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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jim M." data-source="post: 1800210" data-attributes="member: 60675">As Chris suggests, the issue that has developed with this camera on this forum is that it's been hyped as breakthrough in superzooms for bird photography--even before any hands-on reviews had come out.  Something that people should rush out and buy to replace their current superzooms.  Chris and some others here are just trying to look more critically at the camera to provide a more balanced assessment overall.  I appreciate his efforts, and appreciate the info you have provided as well.I think for me, based on the info we have now, the inability to turn off noise reduction (resulting in loss of feather detail), the small viewfinder, and only modest improvements in noise at 400+ ISO's, means I'll stick with my FZ18 plus TCON 17 for the time being.  But the ability to get the zoom w/o a teleconverter is definitely appealing, though it should be noted that the weight of the HS10 is pretty much the same as other superzooms plus teleconverter.Best,Jim</blockquote>