"Super Zoom" Cameras

In article , John Navas
wrote:

Andrew Haley Wrote in message:
nospam wrote:
not necessarily.

which itself is rather impressive, but even more so when on a fairly
decent camera which is not at all large and not at all costly.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonic-lumix-dmc-fz200

Unless I am very much mistaken, 600 / 25 = 24. Not 100.

The question is "What is the practical limit" for a zoom range, and
the OP already mentioned 65x, so 24x is irrelevant as an answer. The
right answer is that there isn't a limit, really: it depends on how
much quality you want and the cost and weight you're prepared to
tolerate.

At the long end of that Panasonic's range, f/2.8 is a 38mm aperture.
Impressive (if true) ...

Definitely true. Spectacular Leica lens.

The FZ200, which I used to shoot the 34th America's Cup and other
major regattas, has enabled me to get many great shots missed by
other pros working with dSLR's. (You can find my FZ200 work on
Sail-World.com and YouTube.com/JNavas2)

(The new FZ1000 has a similarly great Leica lens. Although it has
less range and speed than the FZ200 due to the much larger
sensor, it has comparable range and superior performance at a
comparable 10MP.)

Does this Lumix have any sort of image stabilization or vibration
reduction? With such a wide zoom range it seems almost necessary.

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m-m
http://www.mhmyers.com

In article , M-M
wrote:

In article , John Navas
wrote:

Andrew Haley Wrote in message:
nospam wrote:
not necessarily.

which itself is rather impressive, but even more so when on a fairly
decent camera which is not at all large and not at all costly.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonic-lumix-dmc-fz200

Unless I am very much mistaken, 600 / 25 = 24. Not 100.

The question is "What is the practical limit" for a zoom range, and
the OP already mentioned 65x, so 24x is irrelevant as an answer. The
right answer is that there isn't a limit, really: it depends on how
much quality you want and the cost and weight you're prepared to
tolerate.

At the long end of that Panasonic's range, f/2.8 is a 38mm aperture.
Impressive (if true) ...

Definitely true. Spectacular Leica lens.

The FZ200, which I used to shoot the 34th America's Cup and other
major regattas, has enabled me to get many great shots missed by
other pros working with dSLR's. (You can find my FZ200 work on
Sail-World.com and YouTube.com/JNavas2)

(The new FZ1000 has a similarly great Leica lens. Although it has
less range and speed than the FZ200 due to the much larger
sensor, it has comparable range and superior performance at a
comparable 10MP.)

Does this Lumix have any sort of image stabilization or vibration
reduction? With such a wide zoom range it seems almost necessary.

I did find that it has "Panasonic's Power OIS image stabilization
system" whatever that is. Does it work well?

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m-m
http://www.mhmyers.com