When I wanted to buy my first digital camera a few years ago I needed alot of help!!! I knew nothing about them, only that I wanted to keep it under $300. After countless hours of shopping around, I was pointed to the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ3 by a camera specialist at my local Best Buy. She recomended this as the best I could buy in my price range, so I took her advice and bought it. My dad, who is a professional photographer, had heard the Lumix lens on this camera was rated very highly even among pros, so I did really have the best my $300 could buy at the time. The digital viewer is so...