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New Panasonic Lumix FZ18
A new Panasonic digital camera just came out. It has an 18x optical
zoom, similar to Olympus SP-550UZ. I wonder how do they prize it in comparison to the smaller FZ8 and the larger FZ50? Will FZ8 be slowly pull out, or is this camera a new series? I can't help wondering whether there will be a more close association between Matsu****a (creator of Panasonic) and Olympus. Panasonic has LC-1 DSLR and Olympus has E-volt 330, which looks similar and share the four third lens system (Leica lens for Panasonic and Zuikor lens for Olympus). Is FZ18 and SP550UZ a competition, or do they end up as a partner? Is pushing optical zoom 18x a little too far, e specially using a small P&S sensor size? FZ8 is 7 MP, FZ50 is 10MP and FZ18 will be 8 MP. I am looking forward to hear some news about this camera as it goes into the market. I also wonder if Panasonic will enter an entry level DSLR soon. |
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Paul Furman observed
wrote: Is pushing optical zoom 18x a little too far Yes. I've only read the PR, but the difficult bit (cf the FZ8) is at the 28mm equiv. end - the long end is not a lot different from the excellent lens on the FZ5 that I have. The real problem (without seeing any reviews[1]) is likely to be a further increase in the pixel count, although RAW will give a work around. [1] And the reviews are not very helpful in general, as they tend to use factory settings. On my FZ5 & FZ50 I have always used minimum interference from the Venus II & III engines and done sharpening, and noise adjustments on the computer. Mike [The reply-to address is valid for 30 days from this posting] -- Michael J Davis Some newsgroup contributors appear to have confused the meaning of "discussion" with "digression". |
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I have the DMC FZ10 - 5 mp - (besides my D200) and it delivers good photos.
I would be less concerned with the 18x zoom than the size of the sensor. I think 6 or 7 mp is plenty - 8mp, and certainly 10 mp, on a chip that size will produce a lot of noise. As for the lens - you will probably have pincushion/barrel distortion, but that is usually at both ends of the zoom range. -- The smaller the fine print, the less you will like what it says. Stan Beck From New Orleans to Brandon MS To reply, remove 101 from address. *** wrote in message ups.com... A new Panasonic digital camera just came out. It has an 18x optical zoom, similar to Olympus SP-550UZ. I wonder how do they prize it in comparison to the smaller FZ8 and the larger FZ50? Will FZ8 be slowly pull out, or is this camera a new series? I can't help wondering whether there will be a more close association between Matsu****a (creator of Panasonic) and Olympus. Panasonic has LC-1 DSLR and Olympus has E-volt 330, which looks similar and share the four third lens system (Leica lens for Panasonic and Zuikor lens for Olympus). Is FZ18 and SP550UZ a competition, or do they end up as a partner? Is pushing optical zoom 18x a little too far, e specially using a small P&S sensor size? FZ8 is 7 MP, FZ50 is 10MP and FZ18 will be 8 MP. I am looking forward to hear some news about this camera as it goes into the market. I also wonder if Panasonic will enter an entry level DSLR soon. |
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On Jul 25, 7:59 pm, wrote: A new Panasonic digital camera just came out. It has an 18x optical zoom The FZ8 has 12x optical zoom at 7 MP, and 18x optical zoom at 3 MP. The 18x zoom appears very good and the photos I've taken are great at 18x. -- me |
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BaumBadier wrote:
heavily edited, for brevity People today so often want to blame the camera. They don't realize they are holding a technological wonder, with a zoom-range far beyond what many of us had just 15 or 20 years ago. They expect it to perform like a snap-shot camera because they've been made as user-friendly as an old Instamatic. Realize that these new cameras are not only pushing the limits of technology but also the limits of the photographer's own human abilities. Putting lens focal-lengths at your easy disposal that no photographer in his right mind would have tried to hand-hold just a few years ago. When we grabbed a 200mm or 400mm lens to put on our cameras we also grabbed the tripod, as a standard rule of action. If new photographers today stop to realize this then they'll stop blaming the performance of the camera and learn to look more at their own limitations. Improve your own techniques and the camera will happily compensate for anything that you can't improve on your own. edited Hello, BaumBadier: You make a lot of sense, man! P&S digicams - even highly advanced ones - are so often taken for granted, despite their proven capabilities and obvious advantages. Cordially, John Turco |
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John Turco wrote:
BaumBadier wrote: heavily edited, for brevity People today so often want to blame the camera. They don't realize they are holding a technological wonder, with a zoom-range far beyond what many of us had just 15 or 20 years ago. They expect it to perform like a snap-shot camera because they've been made as user-friendly as an old Instamatic. Realize that these new cameras are not only pushing the limits of technology but also the limits of the photographer's own human abilities. Putting lens focal-lengths at your easy disposal that no photographer in his right mind would have tried to hand-hold just a few years ago. When we grabbed a 200mm or 400mm lens to put on our cameras we also grabbed the tripod, as a standard rule of action. If new photographers today stop to realize this then they'll stop blaming the performance of the camera and learn to look more at their own limitations. Improve your own techniques and the camera will happily compensate for anything that you can't improve on your own. edited Hello, BaumBadier: You make a lot of sense, man! P&S digicams - even highly advanced ones - are so often taken for granted, despite their proven capabilities and obvious advantages. Cordially, John Turco Talking about large lenses... I recently visited a nearby animal reserve (Fossil Rim, Glen Rose, Tx.), and the car going through in front of me stopped by the Cheetah enclosure, and poked a lens through the open window, and rested it on the bottom of the window to take a picture. I would estimate the size of the objective lens at 6", and the length of the lens to be about 12 inches. The Cheetah was only about 30 feet from the camera. Now I would LOVE to see the picture he got. As we followed this car through the rest of the drive, I got other glimpses of that lens, and two or three others they had as they took pictures. It was obvious that they were either professionals, or amateurs with MUCH money. |
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