![]() Couple of FZ200 images:įZ200 w/ Pany LT-55 1.7X TC & EZ Zoom 1248mm equiv If have not already read see the DPR " 2017 Roundup: Consumer Long Zoom Compacts "īe interesting to see if there's a update to the FZ300 if Pany keeps the 12 MP sensor to maintain larger pixel size and resulting overall better IQ. Also keep in mind with a 18 MP 1/2.3" sensor diffraction begins around f/2.4. Well then the 1/2.3" higher pixel density sensor cameras may not be the best choice for what you're trying to do. The only cons are the image quality and a soft lens.īasically I thought that RAW is to much hassle for me, I prefer not to post process each photo after a shooting session is over. AF is also very fast for a compact camera, even if it off at times. Overall the cameras offers realy neat features and offers great handling with well structured menues and customizable buttons, a pretty good optical reach and good 4k video of course. Of course one should also omit all the i.xxxx features, which do make look the images much crisper but at the sacrifice of actual detail. My conclusion is that sharpening and noise reduction have to be turned to a minimum and base ISO has to be used to maintain the most real world detail. Samsung NX mini with a small Skywatcher 6" / 750mm Newtonian Of course the resolution of the subject is increased as all photos were taken from the same spot Now for comparison the same crop with a Sony HGD1758 TC (1,7x) lens attached. For the tests I used a banknote (from a holiday a few years ago) at a distance of 8meters. I did not bother using RAW as I am not into post processing. ![]() Here are a few samples of 100% center crops showing different settings and 1200mm (35mm equiv.), all images are OOC Jpegs with highest resolution and best quality. Of course the image "appears" more crisp but it does not have any additional real details over those with lower sharpening applied. My conclusion was that one have to stick with base ISO, turn noise reduction (NR) to a minimum -5 sharpening (S) to -2 or less as even "0" produces a lot of sharpening artifacts. To sort out atmospheric distrubances I took quite a couple of photos with different custom image parameters to achieve most detail without oversharpening. Lets see a sample photo, this is a 100% crop from image center: Nonetheless AF lock was achieved and th preview also looked ok, there simply was no detail. Therefore i started using pinpoint AF with full screen focus point magnification preview to be on the safe side. Changing the focus (pinpoint/single/multi/center/custom) do not have any influence on this behaviour. Soem might remember the great Evolt 410 where one could disable the AA filter and got amazing sharpnes and some grain without sacrifing real detail.Īnyway, back to the Lumix, the camera gives a very fast focus lock, but I soon found that even if a focus lock is shown it might not actually be in focus. Here I have to mention that I do like a filmlike grainy look as long as it is not "instead" of detail. Images were seemingly sharp, with a grainy look to them. ![]() Now after taking quite a couple of shots of airliners I got the impression that something might be not perfect as I did notice a phenomena I'd call simply as "lack of detail". The WiFi functionality is terrific, even if it can't be used for contrail spotting. The EVF is also quite useable, even if some might dislike the field effect of the EVF, somewhat comparable to the rainbow effect of DLP projectors. As manual focus with these was a pain I gave the FZ80 / FZ82 a try after I have been disappointed with the Nikon P900 and the image processing.įirst a few words about the FZ80 / FZ82, the menues and handling I do like very much over the Nikons, also the size and functionality seems prettey good considering the price segment of this camera. Until now I mainly used a Pentax Q (crop factor 5,5x) and a Samsung NX Mini (crop factor 2,7x) due to their crop factor and small pixel size, that gave me quite a nice range when used with tele lenses like a Sigma 400 F5,6 apo or a telescope. As a few might know I am a contrail spotter, so the main reason for me to go with a Lumix camera was the zoom lens, or to be more accurate the range of the lens at the tele end.
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