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... the Panasonic Forum the platform for showing great results with the Panasonic super zoom cameras of the FZ-series.

I also had different Panasonic FZ cameras and tried to give my very best to keep up with the masters of this discipline.

I never reached them, but I learned a lot.

In the meantime I also went to the "dark side" of DSLR (even if you cannot imagine how bright the optical view finder of a Nikon D90 is).

But I'm still owning a FZ18/28 and a lot of good equipment (Nikon TC-E15ED, TC-E17ED, Minolta achromatic closeup lenses, Raynox 150 etc.)

Panasonic went the way of micro 4/3thrds and stopped the great FZ30/50 line.

Today I would like to know: how the composition of the Panasonic Forum has changed from dedicated "wildlife and birding photographers" to more in normal day-to-day-photographers.

But I think that there's also a new generation of wildlife / birding photographers with a small budget to get the best out of the actual FZ series (FZ28/35/38).

If you feel addressed, please show your best wildlife / birding shots taken with a newer FZ here.

Olaf
 
This board has shifted. That is for sure.

But luckily it still maintains that "big family" spirit.

Our former members keep returning here and post their DSLR shots saying: Gosh, it is so good to be back for a moment.

And that is priceless.

As for me, I am keeping my FZ30 and TZ7 for a while.
 
Don't know it this is my best. Haven't gone through all my pictures yet. Been doing a lot of reading, trying to figure out my new FZ35 and all the new software I'm accumulating. If it's not good, it sure was lucky to get a Common Nighthawk on my third day out with my first camera in 40 years.



 
Robiro said:
This board has shifted. That is for sure.

But luckily it still maintains that "big family" spirit.

Our former members keep returning here and post their DSLR shots saying: Gosh, it is so good to be back for a moment.
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Absolutely right.
Robiro said:
And that is priceless.

As for me, I am keeping my FZ30 and TZ7 for a while.
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As long as Nikon not comes with a new AF-S version of the old 80-400VR I also will keep a FZ and the Nikon TC-E17ED.

Olaf
 
Harry hh said:
Don't know it this is my best. Haven't gone through all my pictures yet. Been doing a lot of reading, trying to figure out my new FZ35 and all the new software I'm accumulating. If it's not good, it sure was lucky to get a Common Nighthawk on my third day out with my first camera in 40 years.
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In any case it's promising for the future. Thank you.

Olaf
 
upnorthjeeper said:
Red-winged Blackbird chases a Crane! The focus was pretty off but some time spent in Photoshop helped things out a bit :)
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Looks like a déjà-vu. I've also some shots with a FZ where image quality isn't most important, because they are telling a story.

What camera did you use ?

Thank you for sharing this interesting shot.

Olaf
 
I really expected that I had to say this exactly 24 hours after starting this thread. But fortunately there still are some members at the Panasonic Forum who also gave some contributions here.

There's still hope.

Olaf
 
I only got into photography in January 2010.

I bought an FZ28 off E-Bay, I'm sure glad I did, I think it's a fabulous camera.

Here is what I think is my best bird picture so far. Straight FZ28 on a tripod, the bird is about 10ft from my back door.

Frank



 
I have been a member of this forum for a long time, and I miss all the old names and posters like Trevor Carpenter and many others too numerous to mention. If you follow other forums and the POTD sites, you will still see their names and their products. They are all doing well as far as I can tell. I learned a lot from all of them.

Although I myself have ventured into DSLR several times, I find that I am best suited to compact cameras. Were I younger and more driven I would certainly progress as the development of the cameras progress, but that is for the younger. My TZ1 and FZ35 serve me well.
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POGO was right !
 
olafk said:
... the Panasonic Forum the platform for showing great results with the Panasonic super zoom cameras of the FZ-series. . . . .
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Not stunning quality, but I quite like this one:

Tree with Jewels:



These are 20 goldfinches at the top of a tall silver birch near my house, March 2010. Taken with my FZ8.

Another FZ8 shot, part of a sequence shown here before:
Ducks and gulls squabbling over bread:



Also an FZ8 shot.

Mike
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Gear: Panasonic FZ8, Fuji F20, Olympus E-600/14-42/40-150.
Wish List:
1: Minimalist FZ9, same shape/size/weight as FZ5.
2: Failing that, an FZ35/38 with a better EVF and a tilt-swivel LCD
3: Noise reduction that can be switched OFF.
 
I thought I would add this one, since I just found out that it was chosen as 1st runner-up (out of about 220 entries) in the World Oceans Day Photo Contest at the Monterrey Bay Aquarium in California. It was taken on the recent (February) Antarctic trip with the FZ35. I am enjoying all of these submissions. What I think I like more and more about these cameras is that they do not produce shots that seem to me artificially sharp and detailed. I like the more natural renderings. This shot was taken at 1/500 sec., at f/5.6 and ISO 160 at 48mm (269 35mm equivalent).

-Bill



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55 Years of Photography at:
http://flickr.com/photos/bill_rosenthal/collections/

'Sometimes you get the light, sometimes the light gets you.'
 
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