took it to be ready to take the next pic), fit comfortably in pocket and had a good zoom. It also stabalized my palsy pretty good. And the battery life - think I would charge it maybe every other month and it would keep a charge like a mofo.
I found that w/my canon, if I'm zoomed in, the image stabalizer couldn't handle my palsy and the pix would be blurry. Plus, it sucked on that battery like it was meth and the zoom wasn't was far (think it was 5x while the Panasonic was 18x)