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I picked up another NIB for $399 also...so right around $400 for a new one is the going price unless you find some one needing the cash or doesn't know what they have...
 
Is that for New In Box John?
John Miles said:
I watch pretty much all FZ50's on Ebay. The average price for a good unit is in the order of £150. Saw a cracker go for £135 two weeks ago because no-one was looking.

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The FZ50: DSLR handling of a bright Leica 35-420mm lens that's this good: http://www.flickr.com/groups/panasonicfz50/pool/ (slideshow always good). And now add the LX2: http://www.flickr.com/groups/lx2/pool/
[Tomorrows camera is better and smaller than todays]
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What is the technical term for the yellow blotching that is so prevalent in the FZ40 image?
 
The purple blotches (actually blue2) are also Chroma. Not to be confused with the lines of similar hue or cyan hue alongside of high contrast areas, that is Chromatic Aberration.

Isn't digital photography fun? LOL
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Oll an gwella,
Jim
 
I HATE to say it LT, but the FZ50 looks fantastic, while the newer FZ40 & FZ100, merely OK.

Couldn't the 40 & 100 be adjusted ton not over-expose like they did?
 
It is interesting that the FZ100 is 4 years newer than the FZ50. Yet, in this case, the FZ100 is substantially worse. Doubly interesting, as the FZ50 did not garner great praise for its IQ ( Imaging resource still has the FX50 test images available).

What we seem to have in the case of the FZ100, is a video camera that can do stills. This is fine if that is what you are looking for, and are satisfied with small prints and web images.
 
These were a little better...didn't spend a lot of time fine tuning I am sure they could be much better...
MMayer54 said:
I HATE to say it LT, but the FZ50 looks fantastic, while the newer FZ40 & FZ100, merely OK.

Couldn't the 40 & 100 be adjusted ton not over-expose like they did?
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FZ100:

 
There is no doubt the FZ50 is in a league of it's own...

Please take into consideration my limited skills...especially in low light...I am still learning by the day...thanks for any tips and suggestions too!!!!
 
I agree with your observations, just one comment additional - in my experience red bleeding on FZ50 JPG's didn't happen until ISO400, and then, it was worse there than at ISO800.
 
LTZ470 said:
panacealater said:
The fz-50 on ebay. Isn't that where you got it for a good price?
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You have to pretty much disregard the prices people post on Amazon for things like discontinued cameras. They've got a 3mp Fuji camera from 2002 (6x zoom, no stabilization, takes obsolete memory cards instead of SD, etc.) posted for $250 that probably isn't worth $50, and I've seen other discontinued cameras posted there which are outrageously priced.

I think some sellers might put them up at a high price hoping to sell them to someone who assumes Amazon is getting them the best possible price, without looking to see that the camera is available far cheaper elsewhere.
 
breivogel said:
It is interesting that the FZ100 is 4 years newer than the FZ50. Yet, in this case, the FZ100 is substantially worse. Doubly interesting, as the FZ50 did not garner great praise for its IQ ( Imaging resource still has the FZ50 test images available).
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I think you've been a bit conservative in describing the FZ50's IQ. DPreview said that under the right conditions it produces superb output. It also said that its 10mp files, when shrunk down for on-screen viewing or printing, look fantastic. When the FZ50 was released I had just bought an FZ7 and was not in the market for a new camera - but time and again I saw photos on this forum that I thought were excellent - and when I checked, it seemed over and over they were from someone's FZ50. That prompted me to buy an FZ50 and I have never even considered replacing it with any of the later bridge cameras, which IMO are rather toy-like.
breivogel said:
What we seem to have in the case of the FZ100, is a video camera that can do stills. This is fine if that is what you are looking for, and are satisfied with small prints and web images.
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It certainly will do better video than the FZ50.
 
Midwest said:
I agree with your observations, just one comment additional - in my experience red bleeding on FZ50 JPG's didn't happen until ISO400, and then, it was worse there than at ISO800.
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--Very very true...

In most cases, ISO 800 is substantially better than ISO400 with the FZ50. Red bleeding at ISO 400 was a major glitch with the FZ50.
-Kurt Horsley
 
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