Panasonic FZ5 - or - FZ20

"Hunibal" wrote in
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What canera is the best? -
Panasonic FZ5 - or - FZ20
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Cheers _ Hunibal _

Has anyone yet seen a published portrait taken with either the FZ5 or FZ20
showing natural skin tones, and not overly pink, red or orange?
Check out this pic:
http://img2.dpreview.com/gallery/pan...19-1100-10.jpg
The sitting guy has the typical FZ style red face, but the girl on the
poster has a much more subtle face color.
Is it that the camera overreacts from the natural haemoglobin of people but
not from printed colors?

/per

per wrote:
"Hunibal" wrote in
news
What canera is the best? -
Panasonic FZ5 - or - FZ20
--
Cheers _ Hunibal _

Has anyone yet seen a published portrait taken with either the FZ5 or
FZ20 showing natural skin tones, and not overly pink, red or orange?
Check out this pic:
http://img2.dpreview.com/gallery/pan...19-1100-10.jpg
The sitting guy has the typical FZ style red face, but the girl on the
poster has a much more subtle face color.
Is it that the camera overreacts from the natural haemoglobin of
people but not from printed colors?

Per,

It might be that you would prefer the colour saturation (and perhaps
sharpness) less than the default. The FZ20 allows you to adjust this, and
the FZ5 has "Picture adjust" natural, standard, or vivid. I haven't been
aware of any skin tone issues, but neither have I taken a lot of
portraits!

Cheers,
David

"David J Taylor"
wrote in
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Per,

It might be that you would prefer the colour saturation (and perhaps
sharpness) less than the default. The FZ20 allows you to adjust this, and
the FZ5 has "Picture adjust" natural, standard, or vivid. I haven't been
aware of any skin tone issues, but neither have I taken a lot of
portraits!

Cheers,
David
Thanks David for the reply.
Most test pics I have seen comparing the FZ20 and FZ5 indicates that the FZ5
has the better lens, apart from having a smaller aperture when zoomed out!
This is in contradion with all sales propaganda, but maybe the larger lens
of the FZ20 made it necessary to design it more complicated, not to loose
even more quality?
Would you know where I can find sample portrait pics, shot with natural,
standard and vivid colors for comparison?
I reckon the Standard Color Mode is default, maybe the Natural Color Mode
could take the red face tone down a notch. Also, did you indicate that the
FZ20 had better or worse possibilities to adjust color tones than the FZ5?
On this page, all portraits look like the models are blushing:
http://www.panasonic.co.jp/pavc/glob...odels/fz5.html
/per

per wrote:
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Thanks David for the reply.
Most test pics I have seen comparing the FZ20 and FZ5 indicates that
the FZ5 has the better lens, apart from having a smaller aperture
when zoomed out! This is in contradion with all sales propaganda, but
maybe the larger lens of the FZ20 made it necessary to design it more
complicated, not to loose even more quality?

My own very limited tests show very similar results from the two cameras,
the only difference being the slightly wider maximum aperture as you say.

Would you know where I can find sample portrait pics, shot with
natural, standard and vivid colors for comparison?

Sorry, no.

I reckon the Standard Color Mode is default, maybe the Natural Color
Mode could take the red face tone down a notch. Also, did you
indicate that the FZ20 had better or worse possibilities to adjust
color tones than the FZ5? On this page, all portraits look like the
models are blushing:
http://www.panasonic.co.jp/pavc/glob...odels/fz5.html
/per

"Standard" is indeed the default on the FZ5. It sounds as if "Natural"
would suit you better. I think that the FZ20 may have more individual
adjust possibilities than the FZ5. Yes, I just checked, individual
control of contrast, saturation, sharpness and noise reduction.

Cheers,
David