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Panasonic FZ30 v Fuji Finepix S602Z
I'm going on Safari in Kenya in June and was thinking of changing my
Fuji Finepix S602Z for the Panasonic FZ30 to get the 12x zoom rather than the Fuji's 6x. Image stabilisation and the quicker startup were/are also a consideration (ideally I would like something like the EOS350D but I doubt I could afford the equivalent of the 12x zoom for it!). I'm hesitating about changing after seeing conflicting comments about the Panasonic's images being noisy above ISO 80. Anyone got any views on how it compares with the Fuji in this area? If it is an issue with the FZ30 I'd hate to get one now only to find it's fixed in the next model in only a few months. OTH, I'd hate to miss a decent photograph with the lesser lens and system... TIA. |
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Panasonic FZ30 v Fuji Finepix S602Z
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I'm going on Safari in Kenya in June and was thinking of changing my Fuji Finepix S602Z for the Panasonic FZ30 to get the 12x zoom rather than the Fuji's 6x. Image stabilisation and the quicker startup were/are also a consideration (ideally I would like something like the EOS350D but I doubt I could afford the equivalent of the 12x zoom for it!). I'm hesitating about changing after seeing conflicting comments about the Panasonic's images being noisy above ISO 80. Anyone got any views on how it compares with the Fuji in this area? If it is an issue with the FZ30 I'd hate to get one now only to find it's fixed in the next model in only a few months. OTH, I'd hate to miss a decent photograph with the lesser lens and system... The FZ30 definitely has more noise at ISO 400 than the S602, although Neatimage apparently deals with that fairly effectively. What you get with the FZ30 is that lovely 12x zoom with a mechanically-linked zoom ring in addition to the focus-by-wire ring, a higher pixel count, the tilt/swivel 2" LCD, and a proprietary battery. There may be some other operational differences, but I don't have enough data to judge. It's probably true that there will be an FZ35 in six months. They'd have to do something radical (like use a SuperCCD sensor) to fix the noise problem. All of their designs (and those of most other makers except Fuji) have had some noise at higher ISO settings. Paul Allen |
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Panasonic FZ30 v Fuji Finepix S602Z
On 19/04/2006 16:52 Paul Allen wrote:
The FZ30 definitely has more noise at ISO 400 than the S602, although Neatimage apparently deals with that fairly effectively. I need to find out more about Neatimage! It's probably true that there will be an FZ35 in six months. They'd have to do something radical (like use a SuperCCD sensor) to fix the noise problem. Which makes it a little less likely then... Thanks for the help: appreciated! -- Frank (Beware of spam trap - remove the negative) |
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Panasonic FZ30 v Fuji Finepix S602Z
check out the variew places and also pbase for sample photos of the fz30
it would probably do you fine , just require that extra bit of work in low light to get it right http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b216/corks67/fz30/ for some sample photo's taken by me i think it does pretty well dave -- http://photobucket.com/albums/b216/corks67/my-bikes/ "F" wrote in message ... I'm going on Safari in Kenya in June and was thinking of changing my Fuji Finepix S602Z for the Panasonic FZ30 to get the 12x zoom rather than the Fuji's 6x. Image stabilisation and the quicker startup were/are also a consideration (ideally I would like something like the EOS350D but I doubt I could afford the equivalent of the 12x zoom for it!). I'm hesitating about changing after seeing conflicting comments about the Panasonic's images being noisy above ISO 80. Anyone got any views on how it compares with the Fuji in this area? If it is an issue with the FZ30 I'd hate to get one now only to find it's fixed in the next model in only a few months. OTH, I'd hate to miss a decent photograph with the lesser lens and system... TIA. |
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Panasonic FZ30 v Fuji Finepix S602Z
On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 08:52:47 -0700, Paul Allen "paul dot l dot allen
at comcast dot net" wrote: F wrote: I'm going on Safari in Kenya in June and was thinking of changing my Fuji Finepix S602Z for the Panasonic FZ30 to get the 12x zoom rather than the Fuji's 6x. Image stabilisation and the quicker startup were/are also a consideration (ideally I would like something like the EOS350D but I doubt I could afford the equivalent of the 12x zoom for it!). I'm hesitating about changing after seeing conflicting comments about the Panasonic's images being noisy above ISO 80. Anyone got any views on how it compares with the Fuji in this area? If it is an issue with the FZ30 I'd hate to get one now only to find it's fixed in the next model in only a few months. OTH, I'd hate to miss a decent photograph with the lesser lens and system... The FZ30 definitely has more noise at ISO 400 than the S602, although Neatimage apparently deals with that fairly effectively. What you get with the FZ30 is that lovely 12x zoom with a mechanically-linked zoom ring in addition to the focus-by-wire ring, a higher pixel count, the tilt/swivel 2" LCD, and a proprietary battery. There may be some other operational differences, but I don't have enough data to judge. It's probably true that there will be an FZ35 in six months. They'd have to do something radical (like use a SuperCCD sensor) to fix the noise problem. All of their designs (and those of most other makers except Fuji) have had some noise at higher ISO settings. Paul Allen I have a FZ5 the little brother to the FZ30. yes there is noticeable noise at high ISO. The pictures that are marginally noisy are ones that I wouldn't have gotten at all with my OM2 film camera. The image stabilization and the 12x zoom gets useful shots in some marginal situations. Subjectively the noise even at high ISO from my FZ5 is less than I get from scanning my old slides and negatives. For noise reduction I use Noise Ninja. |
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