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Old March 30th 06, 01:15 AM posted to rec.photo.digital.zlr
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In your opinion, what is the best mega-zoom zlr under $300 (US) with
image stabilization that uses AA batteries. I will probably use
whatever camera I get in automatic mode most of the time but the
ability to set things manually would be nice.

I am thinking of getting a Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6 but I wonder
about wide angle pictures without the wide angle adapter. Its lens
is supposed to be equivalent to 35-420mm. I have a film camera with
a 38-70 lens and I have to back up against the fence to take a
picture of my eight foot wide orange tree. Would the Z6 have the
same problem?

In the review of the Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6 on Steve's DigiCams it
says in one place that the Z6 LCD display and viewfinder
automatically brighten in low light conditions and in another that
they do not. I have not yet found a place on the web page to send
feedback. Does anyone know which is true about the camera's
displays and how I can send feedback to Steve's DigiCams?

Thank you in advance for all replies.
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Old March 30th 06, 07:17 AM posted to rec.photo.digital.zlr
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Daniel Prince wrote:
In your opinion, what is the best mega-zoom zlr under $300 (US) with
image stabilization that uses AA batteries. I will probably use
whatever camera I get in automatic mode most of the time but the
ability to set things manually would be nice.

I am thinking of getting a Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6 but I wonder
about wide angle pictures without the wide angle adapter. Its lens
is supposed to be equivalent to 35-420mm. I have a film camera with
a 38-70 lens and I have to back up against the fence to take a
picture of my eight foot wide orange tree. Would the Z6 have the
same problem?

In the review of the Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6 on Steve's DigiCams it
says in one place that the Z6 LCD display and viewfinder
automatically brighten in low light conditions and in another that
they do not. I have not yet found a place on the web page to send
feedback. Does anyone know which is true about the camera's
displays and how I can send feedback to Steve's DigiCams?

Thank you in advance for all replies.


Check out the buying guide over at dpreview:

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare.asp

If you ask it for cameras with a street price $300,
a zoom range from 38mm to 200mm, you get some choices. The
two with the widest wide angle (35mm) are the Panasonic FZ3 and
the KM Z6. They have the longest zooms as well, at 420mm.
The Panasonic takes a proprietary battery and has about half
the sensor pixels as the Z6, if that matters. If you want
the wide end 28mm, you have to boost the price limit to $600
in order to catch the KM A200, with just a 200mm zoom, a
proprietary battery, but a much larger sensor and possibly
lower noise.

With a 35mm wide angle, you'll have to back up almost against
the fence to shoot your orange tree. There's an email address
for "Scott" buried in the About Us page linked off the front
page at Steve's Digicams.

Have fun!

Paul Allen
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Old March 30th 06, 07:22 PM posted to rec.photo.digital.zlr
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Paul Allen wrote:

Daniel Prince wrote:

In your opinion, what is the best mega-zoom zlr under $300 (US) with
image stabilization that uses AA batteries. I will probably use
whatever camera I get in automatic mode most of the time but the
ability to set things manually would be nice.

I am thinking of getting a Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6 but I wonder
about wide angle pictures without the wide angle adapter. Its lens
is supposed to be equivalent to 35-420mm. I have a film camera with
a 38-70 lens and I have to back up against the fence to take a
picture of my eight foot wide orange tree. Would the Z6 have the
same problem?

In the review of the Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6 on Steve's DigiCams it
says in one place that the Z6 LCD display and viewfinder
automatically brighten in low light conditions and in another that
they do not. I have not yet found a place on the web page to send
feedback. Does anyone know which is true about the camera's
displays and how I can send feedback to Steve's DigiCams?

Thank you in advance for all replies.



Check out the buying guide over at dpreview:

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare.asp

If you ask it for cameras with a street price $300,
a zoom range from 38mm to 200mm, you get some choices. The
two with the widest wide angle (35mm) are the Panasonic FZ3


Two generations old

and
the KM Z6.


Minolta sold their digital camera line to Sony.

They have the longest zooms as well, at 420mm.
The Panasonic takes a proprietary battery and has about half
the sensor pixels as the Z6, if that matters. If you want
the wide end 28mm, you have to boost the price limit to $600
in order to catch the KM A200, with just a 200mm zoom, a
proprietary battery, but a much larger sensor and possibly
lower noise.


You can buy a just released Panasonic FZ7 for around $50.00 more from a
variety of surces online.


With a 35mm wide angle, you'll have to back up almost against
the fence to shoot your orange tree. There's an email address
for "Scott" buried in the About Us page linked off the front
page at Steve's Digicams.

Have fun!

Paul Allen

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Old March 30th 06, 10:00 PM posted to rec.photo.digital.zlr
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http://www.dpreview.com/news/0602/06...nasonictz1.asp
may be what you need.
Gene



Daniel Prince wrote:

In your opinion, what is the best mega-zoom zlr under $300 (US) with
image stabilization that uses AA batteries. I will probably use
whatever camera I get in automatic mode most of the time but the
ability to set things manually would be nice.

I am thinking of getting a Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6 but I wonder
about wide angle pictures without the wide angle adapter. Its lens
is supposed to be equivalent to 35-420mm. I have a film camera with
a 38-70 lens and I have to back up against the fence to take a
picture of my eight foot wide orange tree. Would the Z6 have the
same problem?

In the review of the Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6 on Steve's DigiCams it
says in one place that the Z6 LCD display and viewfinder
automatically brighten in low light conditions and in another that
they do not. I have not yet found a place on the web page to send
feedback. Does anyone know which is true about the camera's
displays and how I can send feedback to Steve's DigiCams?

Thank you in advance for all replies.
--
For some strange reason those of us who are owned by cats
ascribe motives to the cat that are more benign than the
cat's real motives. For example if the cat gets in the
way when we are trying to do something we say it is "helping".


 




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