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Question

Olympus VG-160 vs Panasonic Lumix DMC-S3 Which one to buy?

May 19, 2012 12:24AM PDT

Please help me choose one of those budget cameras because i am not very good with digital cameras. I just know that they both have image stabilization and some general specs. Please help. Thank you very much!!

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Advantage: Panasonic Lumix
May 19, 2012 1:19AM PDT

Panasonic Lumix DMC-S3 has optical image stabilization.
Olympus VG-160 has digital image stabilization.

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Warning about panasonic
May 29, 2012 9:47PM PDT

Panasonic has really poor customer support. They only know what is listed on the paper in front of them. Thery only say ehats scripted. Anything else and they cant and wont help. Look at a bunch of websites and they all say the same thing.