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Sony RX100 Mk4 user review
The sensor and lens of the RX100(4) are good enough that I can confidently take the camera just about anywhere indoors or outdoors and expect to make good pictures hand held.This one used ISO 125, 1/25...
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Advanced Compact or ILC with one lens ?
Sony RX100(4)This is a question which often appears on user forums.Many people buy an interchangeable lens camera (DSLR or MILC), mount a 3x kit zoom or convenience/travel/long zoom and leave it there...
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Why Panasonic needs the G8
While Panasonic is fiddling about with successive M43 ILC models none of which gets everything right, I made this picture with a Sony RX100(4) which does get at least the sensor, lens and autofocus...
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Sony RX100 Mk4 Ergonomic Score
The RX100(4) is a good street camera, quick, unobtrusive and capable of very good results. You can see here the subject has a very high brightness range, mixed lighting and abundant detail. OSS has...
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Camera Ergonomic Score SummariesUpdated June 2016You can find my standard Camera Ergonomic scoring protocol here.CameraSetup PhaseMax 15Prepare Phase Max 15 Capture PhaseReview Phase Max...
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Measuring Camera Ergonomics, Progress to June 2016
This picture was made with a Sony RX100mk4, a very small camera capable of big results. Fortunately it works well in P Mode with the camera making good selections of Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO...
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The anti technology backlash, June 2016
The first camera I ever used was my father’s Baldafixmedium format rollfilm folding bellows model shown in the photo. 63 years later it is still in our household and the shutter still works although...
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User interviews Mister Hassy
Honeyeater shot with a cheep and cheerful Panasonic TZ80.Hassy: Hi User, I’m marketing director for the Dystopia Region, responsible for the amazing new mirorless Exxy Wun-D-erkamra.User: Have you...
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Panasonic GX80/85 User Review Part 1, Key Features
Sydney CBD across the harbour. GX85 with Lumix 12-60mm at 60mm. Panasonic’s M43 product development people have in recent times been throwing off models like a hyperactive Catherine Wheel.The...
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Panasonic Lumix 12-60mm f3.5-5.6 zoom lens user review
Lumix 12-60mm at 60mm on GX85. There is very good detail and local contrast across the frame. Micro Four Thirds (M43) was the first mirrorless interchangeable lens camera (MILC) system, introduced to...
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Panasonic GX80/85 User review Part 2 Image Quality and Performance
GX85 with 12-60mm at 35mmImage QualityThe main determinants of image quality are the sensor, processor, lens and other factors in use such as image stabiliser. The GX80/85 appears to use the same...
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Panasonic GX80/85 User Review Part 3 Ergonomics
GX85 with 12-32mm kit zoom mountedThis evaluation and score follows my usual schedule which you can read about here.The GX80/85 is a flat top faux rangefinder style interchangeable lens camera which...
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Camera ergonomic scores updated July 2016
Panasonic Lumix TZ80 (ZS60) tripod mounted.You can read about my camera ergonomic score method and schedules hereCameraSetup PhaseMax 15Prepare Phase Max 15 Capture PhaseReview Phase Max...
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Setting up the Panasonic GX80/85
Admiring the view with Margaret OlleyMenus, controls and operation of the GX80/85 are very similar toother recentPanasonic cameras so much of the material here is similar to that in the posts on...
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Panasonic TZ80 (ZS60) Four month user review and reappraisal Part 1 User...
TZ80 wide angle, hand heldThe Paradox of the Panasonic TZ80 (ZS60)Paradox: A thing that combines contradictory features or qualities.The TZ80is the latest and arguably best iteration of Panasonic’s...
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Pansonic TZ80 (ZS60) Four month user review and reappraisal Part 2 Photoshop...
Arcade, TZ80In the previous post I described some usage strategies designed to coax the best possible (RAW) files from the TZ80.In this post I describe some post capture strategies in Photoshop Camera...
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Panasonic Lumix TZ80 (ZS60) Pointer to the next little big thing ?
Some will tell you the TZ80 is no use indoors. But with careful management in Capture Phase of use and some post processing in Photoshop, decent results can be achieved.What will be the most important...
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Ideas about menus August 2016
Panasonic TZ80 Even a basic compact can make good pictures these days.The camera industry is in the doldrums. As I write this in August 2016 camera production is in steep decline. The Japanese...
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Best Advanced Compact ? Three compacts compared August 2016
TZ80. The buildings in the foreground are 2 kilometers from the camera. Obviously you could make a better picture than this with a (much) larger (much) more expensive kit but I think that for a budget...
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The camera market September 2016
TZ80, hand held. I use this picture to remind myself that even a small sensor travel zoom camera can make very good pictures. Some mega-megapixel models on the market today are complete overkill for...
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