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"Patrick Mansfield" wrote in message news I have a C-750. My biggest complaint is the poor low light focus, and the lack of any AF assist. You can work around this somewhat by saving one of the "my modes" to have a manual focus (about 6 feet) and force flash on. I don't know how the other cameras compare in this area, some reviews have low-light focus tests others don't. That is about the same problem as my new S1IS has with low light. But manual focus and the possibility to save a custom setting helps a lot. The FZ3 has a focus assist light so it's propably a bit better in low light, but I don't think it has manual focus so that might also be a problem. I think all ZLR cameras in the $3-400 range have quite a few compromises. You just have to read reviews and figure what is important to you. There is no perfect ZLR camera available. After trying the S1IS for a few shots I would just like to repeat that image stablizer a valuable feature if you take handheld pictures at full zoom. I would not buy a ZLR camera without stabilizer. I sure would like better low light focusing, higher resolution and bigger LCD than the S1IS offers, but I think it was the right camera for me considering wnat is available today. -- Jan Otto |
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Woodchuck Bill wrote:
"Jan Otto Ruud" wrote in : After trying the camera I wouldn't buy a ZLR without image stabilizer. It really helps! My suggestion is to get the Canon or the Panasonic. The Minolta Z3 also has IS (AS), and an extra megapixel of resolution. But the image quality from the 4MP Panasonic FZ20 beats the image quality from the 8MP Minolta A2 (to quote two off-original-list cameras!). [I took the same picture with both cameras, I'm not quoting from reviews]. David |
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Patrick Mansfield wrote:
[] Otherwise it is very nice, and I do not see the lack of IS as a major drawback, though it is hard to compare without actually having used a camera with IS, and I'm sure there are better pictures I could have captured if I had it. I try to take extra shots and hold the camera as still as possible. Once you have used IS you really don't want to go back. My wife has a Panasonic FZ20 (with IS), and really miss it on my Nikon 8400 - having those extra two - three stops exposure in less than ideal lighting is invaluable! Cheers, David |
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I just bought a Panasonic FZ3, having chosen from much the same list you
post. I'm happy with my choice, so far, but then I didn't buy any of the others, so I can't make a proper comparison, can I? ;-) For me, what sold me on the FZ3 was apparently better resolution (and lower low-light noise) than the 4Mp KM Dimage Z3, much lighter and smaller than the Panasonic FZ20, cheaper than the Canon S1, and the others don't have IS. Pattern-chaser "Who cares, wins" |
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I didn't hear about the Panasonics till after I'd purchased the Canon
or I might have gone that way. Regardless, we have a *lot* of good pictures from the last five or six years since we went digital. Our collection consists of a little Gateway 2mp pocket video/still camera that I carry everywhere, a Fuji 2mp, the Kodak 2mp and lastly, the Canon S1. They are all now history. I gave them to my wife. ;o) I got my D70 for Christmas and I'm in heaven. What a machine! Anyway, my point is this. To the OP I'd say, just buy something and start shooting. You won't regret the pictures you get, even if you do wish you'd done this or that differently. If you wait for the perfect choice in cameras, you'll never get any pictures. This thread should certainly give you some great ideas or confuse you completely. Good luck! |
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