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Panasonic FZ5 review now out

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David J Taylor - 09 Apr 2005 11:51 GMT
Panasonic FZ5 review now out at DP Review:

 http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/PanasonicFZ5/

"There is so much to like here - and so little to complain about - that
the DMC-FZ5 has to come highly recommended, and certainly has to make its
way to near the top of the list for anyone looking for an affordable,
compact super zoom camera."

David
Hunibal - 10 Apr 2005 13:36 GMT
> Panasonic FZ5 review now out at DP Review:
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Not a complain just observation: the 16 MB card is a joke. I know, it is
the -industry standard -

Cheers    _ Hunibal _
David J Taylor - 10 Apr 2005 14:08 GMT
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> Not a complain just observation: the 16 MB card is a joke. I know, it
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> Cheers    _ Hunibal _

Completely agree - may be a 256MB card, but in this price-sensitive area
it would be better to drop the card altogether.  I got 2 x 1GB cards, and
my wife got 2 x 1GB and 4 x 512MB...

Cheers,
David
measekite - 27 Apr 2005 06:58 GMT
What Brand and how much?

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David J Taylor - 27 Apr 2005 07:32 GMT
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>> Completely agree - may be a 256MB card, but in this price-sensitive
>> area it would be better to drop the card altogether.  I got 2 x 1GB
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> What Brand and how much?

Basically, Kingmax Platinum:

 http://www.kingmaxdigi.com/news/news_product/news_p20040303.htm

from the cheapest reliable UK supplier I have found:

 http://www.emartbuy.com/

They were out of stock once, and sent a SanDisk Ultra II instead, which
appears to work just as well.

Cheers,
David
Ed Ruf - 10 Apr 2005 14:32 GMT
>Not a complain just observation: the 16 MB card is a joke. I know, it is
>the -industry standard -

Not quite. Might be in the P&S market. My old Nikon 990 and 5700 both came
with the joke 16MB cards, but my D70 came with none. However, today it's
not as big a deal as it was in years past. The 128MB 8x Lexar card I bought
with the 990 cost over U$300 in 2000! Still in use in the 5700.
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JohanE - 11 Apr 2005 12:58 GMT
>> Panasonic FZ5 review now out at DP Review:
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> Not a complain just observation: the 16 MB card is a joke. I know, it is
> the -industry standard -

Analog camera's never came with a lifetime-supply of film, so why would a
digital camera come with a large storage card? 16MB is still a couple of
shots worth...

JohanE
PC - 20 Apr 2005 12:14 GMT
>>> Panasonic FZ5 review now out at DP Review:
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Bet your car didn't come with a 1 gallon petrol tank and connectors to
change to a bigger one!

P.
BucketButt - 20 Apr 2005 19:44 GMT
>>>>Panasonic FZ5 review now out at DP Review:
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I don't have a big problem with the too-small memory cards that come
with digital cameras.  As JohanE pointed out, most film cameras don't
come with a lot of film -- maybe a single roll, if you're talking about
a point-and-shoot in a "deluxe" package.  As long as the card has enough
memory to let me test the camera, that's all I expect.

I'd rather buy the brand, capacity and speed I prefer on the aftermarket
than pay for a bundled commodity-class higher-capacity card.  The little
8, 16 or 32MB cards that usually come with digital cameras may not hold
a lot of images, but they're fine for storing other small digital files
that I don't want to leave on my computer (after I've used them to test
the camera).

FWIW, I consider the type of flash-memory when I'm buying a new camera,;
I prefer Compact Flash because they're plentiful, usually less expensive
than other formats, and available almost everywhere.  CF incompatibility
isn't necessarily a deal-breaker for me, any more than the ability to
use AA cells is; but when two cameras reach the top of my short list,
I'll usually give the nod to the one that uses the same cards and
batteries I already have.

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Walter Luffman    Medina, TN USA
Amateur curmudgeon, equal opportunity annoyer

Charles Schuler - 30 Apr 2005 23:29 GMT
My personal observations:

Arrived four days ago, so this is preliminary:

1/ Very small and light but too big for most pockets.
2/ Easy to use but the menus are a bit tedious.
3/ IS works well, even at full zoom.
4/ Good exposures and mostly good focus, so far.
5/ Flash works well, so far.
6/ Image quality is very good.
7/ Response time/on time/focus lock time ... all good.
8/ LCD viewer above average.
9/ EVF only OK ... useable but not much more.
10/ Look and feel are both good.

A last comment: My wife has carried it for three occasions and has shot some
very nice photos with it with no prior experience and no reading of the
manual. This camera has a "Simple Mode" that seems to be worth looking at
for casual users.
 
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