What bridge camera has best image quality?

[dinneenp]

Hi,
I suppose image quality is the most important thing....
so what bridge camera has the best image quality/best colour pics?

Mainly looking at Canon powershot SX10 is, panasonic DMC-FZ28 or FZ18....

cheers,
Patrick.

 

[Cedarhill]

Take a look at this review. This website is one of the few I place some confidence in.

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/FZ28/FZ28A.HTM

My son owns an S5 IS, which is the predecessor to the SX10 IS. I like that camera a lot, because of its great versatility. It takes excellent photos in good light.

 

[Karma Traveler]

so what bridge camera has the best image quality/best colour pics?

Panasonic G1, without question.

 

[ZenerEffect]

Panasonic G1, without question.

Could also save more than a few dollars and buy its little brother:

http://www.digitalcamerareview.com/default.asp?newsID=3190&review=canon+powershot+a650+is

Same lens, same sensor.

Cheers

 

[bw100]

Hi,
I suppose image quality is the most important thing....
so what bridge camera has the best image quality/best colour pics?

Mainly looking at Canon powershot SX10 is, panasonic DMC-FZ28 or
FZ18....

cheers,
Patrick.

I own a Canon S5, (predecessor to the SX10) and think it's the best with color and IQ but I will admit there are some good pics posted on forums taken with a Panasonic FZ28.

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[MPCat]

Panasonic G1, without question.

Could also save more than a few dollars and buy its little brother:

http://www.digitalcamerareview.com/default.asp?newsID=3190&review=canon+powershot+a650+is

Same lens, same sensor.

Um, what?

 

[Gaurav S]

Hi,
I suppose image quality is the most important thing....
so what bridge camera has the best image quality/best colour pics?

Mainly looking at Canon powershot SX10 is, panasonic DMC-FZ28 or
FZ18....

cheers,
Patrick.

While the image quality is very comparable between those two, I'd recommend the FZ. I am biased as an FZ user ofcourse, but there are a lot of great reviews that feature both of those cameras (cameralabs.com recently did them both & gave them an equal ranking, and dpreview is due to review them itself) & you should try & grab a hold of them yourself & see which feels more tactile to you personally. The difference in size/weight/shape/menu layout/interface etc shouldn't be overlooked...

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'We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth can make them come back again. We cannot develop & print a memory...'

~ Henri Cartier Bresson (1908 - 2004)

 

[chuxter]

Panasonic G1, without question.

Could also save more than a few dollars and buy its little brother:

http://www.digitalcamerareview.com/default.asp?newsID=3190&review=canon+powershot+a650+is

Same lens, same sensor.

Um, what?

LOL...

A650: 12.1 MP sensor is 7.6 x 5.7mm...7.4-44.4mm@f/2.8-4.8......weighs 300g
G1: 12.1 MP sensor is 18 x 13.5mm...14-54mm@f/3.5-5.6......weighs 630g

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Charlie Davis
Nikon 5700, Sony R1, Nikon D300
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[TheGoldenOwl]

Hey d, that would have to be the Kodak P880 ...

24mm on 4:3 the most used focal length & Picture shape(aspect) of the 4x5 (75mm) master landscapers like Muench, most used focal length(24mm) by Galen Rowell. Easy 3D effect just hold close to object at 24mm setting(almost 90 Deg!) and AF can be a bit slow but mine never hunts around just dials it in progressively!

140mm max optical but 2x digital exceptional(better cropped in computer) always sharp all F.L.s

Shoots Raw( in 7 seconds on my card 3 bracket Raw in 2 sec!) &Tiff, 8 meg on 1/1/1.8 perfect balance Res for size(Simon says so too!) JPEG is excellent. Shoots sports pre-focused at .007 seconds, Has seperate DRIVE button as well as Focus ,ISO,WB, etc. & Manual Zoom lens f/2.8-4.1.

Has TTL flash unit as option but just walk into a portrait studio plug into the 500V PC socket & fire away(low noise with enough Light!) My Sunpak 422 lights up a huge area & 3 second recycle. 50 & 100 speed no real noise, 400 ISO clean with no underexposure and a noise program. Flash can fire with aux. flash. slow front or rear synchro flash! Does not overexpose close up and does decent Macro.

Outstanding white balance and AWB settings, awesome menu for easy access: many direct access with 25 control buttons, 3 custom modes of your settings choice and program button of your choice for instant setting adjustment of a IQ parameter All this long before any DSLR came out with a few at best custom Set. want a color reference just take a shot it will look exact later!.

