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FZ1000 Another Day in the City
With help from Adobe Camera Raw, the FZ1000 was able to handle the extreme brightness range from the stained glass windows to the interior of the building with a single RAW image.I am enjoying the...
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All My ILCs Have Gone
FZ1000 at E400mm focal length And all the lensesILC: Interchangeable lens cameraThis Blog is about camera ergonomics. In my view the most ergonomically unappealing feature of any camera or system...
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A Simple Way to Describe Sensor Size - Diagonal Dimension
Impressionist Painting EffectFZ1000 Subject 1.3 kilometers from the camera over ocean and beach, I-Zoom at E800mm. Strong atmospheric distortion. In the good old days of film there were not many...
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FZ1000 Close Up Options
The FZ1000 is a tremendously versatile camera. With no additional equipment or accessories it can deliver good results with general photography, sport/action, wide angle, telephoto and much more.This...
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FZ1000 The most versatile camera I have ever used
Sculpture By the SeaI have been using cameras for 60 years. In that time I have been able to own or use just about every size and type of camera ever made.Until very recently the enthusiast/expert...
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FZ1000 Firmware suggestions
Having made several thousand photos with the FZ1000I now have some ideas about improvements to the functionality of the FZ1000 which I think could be incorporated into a firmware update. I would like...
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FZ1000 A Week Away
MotorwayI took the FZ1000 away for a week recently. As usual I found it to be very versatile, allowing me to photograph in a wide variety of circumstances with no need to change lenses and no need for...
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LX100 Mega Pixels Ain't Everything (and 12 is plenty)
This is the full frame from the LX100I have been comparing results from my newly acquired LX100 with those from the FZ1000. The LX100 has about 12 megapixels (depending on the selected aspect ratio)...
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LX100 The World at f1.7
This location has plenty to test any camera. High subject brightness range, mixed light sources, constant human traffic and lots of detail. LX100, handheld, P Mode, Auto ISO, f1.7. One of several...
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LX100-vs-FZ1000 High ISO Comparison
LX100 Hand held, Program AE Mode, Auto ISO. 1/125 sec, f5, ISO 200. RAW capture.Some surprises hereWhen a new camera arrives in my house I always want to compare it with any other camera available....
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LX100 Best Exposure Mode ?
The LX100 is a good street camera. My other camera is a Panasonic FZ1000. I never use this in P (Program Exposure) Mode because the Program Exposure algorithms result in some combinations of aperture,...
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LX100 My History With Compact Cameras
The LX100 is more of a "close in" than a "close up" camera. But some subjects as here lend themselves to the close up treatment.If memory serves correctly my first compact was a Minolta which I bought...
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LX100 Advanced Compacts in the smartphone era
LX100 the street cameraSmartphones have killed off the budget compact camera. This has changed the game for camera makers and for those of us who would still like to use a camera to make photos....
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LX100 Picture Quality, JPG/RAW, Aperture
JPG from the RAW file after conversion and editingJPG straight from cameraI have been running some tests of picture quality using different settings on the LX100.Overall The...
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LX100-vs-FZ1000-JPG-vs-RAW
FZ1000 JPGFZ1000 From RAWLX100 JPGLX100 From RAWI have had several requests to compare JPG with RAW using both the LX100 and FZ1000. I used one of my standard subjects. It has considerable subject...
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LX100 Sweep Panorama
Hand held, camera in portrait orientation. I locked in exposure and focus in the middle of the scene than repositioned the camera to start the sweep. This one turned out reasonably well but there are...
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LX100 vs FZ1000 Highlight and Shadow Detail
A key attribute of picture quality is the ability of the lens/sensor/processor pathway to render good highlight and shadow detail with subjects having a high brightness range (SBR). In other words...
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LX100 OIS Effectiveness
The Image Stabiliser in the LX100 is not quite as effective as that in the FZ 1000 but it doesn’t need to be as the LX100 lens has a much shorter zoom reach. It is still very useful however.I ran...
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Panasonic LX100 vs Sony A 6000
Photo courtesy of camerasize.comSub title: The obvious is not obviousI have noticed on user forums several posts asking members to cast an opinion as to which of these cameras they might prefer. At...
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Panasonic FZ1000 Camera of the Year 2014
The silly season is almost upon us. At this time of year many photo websites and blogs like this one post some kind of “camera of the year” award. In previous years I have not thought any single...
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