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Canon G6 or Pansonic FZ20
Hi. I will be buying my first digital camera, and I want to start with
a good one. My selection criteria- -Non SLR but full manual control like an SLR -Excellent image quality -RAW files -Flash shoe -5 Megapixels or higher -4X zoom or higher, but optics are more important than zoom range I read reviews for most of the cameras available now and I have narrowed it down to the Canon G6 and the Pansonic Lumix FZ20. It might take someone whose used both cameras to answer this question, but here goes. Which camera delivers better images in the 35-140 range of the zoom? I know that the FZ20 has a much longer zoom (does this degrade image quality?) and that it has IS (a plus, but not required for me), and I've also heard that the FZ20 does not do very well indoors, where the G6 is supposed to be about as good as it gets for a non SLR. My primary concern is image quality in the 4x zoom range of the G6. Thanks. -- Tara Keegan |
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I have a Canon 20D and my wife has the G6. It takes awesome pictures
and she loves it. It has excellent color and contrast control and the lens is fast and very sharp. I even use it when we just want general pictures as my 20D usually has a 400mm 5.6 lens on it for wildlife photography. Highly recommended. Art |
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Tara Keegan wrote:
[] I read reviews for most of the cameras available now and I have narrowed it down to the Canon G6 and the Pansonic Lumix FZ20. It might take someone whose used both cameras to answer this question, but here goes. Which camera delivers better images in the 35-140 range of the zoom? In some respects, it seems a little silly to get a camera with zoom to 432mm if you don't intend to use it. On the other hand, the lens is excellent and the image stabilisation will allow you to get shots that would otherwise fail - don't be so quick to rule it out. I would suggest you visit a camera store and compare the ergonomics of both cameras. Oh, I've just seen you want RAW files - well, I don't think the Panasonic does that (it does TIFF instead) but on the other hand unless you have rather specialised needs, RAW files are overkill and just create more work. At least, that's how I feel about them. We have an FZ20 and find it an excellent camera, and great value for money. Cheers, David |
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"Tara Keegan" wrote in message ...
Hi. I will be buying my first digital camera, and I want to start with a good one. My selection criteria- -Non SLR but full manual control like an SLR -Excellent image quality -RAW files -Flash shoe -5 Megapixels or higher -4X zoom or higher, but optics are more important than zoom range I read reviews for most of the cameras available now and I have narrowed it down to the Canon G6 and the Pansonic Lumix FZ20. FZ20 doesn't do RAW. Tony |
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How important is RAW?
cycl0ne184 wrote: "Tara Keegan" wrote in message ... Hi. I will be buying my first digital camera, and I want to start with a good one. My selection criteria- -Non SLR but full manual control like an SLR -Excellent image quality -RAW files -Flash shoe -5 Megapixels or higher -4X zoom or higher, but optics are more important than zoom range I read reviews for most of the cameras available now and I have narrowed it down to the Canon G6 and the Pansonic Lumix FZ20. FZ20 doesn't do RAW. Tony |
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measekite wrote:
How important is RAW? Very good question! My present feeling is that unless you have time to process each picture to individual perfection, RAW is more a hinderance than anything else. On the other hand, if could get the full dynamic range out the camera in an easy-to-use format (say 12-bit JPEG), I might be much keener on it to recover all that shadow detail which might otherwise be lost. I'm not saying that there aren't circumstances when RAW might be desirable, just that it doesn't fit in well to my way of working. Cheers, David |
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