Alasaad
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I own the FZ20 "Floozi", and wanted to give the FZ30 a go. A couple of hours reading the manual and fiddling with the new features, I went out to Battery Park and shot the landmarks and tourists.
A worthy, even superior sucessor to the FZ20 (excepting losing f/2.8 throughout the zoom range).
I like the fantastic feel and accuracy of the manual zoom. As per usual, the IS system works wonders.
Like the FZ20, the FZ30 ranks #1 as the most powerful, most functional, best dollar for dollar P&S made.
(And 11 x 14, 11 x 17 enlargements are a snap.)
Problems:
With the manual zoom, you won't use up your battery so swiftly, but you will still need two batteries for a day long shoot, especially if you use the powerful little on-board flash for daylight fill (I always do).
"Noise" is to digital what "Grain" is to film. If you learn to shoot the FZ30 with the proper setting in the proper venues, noise should not be a problem, even at ISO 400.
A worthy, even superior sucessor to the FZ20 (excepting losing f/2.8 throughout the zoom range).
I like the fantastic feel and accuracy of the manual zoom. As per usual, the IS system works wonders.
Like the FZ20, the FZ30 ranks #1 as the most powerful, most functional, best dollar for dollar P&S made.
(And 11 x 14, 11 x 17 enlargements are a snap.)
Problems:
With the manual zoom, you won't use up your battery so swiftly, but you will still need two batteries for a day long shoot, especially if you use the powerful little on-board flash for daylight fill (I always do).
"Noise" is to digital what "Grain" is to film. If you learn to shoot the FZ30 with the proper setting in the proper venues, noise should not be a problem, even at ISO 400.