Here's the new crop with a touch of softening -- just because I thought
it looked a little better that way.
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/9155680616/
Thanks again for the heads-up! I think it really did improve the shot.
-- Walt
On 6/27/2013 3:57 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
A nice image. I saw your first link on my Flickr page, since I have
made you a contact. If I may...I was really struck by the Flickr crop
of the image which, after comparing, I think is even more powerful
than the full frame:
http://www.antiqueauto.org/assets/waltcrop.png
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote:
If you get a Panny, the fz-35 was the best superzoom they made IMO.
Probably the best superzoom ever. IQ at ISO 100-200 is not bad.
Especially if you shoot RAW. The Panny JPEG engine is well known for
turning photographs into watercolors. At 400 it starts to creep in
pretty good, but you can still get images suitable for smaller prints.
The lens on the fz-28/fz-35 is sharpest around f4 and is very usable
wide open, which is f2.8 at the wide end. Diffraction starts kicking
in at f5 anyways, so you have a fairly limited fstop range to work
with to begin with. Much like the Q. The image stabilization on those
cameras is really, really good too. How many sharp shots can you get
with your pentax at 1/20s @ 500mm? I carried one of these cameras
everywhere for a few years and they served me rather well. The video
off the fz-35 was quite decent in good light too. Only 720p though.
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Walt <ldott...@gmail.com> wrote:
It's a shame they went to an even noisier sensor. I haven't tried shooting
the V-Lux at anything over ISO 100 so far. At what point does the noise
start to really degrade the image?
I really do like the lens a lot. If I found an exceptional deal on a gently
used one of those Panasonic somewhere, I'd be sorely tempted to buy it as a
lightweight carry-around for snapshots.
-- Walt
On 6/27/2013 2:24 PM, Zos Xavius wrote:
I had both a panasonic fz-28 and fz-35. I think the v-lux 1 is the
same as an fz-50. They all had great, great optics that more than made
up for the noisy sensors panny was using. When they switched from CCD
to MOS (which gave even worse quality) I quit buying them and bought
my first DSLR. I've made some really nice prints from those cameras.
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Walt <ldott...@gmail.com> wrote:
My pal, Dan, loaned me his Leica V-Lux 1 for a couple of weeks just to
kick
the tires on it a bit.
I have to say, for a point and shoot, I'm pretty impressed. The build
quality is no great shakes, and it definitely lacks the responsiveness of
a
DSLR.
But, so far, the glass seems really, /really/ nice.
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/9152060941/
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/9152060027/
-- Walt
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