Arturo Fukuda
Senior Member
This is the best DC that I ever had.
The image quality is excelent, very sharp and detail.
Shots taken at Iso 50 have unnoticeable noise levels,
The OIS works fine, I've used this DC even with only a hand at full zoom (under good weather conditions)
12X equivalent to 420mm means that you never are gonna be far from the action.
NO vignette and soft corners, very low CA, free noise at Iso 50, very natural and well-saturated colors.....etc.
What else??? This DC has almost that any serious amateur photographer needs.
Problems:
- The Grip is not the best, it is a bit uncomfortable at the beginning, but with a bit of practice, you get used to it easily.
Fortunately the new FZ20 has a grip very-well designed.
- Lack of assistant lamp
- Shutter speeds over 1/1300 are practically useless, Panasonic should allow set an aperture of 2.8 with 1/1600 and 1/2000 s.speeds.
- Noise above Iso 100 is high, but average.
There´s no reason to buy a short zoom DC when you can get a Lumix FZ.
The image quality is excelent, very sharp and detail.
Shots taken at Iso 50 have unnoticeable noise levels,
The OIS works fine, I've used this DC even with only a hand at full zoom (under good weather conditions)
12X equivalent to 420mm means that you never are gonna be far from the action.
NO vignette and soft corners, very low CA, free noise at Iso 50, very natural and well-saturated colors.....etc.
What else??? This DC has almost that any serious amateur photographer needs.
Problems:
- The Grip is not the best, it is a bit uncomfortable at the beginning, but with a bit of practice, you get used to it easily.
Fortunately the new FZ20 has a grip very-well designed.
- Lack of assistant lamp
- Shutter speeds over 1/1300 are practically useless, Panasonic should allow set an aperture of 2.8 with 1/1600 and 1/2000 s.speeds.
- Noise above Iso 100 is high, but average.
There´s no reason to buy a short zoom DC when you can get a Lumix FZ.