John Miles

Thank you for the info. Our little Casio's, in their day, took most of the incidental family photographs, simply because they were always there in a pocket with us.  I'm running Wireless SD cards...

Welcome back Doto.

The XS1 is the neatest pocket camera I have seen since the simply divine Casio S500 If the build quality is as good (the S500 was superbly engineered) then we are in for shirt pocket treat.

The sensor is interesting. 1/1.7".

He's a proud upright fellow, and no mistake.  Wedding photographer now then eh?

On the technical side of teaching photography, There's the marriage of lens and sensor size to consider. As in larger sensor = larger lens = no more FZ200.  The camera design is good, and...

Imaging if EVERY video camera had to have a still capture facility because it was a trend. Imagine that because of that some video capture technology was compromised in the process. Were this the...

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Thanks Jerry. Great reply. As many here know I just burst with frustration from time to time and up pops a rant. DM was quick to point out that the GH3 is better, but I maintain that I see a...

I use the Metz 24 on my FZ50 and can recommend it without reserve. The bounce head is very handy yet the flash remains compact with it. Before buying the 24 I was not used to a flash being able to...

Honestly I ask you. When oh when is video going to be separated out from a stills camera release? It's as if stills photography is no longer enough to sell a decent camera on its own. Nothing could...

It is for me though! Dare I unzip the body bag that contains my enthusiasm for Panasonic?

Pleased you liked it Bruno. Room for improvement; perhaps a more golden glow and subdued background. The key technique was getting background into the shot without whiting out flame and candle top....

Yes. Take your point about he flame. Though I won't repeat the exercise, I have decided that dividing the exposure into a manual setting for the flame, and a flash setting for the background, would...

There might have been, but the candle was lit all last evening, and is but a molten blob now. :)

Tricky shot actually. Fifth attempt. Full flash off ceiling.   How do you capture candles?

The FZ50 is a high end compact. What's to say it isn't the long awaited replacement?

Hey Rudy thank you for the update. Very helpful indeed.  The weight and image quality are known - pretty much. But more detail of day to day operation of a DSLR system as compared too an FZ would...

Thanks for the ideas one and all. I needed a boost for the overcast work.