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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / ZLR Cameras / December 2005Introduction
Hi all, Just joined. Been doing photography for some 33 years. I've written for all the Australian and some US photo mags and edited a few of the photo, design and art magazines. I now publish my own online digital imaging magazine. The latest article is a review of the Samsung Pro815: <http://www.dimagemaker.com/article.php?articleID=378> My own art work follows two lines: photo-media involving combining multiple images, and mathematical. The link is below. Cheers, Wayne Wayne J. Cosshall Publisher, The Digital ImageMaker, http://www.dimagemaker.com/ Assistant Director, International Digital Art Award Writer and educator in graphic design, photography, digital technology Personal art site http://www.artinyourface.com/ wayne@dimagemaker.com > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Wayne Your "Review" omits the key fact that this camera lacks image stabisation - essential to get the best out of a 420mm lens on a small sensor camera. At nearly three times the weight of the Panasonic FZ5, this is not a camera I would be interested in. David Hi David, Actually my review makes that point as one of the issues with the camera. Of course one can do it the old way and use a tripod. Image stabilization only goes so far even if you have it. Cheers, Wayne Wayne J. Cosshall Publisher, The Digital ImageMaker, http://www.dimagemaker.com/ Assistant Director, International Digital Art Award Writer and educator in graphic design, photography, digital technology Personal art site http://www.artinyourface.com/ wayne@dimagemaker.com > > Hi all, > > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > David > Hi David, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Wayne My apologies, Wayne. I looked for a different spelling! These days I prefer to travel very light, without encumberances like tripods (or DSLRs and their bulky lenses). For me, that was the way we did things last century! <G> David >> Hi David, >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > tripods (or DSLRs and their bulky lenses). For me, that was the way we > did things last century! <G> With something as light as an FZ5, you don't need much of a tripod. I bought a Velbon 343, which does a great job holding the camera and only weighs about 2 pounds. It also folds up small enough to easily fit in a backpack. It helps a lot for shots where the shutter speeds are too slow for the stabilizer to compensate (For me, anything slower than about 1/8s is problematical even at the short end of the zoom). -dms I still get confused about US vs UK spellings :) Well then, this is not the camera for you. BTW I left out the detail that you can use the top LCD as a waist level finder. I've amended the article to discuss this. Personally I liked those, but then maybe I am showing my age :) Cheers, Wayne Wayne J. Cosshall Publisher, The Digital ImageMaker, http://www.dimagemaker.com/ Assistant Director, International Digital Art Award Writer and educator in graphic design, photography, digital technology Personal art site http://www.artinyourface.com/ wayne@dimagemaker.com > I still get confused about US vs UK spellings :) > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Wayne Wayne, Although I appreciate trimming, it would help if you left a sentence of two from the original post to help establish the context of your remarks. The top LCD looks to be a useful feature, but I would have preferred the back LCD finder to tilt and swivel - the top finder is a little small. Waist-level is certainly useful, if only to allow you to look at the subject and pretend you're not really taking a photo! Cheers, David > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > imaging magazine. The latest article is a review of the Samsung Pro815: > <http://www.dimagemaker.com/article.php?articleID=378> Why are those noise test pics darker at each increase in ISO-value? The increasing "darkness" would yield increasing noise in itself, woudn't it? /per It was the way the autoexposure system responded. I noticed it too and tried multiple times and did notice the shots were darker at the higher iso settings, with or without flash. Suggests a mismatch between the actual sensitivity and what is dialed into the auto exposure system or some other issue with the logic. If there is an actual issue pushing the sensitivity with the chip that might be why the camera does not have high ISO settings than 400. Cheers, Wayne Wayne J. Cosshall Publisher, The Digital ImageMaker, http://www.dimagemaker.com/ Assistant Director, International Digital Art Award Writer and educator in graphic design, photography, digital technology Personal art site http://www.artinyourface.com/ wayne@dimagemaker.com |
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