New Compact camera,,Suggestions wanted
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shouldbeinbed
Rollin' along
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- Manchester way
Another Panasonic Lumix fan. The glass is good, it renders the colours accurately, viewed on screen or (horrors) printed out, the images are crisp and clear, the ergonomics & software are good too, buttons and switches in a sensible place, clear and easy to master menu's and shooting modes from fully auto point and shoot to whatever level of control you want.
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- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
I have this and it is a belting little thing.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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- lost somewhere
I'm another Lumix fan. Mine's a £100 one and it takes decent snaps on Auto which is all I ever use. It's really small and slim, and if I drop it on the tarmac, it won't be a catastrophic financial hit. I had a Canon Powershot SX100 before which I found to be far too big to conveniently carry on the bike.
I have one of these ticks all the boxes for me.
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/ca...ct-cameras/panasonic-tz70-zs50-1278976/review
The most important feature for me, is the viewfinder, makes life a lot easier in bright sunlight.
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/ca...ct-cameras/panasonic-tz70-zs50-1278976/review
The most important feature for me, is the viewfinder, makes life a lot easier in bright sunlight.
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steveindenmark
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I have actually got Panasonic Lumix DMC TZ10. I have had it a few years now and it has had a lot of use and has taken a lot of battering. It only has a x12 zoom and I would like more zoom.
I will have a look through your suggestions and see what catches my eye. But thanks for the suggestions.
I will have a look through your suggestions and see what catches my eye. But thanks for the suggestions.
shouldbeinbed
Rollin' along
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- Manchester way
Stick with optical zoom as much as you can get if this is a key factor, the 'mechanical' resolution of light is far better than digital interpolation.
swee'pea99
Squire
I used to work at Amateur Photographer back in the day. We thought a 70-210mm zoom was just the hound's cojones!
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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- lost somewhere
Crikey, you just reminded me of those long distance test shots of a navy ship moored on the Thames!
More zoom usually means more telephoto.
Modern cameras have an excess of pixels. A 16mp Panasonic produces images 4,608 x 3,456 pixels
If you printed out at 150dpi (for viewing on a wall), this image measures 30x23", bigger than A3.
You can zoom by selection with no loss in quality, or loose a little by interpolation.
At the wideangle side of zoom, if something is outside the angle of view, it is lost. With a wider angle, you can capture more, in tight spaces, large groups of people, large spaces.
I would always trade some telephoto power for wideangle, unless I specialized in wildlife photography.
mybike
Grumblin at Garmin on the Granny Gear
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- Not 'emel 'empstead
I carry a Vivitar I bought for 99p in a charity shop, but if you want something with a bit of quality I'd go with the Canon G series, a new one might be over your budget tho'. Mine's the G15 BTW, superb little camera.
Is that all!
X12 is not enough? Have you thought of getting closer!!
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
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- Lancaster... the little city.
The other thing that annoys me... after i bought my Lumix XR3i* .. my dad bought one, my dad's mate bought one, my mate bought one then his brother bought one... do i get a %age of the sales I'd generated from Panasonic? Did I feck!
*or whatever the actual model is
mybike
Grumblin at Garmin on the Granny Gear
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- Not 'emel 'empstead
SatNavSaysStraightOn
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Yep - I have had the Powershot G15 since Christmas 2013. I'm going to be replacing it this Christmas (possibly depends of the house purchase tbh)
However @steveindenmark do you use RAW? One of the main reasons I have the powershot G series is that it shoots in RAW and that is what I want from a small compact camera. (For me the G15 is a small compact camera). If you don't want RAW, then it is overkill.
You've seen the pictures I take with it, if you haven't then look at today's ride for today... I have just uploaded some stunning ones taken yesterday. It is a smashing little camera and for me, worth every penny. It can also take a polarising filter and has a built in ND filter to handle really bright conditions. But the entire G series do have an issue with the shutter mechanism which if you are not aware of it and don't handle the camera correctly can scratch the lens. Its a design flaw IMO, but if you know about it, you can avoid it and I still buy the series even knowing about it. (I have had the G11 and still have the G12 and G15, I just never got around to selling the G12...
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However @steveindenmark do you use RAW? One of the main reasons I have the powershot G series is that it shoots in RAW and that is what I want from a small compact camera. (For me the G15 is a small compact camera). If you don't want RAW, then it is overkill.
You've seen the pictures I take with it, if you haven't then look at today's ride for today... I have just uploaded some stunning ones taken yesterday. It is a smashing little camera and for me, worth every penny. It can also take a polarising filter and has a built in ND filter to handle really bright conditions. But the entire G series do have an issue with the shutter mechanism which if you are not aware of it and don't handle the camera correctly can scratch the lens. Its a design flaw IMO, but if you know about it, you can avoid it and I still buy the series even knowing about it. (I have had the G11 and still have the G12 and G15, I just never got around to selling the G12...
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