The FZ1 is, to put it bluntly, crappy on flash shots. That can be
corrected with a slave flash, and then the pics are great. As far
as cloudy days go, the pics tend to be a bit dark in some cases,
but can be easily corrected with an editing program. I have even
found that some bright sunlight shots also come out a bit dark. I
just let the editing program take care of that (I like my pics a
bit brighter than many people do).
The UZI is unmatched for daylight landscapes, and so easy to use
that I find myself picking it up instead of my UZI. Oh well.......
I will be posting more and more of my FZ1 trip pix in my Pbase
galleries (I did more this morning) so you can see how it perfoms
for me under different conditions.
I get a bit nervous posting FZ1 pics in an Olympus gallery, but so
far no one has flamed me, so I guess I'll continue, albeit
carefully.
on this site and on the Olympus forum. I am also the happy owner
of a C2100UZ which I will never sell.
Even though you seemed to be having problems in the beginning I
still purchased the FZ1 - for the lens, the 12X zoom and the IS and
because it was really an easy P&S. It was delivered to me last
Friday and I've had a couple chances to use it in very different
conditions.
The first was in very sunny, bright Florida sunlight and of course
the pix were outstanding. My granddaughters were here and the pix
around the pool were colorful and the skin tones excellent.
The second opportunity was a couple days later at Crystal Springs
near Ocala. We were about 2 miles from the park when it began to
drizzle. It was cloudy and overcast all day and rained off and on.
I took about 70 shots, blew off about 25.
After 2 very different experiences I have to say that the FZ1 is an
excellent camera where light is good but has it's problems in poor
lighting or when flash is used. I'm not surprised. No camera is
perfect and those with this tremendous range have these problems
unless you have full manual controls which I didn't need or want in
the FZ1 - I've got the UZI.
I'm interested in your experiences in low light and with flash.
I'll be following you on this site and the Oly site.
One thing I m ght mention, I have a A200 Oly lense that I tried a
few pix with and it seems to work very well. Looks like it was
made for the camera and vignetteing is not a problem. It's 1.5 so
at full tele it becomes 630mm. The B300 is just too big IMHO to
balance well with this little camera and I doubt I'll use it often.
If I didn't already have it I wouldn't spend the money but the A200
is the way to go.
I'll be trying my Raynox6000 WA and will let you know the results.
I love this little FUZI but I'm keeping my UZI for the heavy work.
Your pix are great,
Don
