I attended a fairly major car show yesterday -- "Crusin' Sherwood," in the community of Sherwood, Oregon, a bit southwest of Portland. They take over "Old Town" Sherwood, and fill it up with classic cars of every type imaginable. Sounds like a photo opportunity to me, so let's load up for a road trip!
Now, I could take my Canon XTi DSLR, along with a bagful of lenses. Or, my trusty old Canon Pro1, as slow as it is. Or, I could take my Panasonic LX3 -- this would probably be a fine event for its wide yet short lens. But no, I wanted to give the new ZS3 a shot, mainly due to its much more versatile lens, and its no-hassle-no lens cap handling. So, let's dive in!
Here's a bit of an overview, right when I got there early in the morning:
Of course, it's only mid-June in Oregon, otherwise known as "June-uary" for those accustomed to blue skies and sunshine. It was heavy gray overcast all day, but at least it didn't rain!
Cars were just lined up everywhere, so let's take a look at a few:
Unfortunately, this was absolutely typical -- most of the "hoods were up," which isn't nearly as photogenic as when the hoods are down. But, we'll see what we can do.
There were a number of "hot rods" -- many with just fabulous interior work, like this one:
And this one -- man, this one absolutely reeked with the aroma of fine leather -- absolutely fabulous!
With the ZS3's wide-angle lens and how you can really see the LCD screen from any odd angle, it was easy to just stick the camera inside an interior, and snap away.
More to come -- might as well break this into a few posts.
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Tom Hoots
Now, I could take my Canon XTi DSLR, along with a bagful of lenses. Or, my trusty old Canon Pro1, as slow as it is. Or, I could take my Panasonic LX3 -- this would probably be a fine event for its wide yet short lens. But no, I wanted to give the new ZS3 a shot, mainly due to its much more versatile lens, and its no-hassle-no lens cap handling. So, let's dive in!
Here's a bit of an overview, right when I got there early in the morning:
Of course, it's only mid-June in Oregon, otherwise known as "June-uary" for those accustomed to blue skies and sunshine. It was heavy gray overcast all day, but at least it didn't rain!
Cars were just lined up everywhere, so let's take a look at a few:
Unfortunately, this was absolutely typical -- most of the "hoods were up," which isn't nearly as photogenic as when the hoods are down. But, we'll see what we can do.
There were a number of "hot rods" -- many with just fabulous interior work, like this one:
And this one -- man, this one absolutely reeked with the aroma of fine leather -- absolutely fabulous!
With the ZS3's wide-angle lens and how you can really see the LCD screen from any odd angle, it was easy to just stick the camera inside an interior, and snap away.
More to come -- might as well break this into a few posts.
--
Tom Hoots
