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First couple of pics with the ZS5 on full auto. I'm very pleased with this little camera and most will agree that you don't get the full potential of the camera until you go to the manual settings..
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I researched the whole camera lineup again, and Canon wins. The only problem I had with my SD800IS is when I dropped it in the river in Alaska. It did work again after drying it out, but became a bit unreliable. We are still speaking of point and shoot cameras, the new one is the Canon SD4500IS. It is manual/automatic, depending on your preferences. It has an honest 10X zoom and 10 mega pixel quality. The camera is only 4" X 2 1/4" X 3/4" and has more features than you could possibly use. We went Antelope hunting this past weekend and got some good photos... Up close... Telephoto... Inside the Jersey Lily, Ingomar, Montana... Outside with bright light in the background... Detail of a blown up liver... I even have video of the bear I took on the same camera, It is 195 megabites, will post it another time, but this camera just plain works great!
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Cannon always seems to get good ratings and they were on the list when I was shopping. I wanted a camera with a good wide angle lens and almost all Cannon's were lacking in that area. The problem with all these new P&S's to me anyway, is all the BS they are cramming into a "camera". If I wanted a movie camera or a GPS unit, I'd buy one. It seems like when you read all these reviews, they seem to focus on all the extra BS as well. The wide angle lens was important for me using the camera for my daughters soccer games. I guess the downside to the Panasonic/Leica's is that they are heavier than the Cannon's but I think that is because they use metal frames. They just felt more solid built than the Cannon in the event you drop one.
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They just felt more solid built than the Cannon in the event you drop one. I dropped mine plenty and had it in my backpack for 3 years of hard use...the only thing that happened when I dropped mine was it fell into water. Concrete is O.K., water isn't.
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Panasonic... best in the world............
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Panasonic CANON
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Two from today with the Panny ZS5. Thanks again, Camera Land...
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Pocket-sized Panasonic LUMIX DNC ZS5; good 12x optical zoom, intuitive controls and not bad pic's.
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Canon G-11 and a leetle midnight sun (cropped). Just sayin'.............
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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Have borrowed a couple of Canon's compacts to try out of late, and have been dissappointed with both. The last was a Powershot A480, I took up to Scotland on a stalking trip and I just couldn't get pin sharp pictures. Below is a typical example: Camera was steadied on shooting sticks, and even so, nothing is pin sharp in the picture..This is one of the better shots as some were very soft..I also notice similar softness in some of the pics above... While camera shake could be a factor, I do wonder if the lens of a typical compact simply don't STOP down enough?? I think most seem to range from f2.8 to f5.6 and f5.6 is still only going to give a very short DOF when compared to say f16/f22 on a typical (D)SLR lens...
Last edited by Pete E; 12/26/10.
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1/80 is fairly slow and you were at F/4. Have yet to see a Canon P&S camera disappoint and I still think highly of my aged and beat to schit S40 PowerShot Dinosaur.
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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1/80 is fairly slow and you were at F/4. Have yet to see a Canon P&S camera disappoint and I still think highly of my aged and beat to schit S40 PowerShot Dinosaur. One that particular camera, there is very little in the way of manual override...In hind sight, I should have perhaps tweaked the the ISO setting to gain either more speed or another STOP... But looking at your picture above, its a nice picture, but point to one part of it that is in pin sharp focus?? [bleep], maybe its my monitor thats the problem?? lol Now have a G12 courtesy of Santa, so hopefully that will cure some of my woes...
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It's purty damned crisp on my new Imac.(grin)
I'd say a stop and an ISO bump in conjunction,woulda done you favors.
Shoot AV on the '12 and air her out,I'll be curious to watch you freak yourself out............
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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Should get a chance to try it on Wednesday, and then hopefully on New Years day I will be travelling down for 4 or 5 days stalking, chasing Roe does and possibly Muntjac, depending on the weather.
Will throw in a tripod and then use the self timer to eliminate any possibility of camera shake...
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Do tell,after the fact.............
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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Liking my Canon s95 a lot. Same sensor as the g12, f/2 lens, shoots RAW and fits in my back pocket.
"The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that lightening ain't distributed right." - Mark Twain
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Pics man...pics................
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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Pheasant hunt, an old water tank, and a commute to work. All with the s95. Workflow is RAW files run through Lightroom. Wish the camera had less shutter lag and shot 9 fps but then I wish that about all P&S's. The back wheel is a bit too easy to bump/move accidentally. But shooters who used older SLR systems with the f/stop ring on the lens will enjoy the front ring that can control f/stop in the manual mode. If I lived in a place where I needed a coat or rain jacket often I'd probably carry the G12 instead full time because the swinging/reversible screen is sweet, but this camera will fit in a shirt/jeans pocket. Stick, You like the new iMac? I'm pondering one.
"The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that lightening ain't distributed right." - Mark Twain
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