HX9V back from Italy trip - who says it can't take pictures?

I initially bought the little camera for video, but it's so fun and lightweight that I used it quite a bit for pictures too. Mind you I also had my DSLR along for the trip. But their are times and places where a DSLR is not always practical or allowed. For example, the inside of churches and museums are usually not very DSLR friendly - I mean if your allowed to bring in a DSLR in the first place, you can forget about using a tripod. So here you are trying to take pictures hand held at iso 3200 and 1/5s... On the other hand the HX9V's steadying technology makes it easy to take decent snaps without much fuss.

Here are a few samples:
Cinque Terres - grey day taken in HDR mode





Rome - Quick panorama mode





Rome basilica





Rome outdoor market





Rome vegetation





Cinque Terres fishing boats





Random yellow flower





Thanks for looking.

Very nice especially when viewed large size lots of colour and detail.
Thanks for posting I enjoyed the trip.

Cheers.
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John
'Hutchings



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Hey, enjoyable pictures ! That vegetation scene looks very nice to me and not only because there is a pretty girl in it

Lovely colours and detail my type of shots, how did you know that
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Alan.

First, second and particularly the third are excellent shots.
Great remembering of that trip.

Thks4sharing
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aaanouel

Truth is a pathless land.
The dead past darkens the ever living present.
Jiddu Krishnamurti

Please excuse my poor english and orthographic rabbits, I do my best.
Corrections and critics are very welcome.

Thanks all for the kind comments.

This thread was just to assure those who have heard negative things about the image quality of this camera that it can take good pictures and usually does. It has multiple talents, it's easy to use and hard to mess up a shot and comes in a very portable package. Very practical when traveling.

Here's another one from Rome in HDR mode:

very very nice pictures. As I'm not a pixel peeper, these pictures are beautiful to my eye.

How about some indoor low light pictures of moving objects, with and without flash....

You're right.
The quality of these shots is spectacularly good.
It's probably going to be my spare tube.

Thks4sharing
--
aaanouel

Truth is a pathless land.
The dead past darkens the ever living present.
Jiddu Krishnamurti

Please excuse my poor english and orthographic rabbits, I do my best.
Corrections and critics are very welcome.