The best color palette with Kodak color science at work. Never makes harsh highlights unless you want it to; keeps neutrals clean with no color shifts in every day lighting situation I have encountered. Reviewers say one of the most accurate color rendering they have seen and sharper in real life than those stupid test charts! Pop Photo says 1800 line pairs. Most of my shots come out sharp with few deletes ever,lousy LCD but doesn't matter as camera can be Trusted 99% of time.

Has been confused with D200 when both on screen by a professional Reviewer, who almost printed the P880 while reviewing both for a magazine in U.K., (he simply picked the best looking ones.

By my opinion has as good an effective daylight dynamic range as a Nikon D50 after comparing 50 shots taken with both by a user at all angles of the sun at same time and with much better color and WB (I am not making this up!).

Man I got to leave now and I might be only halfway thru the features!! oh and some professor of Photography a former student of Minor White says best 20x24's he has ever seen when uprezed to 50+ Megs and prefers it to 4x5!. Hey I didn't say it, He did!!(I think on Amazon user comments) and it is accepted at Alamy when so uprezed.

If you want to call me a fanboy go ahead like I give a flying eff! I just call myself stuck with no clear upgrade in sight yet ... and I might just keep posting more! LOL!

But I guess you just want one of those small sensor compacts None as perfect all-around not even close!

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Robert of Owl

 

[TheGoldenOwl]

Uh ... make that small sensor ultra zoom all of which except maybe the Pannys flawed with IQ problems and wide/tele rocker switches ...God I hate those!!
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Robert

 

[MusicDoctorDJ]

Image quality is a very subjective thing . . .

Nobody really knows what it is since we all different views of what it is.

My vote goes to the Panasonic Lumix FZ50 . . .

Best damn bridge camera on the face of the earth!

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J. D.
Colorful Colorado



Remember . . . always keep your receipt, the box, and everything that came in it!

 

[TheGoldenOwl]

for Ultra zoom the FZ50 without Question Mr. D.J. for all-around sorry no way! ... and you will never go wider than 35mm with the same quality no matter WHAT you do!
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Robert the for sure Owl!

 

[TheGoldenOwl]

...and too bad about your WB and color. lets hope that Panny comes out with a successor FZ60 as Panasonic color has come a long way(hey, I want a G1!) though can't touch Kodak!!
Oh and sorry about all that noise too!
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Robert

 

[MusicDoctorDJ]

for Ultra zoom the FZ50 without Question Mr. D.J. for all-around
sorry no way! ... and you will never go wider than 35mm with the same
quality no matter WHAT you do!

And what does 24mm have to do with image quality?

Nothing . . .

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J. D.
Colorful Colorado

Remember . . . always keep your receipt, the box, and everything that came in it!

 

[MusicDoctorDJ]

...and too bad about your WB and color. lets hope that Panny comes
out with a successor FZ60 as Panasonic color has come a long way(hey,
I want a G1!) though can't touch Kodak!!
Oh and sorry about all that noise too!

And it's too bad your favorite Kodak can't seem to make any more good cameras (of they very few they ever made that were good) . . .

Not to mention find anyone that sells them these days.

Come on . . . knock of the slams!

They are just cameras.

The P880 was a nice little camera (I almost baught one myself), but it ain't no FZ50!

Far from it.

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J. D.
Colorful Colorado

Remember . . . always keep your receipt, the box, and everything that came in it!

 

[TheGoldenOwl]

What does your Fz have under IQ EXCEPT resolution?? and of people who have reported using sony R1 against the P880 almost always choose to keep the Kodak instead. Want a list of names, I could get that for you! like I care ... please just match my list with ANY of your all-around crippled cameras; this is going to be easy!!
And I did not even finnish mine!
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Master R of Attack Owls!

 

[TheGoldenOwl]

For me 24mm is everything!... too bad you settled for what you got! LOL God this is fun!! ... and just TRY to get a real looking sky with your camera haven't seen one yet!!

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[TheGoldenOwl]

Sorry again music man! ... for you that is. ANY Kodak has better color than ANY Pana and at half the cost! If IQ rules the game here than you lose. you might want to try one for a change! they are quite popular if you get the right ones!
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Robert

 

[TheGoldenOwl]

Oh and DJ Kodak all but invented the UZI super zoom concept and the 6490 & 7590 are considered great to this day back when Panasonic stood for lousy color & more noise than signal ... or have you forgotten .

I wanted an FZ4 when it came out for the mechanicals only so I passed. the P712 excellent and I can keep going so what happened to you?
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R

 

[TheGoldenOwl]

Patrick I am sorry if it looks like I hijacked your thread. you ought to look at the Kodaks, as some of the Z cameras the 1012 or 1085 are getting nothing but cheers at the Kodak Forum. Good luck with your search!
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Robert, the Unforgiven Owl?!