Part of the problem with reviews and comparisons of the FX7 is to what it's getting compared with. At the time I was getting mine, lots of people were saying go for the FX1000, as if it was only slightly more, but it was nearly £800 extra. There are lots of better cameras than the FX7 especially in low light, but I've not seen any at the price.

Well, in my neck of the woods, £800 is not an insignificant sum of money - it works out to $1472.01 CDN. When the pound was trading at $2.00 or more to every $1.00CDN, the difference would have been almost a whopping $1800.00.

I just got my FX-7 about a month ago and really like it. After doing the research, I concluded that it's the best camera in that price range. The FX1000 was over what I could afford to pay. I usually don't shoot in that low of light, and if I did I would use lights or except what I get.

cracked FX-7
 

Darn, I'll take a cracked, the worst in low light, non progressive Fx-7 anyday.

Oh well i have a progressive cam as well and dont like progressive at all .

I have an FX7 and have to say that in "low light", such a wide range of light levels for that term, the cam is not too good, but is workable....to a degree. Have shot outside at night on a fairly well lit street, and the resulting picture was OK, not great, but OK. Picture was grainy, with some color; and that was on full auto.

Daylight? Now that is a whole different matter.

Mike